GUAREA. MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). 565 
4-8 cent. lata; nervis secundariis alternis, utrinque 8-12. Rhachis 
cum petiolo 4- 9 cent. longo teres, glabra. Panieula folium circiter 
æquans, cymulis sessilibus, remotiusculis, 5-1-floris. Petala elliptica. 
Antheræ oblongæ, Ovarii loculi 2-ovulati. Stylus glaber, ovarium 
æquans 
In silvis Drei d prov. do Alto Amazonas, Februario flores- 
cens (Martius in herb. suo). 
39. G. pedicellata (C.DC. in Mart. Flor. Bras., fasc. 75, 
p. 196); foliis modice petiolatis, 4-jugis; foliolis petiolulatis, oppo- 
sitis alternisve, lanceolatis vel inferioribus ovato-lanceolatis, apice 
obtuse cuspidatis, utrinque glabris; paniculis simplicibus ; floribus 
longiuscule pedicellatis; calyce acute 4-dentato, extus puberulo; pe- 
talis glabris, rubescentibus, margine flavicantibus; tubo subinfundi- 
buliformi, obtuse 8-crenulato ; ovario oblongo-elliptico. 
Ramuli glabri, in juventute virescentes, postea subfuscescentes, 
longitudinaliter rugulosi. Folia circiter 18 cent. longa ; foliola mem- 
branacea, epunctulata, 14 cent. longa, 5 cent. lata; nervis secundariis 
alternis, utrinque 10-12, Rhachis cum petiolo 5 1/, cent. longo glabra. 
Paniculæ folium æquantis cymule sessiles, subremotæ, 3-1-floræ. 
Flores pedicellis suis vix dupló longiores. Calyx membranaceus. Pe- 
tala membranacea, 14 mill. longa, oblongo obovata. Antheræ parvae, 
obovato-ellipticæ, cum tubi denticulis alternæ. Ovarium gynophorum 
Ll Women æquans, loculis 1-ovulatis. Stylus ovarium 
equa 
In Brasilia prope S. Gabriel da Cocheira ad Rio Negro, prov. do 
Alto Amazonas (Spruce n. 2316 in herb. DC., etc.). 
0. G. Sehomburzkii; folis longiuscule petiolatis, 3-jugis; 
foliolis oppositis, breviter petiolulatis, oblongo-ellipticis, basi levis- 
sime inæquali acutis, apice longiuscule acuté cuspidatis, utrinque 
glabris; panieulis folia subæquantibus, breviter pedunculatis, filifor- 
mibus, adpresse puberulis; floribus breviter pedicellatis; calyce irre- 
gulariter 4-dentato ; petalis glabris; tubo ovato- -cylindrico, ad ?/, 
alt. subcontraeto, 8-crenulato; stylo striato. 
Ramuli cinerei, glabri. Folia 11 cent. longa; foliola firmula, opaca, 
Sicca fuscescenti-cinerascentia, nitidula, 14-15 E longa, 52 mill. lata; 
nervis secundariis alternis adscendentibus, subtus vix prominulis, 
utrinque 8-10, petiolulis rugulosis, cinereis. Rhachis cinerea, glabra, 
tetragona, sulcata. Petiolus 3 !/,6 cent. longus, cinereus, glaber, 
subteres; supra sulcatus. Panicula rubescens, cymulis 3-1-floris, 
pedicellatia. Calycis membranacei dentes rotundati. Petala v 
9 mill. longa, vix 2 mill. lata, ovato-oblonga, apice acuta, in sicc 
membranacea rubescentia, Tubus membranaceus. Antheræ aile, 
