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nervis tenuioribus interjectis atque venis paulum prominulis. (Ana- 
tomia ignota.) 
Inflorescentia cymosa, 3-4 cm. longa, pedicellis 7-10 mm. æquan- 
tibus, alabastro globoso longioribus. Sepala 2, breviter ovata, 7 mm. 
longa, 5-6 mm. lata. Petala 4, lutea, oblongo-ovata, 10 mm. longa, 
5 mm. lata. Stamina interiora 4 mm. æquantia, exteriora breviora. 
Ovarium 4-sulcatum, 5 mm. longum. 
A Tovomita quyanensi, eui affinis, differt nervis lateralibus inler se 
magis remotis (Engler). 
8, T. stylosa Hemsley, Diagn. Pl. Nov., pars 1, 3; Biologia cen- 
trali-americana, I, 88. 
Panama, Chagres, Fendler, 298. Lion-hill Station, Panama railway, Hayes, 
367,in herb, Kew, 
Frutex v. arbor parva glaberrima, ramis teretibus ad apices tantum 
foliosis. Folia petiolata membranacea ovato-lanceolata v. elliptica, 
3-6 poll. longa acuminata obtusa v. subacuta, basi cuneata, integra, 
costa ad margines lineis immersis contiguis pellucidis undulatis 
continuatis notata, venis reticulatis utrinque inconspicuis, petiolo 
3-6 lin. longo. (Anatomia ignota.) 
Flores pedicellati, in cymas di-tri-chotomas (fem. subtrifloras, 
masc. multoties ramosas) axillares v. terminales parvibracteolatas 
dispositi, pedicellis basi et ad medium bibracteolatis, basi articulatis, 
flor. fem. longioribus, bracteis minutis triangularibus, acutis oppo- 
sitis, sepalis 2 petalisque tenuissimis, petalis 4, staminibus numero- 
sissimis. Sepala (in fl. masc.) lineari-lanceolata, acuta, 3-4 lin. longa; 
petala lineari-oblonga, fere obtusa, sepalis æquilonga ; stamina petalis 
paulo breviora filamentis filiformibus inæquilongis, basi leviter cohæ- 
rentibus : ovarium rudimentarium estylosum apice obscure 4-lobum. 
Flor. femin. sepala ovato-lanceolata. Stamina præter antheras vacuas, 
sicut in masc. Ovarium 4-loculare, loculis 1-ovulatis, stylis liberis 
staminibus æquilongis, stigmate parvo. Fructus maturus ignotus. 
9. T. Eggersii Vesque, £pharm., MI, t. 94. 
Trinidad, in sylvis ad fl. Caroni, Eggers, 1883, in flora exsicc. ble occid., 
Tœpffer, n° 1073. 
Arbor ramis gracilibus teretibus, cortice griseo rugoso vestitis, apice 
tantum foliosis. Folia obovata v. oblonga, apice acuta v. aculiuscule 
acuminala, basi sæpius cuneata in petiolum. oc asediom contracta, 
