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petlolo 1. 3 longo, tistipulata stipulis remotis; minutisslmis vixque conspicuis et deciduis, squamuloideis, 



acutis. iNFtoRESCENTi^ tum in ramis terminales tiim in summis ramulis lateralibus, racemiformes race- 



mis densifloris brevibus, in paniculas terminales subterminalesque (foliis supremis valde imminutis 



et demum transeuntibus in bracteas) congregatis : pedunculi, communes pilis adpressis albldis pubes- 



centes, floriferi vix semilineam longi, crassi, basi bracteati, apice cum pedicello articulati et infra 



articulum bibracteolati bi^acteolis minutissimis; pedicelli pubentes, in anthesi 1. 3 longi, fructiferi 



duplo longlores et reflexi. Calyx alte 5-fidus, laciniis 1. it longis, ovatis, extrorsum hirsutis basique 



(pr^ter quintam) biglandulosis, glandulis lineari-obovatls. PEXALi calyce paulo 'longiora, brevlter 



unguiculata, limbo obovato, basi cuneato, subintegro, glabra, reflexa, sulfureo-rubentia. Stamina io 



calycem paululiim superantia, petalis opposita alternis exteriora pauloque breviora : filamenta subu- 



lata, usque medium inter se coalita, glabra : antherse breves obovatee, loculis flavis hispidulis con- 



nectivo atrorubenti crasso adnatis. Ovaria 3 inter se in unum 5-Iobum hirsutum coalita, singula 



dorso sursum gibbosa, i-ovulata ovulo uncinato pendulo. Styli totldem stamina vlx aequantes, diver- 



gentes, glabri, apice truncato compresso pallide virente stigmatiferi. Fructus (nondum pei^fecte matu- 



rus) conflatus e samaris tribus axi acute 3-gono-pyramidaIi oblique affixis, pubescentibus, supra 



productis in alam fere pollicarem, poll. ^latam, margine antico crassiori subrectam, curvilineam 



postico tenuiori longiorique, prasterea latere utroque appendiculatain dppendiculis alaeformibus quoque 



sed multo minoribus (1. 2 longis et 2 latis) semich^cizlarlbus ^ opposlte spectantibus. Semen oblongo- 



ovatum, acuminatum,' infra acumen angulo loculi interno affixum, 'subsessile, integumento duplici 



membranaceo. ' - - 



Juxta Sebastianopolim frequentem in dumetis juxtaque Tias, florentem fructusque maturantem. 

 Julio, olim invenit Commerson. . ' 



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B. foliis oblique ovatis, cuspidatisj supra glabris, subtus argenteo-sericeis, mollibus, 

 breviter petiolatis ; floribus albis, composito-racemosis; antheris hirsutis ; fructu..... 



Frutex scandens : rami tomento brevi pallide rufescentes. Folia poll. ^-2 longa, 2-1 lata, oblique 

 ovata, cuspidata, inaequilatera, integerrima, supra glabrata Iseviaque , subtiis pube dcnsa argentea 

 pallide in nervis rubescente sericea, nervis reticulatis, supra impressis, subtiis promirientibus et 

 nonnuUis ad mcdium glanduliferis glandula parva scutelliformi rubra , petiolata petiolo 1. 5 longo 

 tomcntoso, bistipulata stipulis minutissimis subque pube occnltis. Tnflorescknti^ terminales et ad folia 

 suprema minora axillares, i^aceniiflores racemis opposlte paucifloris, in corymbos quasi digestis : 

 pedunculi (ramulorum instar quos continuant) tomentosi : pedicelli concolores, semipollicares, crassi , 

 sessilcs, basi bracteati prsetereaque lateribus bibracteolati, bracteis bracteollsque brevibus subulatis 

 tomentosis. Calyx alte 5-fidus, lacinlis 1. 2 longis, late ovatis, apice introrsiim revolutis et conniven- 

 tibus, cxtrorsiim tomentosis baslque valde incrassata (prseter quintam in inflorescentia extrorsam) 

 biglanduliferis, glandulis crasslssimis prominentibus ovatls anfractuosls flavicantibus. Petala calyce 

 duplo longiora unguiculata ungue inter calycis lacinias reflexo ipslsque breviori, limbo subor- 

 blculari, dentilms glandulosis eleganter fimbriato^ciliato, glaberinmo, inter se ineequalla (quintum iii 

 prasfl. et infloresc. interius, coetcris minus), alba. Stamina 10, petalls opposita alternis exteriora : fila- 

 menta linearia, basi dilatata inter se coalita, crassiuscula , glabra, subinoequalia , calyce breviora ; 



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