GUAREA. MELIACEÆ (AUCTORE C. DE CAND.). oTi 
extus puberulo; petalis extus adpresse rufescenti-hirsutis; tubo cy- 
lindrico, intus dense retrorsum hirsuto, subintegro ; ovario styloque 
hirsutis. 
Arbor vasta, 10-13 met. alta, trunco ad basin. 1-1 1/, met. crasso, 
ramis patentissimis, adscendentibus, cortice cinereo-rubescenti, Folia 
ad ramorum apicem conferta, 6-7 dec. longa; foliola firma, opaca, 
13-17 cent. longa, 26-40 mil. cent. lata, nervis secundariis rectis, sub- 
patulis,alternis, subtus haud prominulis, utrinque circiter 25. Rhachis 
subtetragona, glabra. Petiolus semiteres, glaber, 15 cent. longus. 
Paniculæ in axillis foliorum abortivorum nascentes, ramulis peduneu: 
latis apice dense et subumbellatim cymuligeris. Flores in vivo albidi, 
in sicco rufescentes. Petala 5, circiter 1 cent. longa. Antheræ 10 
(in alabastro e tubo adhuc exsertæ), 2 mill. longæ, obovato-oblongæ, 
supra basin dorso sessiles. Ovarium oblongo-conoidum, 5-loculare, 
loculis 2-ovulatis. 
In silvis primitivis prope Bango-Aquita, in ditione Golando alto 
(Welw. n. 1306 in herb. suo et Brit. Mus.). 
SECTIO lI. — RUAGEA. Calyx polysepalus. Folia impari-pinnata. 
Genus Ruagea Karst. Flor. Columb., v 
68. G, Kuagea ; foliis modice petiolatis, 3-jugis ; foliolis oppo- 
sitis, subsessilibus, obovatis, apice imo brevissime obtuse apiculatis 
obtusisve, supra presertim ad nervos pubescentibus, subtus dense 
subochraceo-tomentosis; paniculis longe pedunculatis, folia paullo 
superantibus, dense subochraceo-tomentosis, subsimplicibus ; floribus 
brevissime pedicellatis ; sepalis rotundato-ovatis, acutis, extus pubes- 
centibus ; petalis glabris, obtusis; tubo ovato-cylindrico, ad 2/3 alt. 
subcontracto, brevissime 20-crenulato ; antheris 18; ovario glabro; 
capsula globosa. Ruagea pubescens Karst Flor. Columb. v. 2, p. 54, 
tab. 196 ; Tr. et Planch. Flor. Nov. Gran. in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 15, 
961 
Arbor 10-14 met. alta. Ramuli dense subochraceo-tomentosi. Folia 
circiter 22 cent. longa ; foliola coriacea, opaca, supra fuscescentia, sub- 
tus rubescentia, ad 11 cent. longa, 5 cent. lata; nervis secundariis 
oppositis alternisve, subtus prominulis, patulo-adscendentibus, utrin- 
que 12-14. Rhachis cum petiolo 4 cent. longo teres, subochraceo- 
tomentosa. Paniculæ peduneulus circiter 6 cent. longus. Flores sicci 
atro-rubescentes. Sepala 3. Petala 5, subobovato-oblonga, 6 !/5 mil. 
longa, 1 1/, mill. lata, in æstivatione quincuncialia, subcoriacea. An- 
theræ 10, oblongæ, compa medium sessiles. Ovarium gynophorum 
paullo oblongo-ovatum; plerumque 3-loculare, loculis 2-ovu- 
latis. Stylus glaber, ovarium circiter æquans, striatus. Stigma brevis- 
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