Ne Ae lup. 565 
nicis armati et cellulis plus minus sclerosis cum epidermide inferà 
counexi. Nervi medii fasciculus arcuatus, subtus laminà. fibrosà sub- 
conlinuà, suprà ad margines mole fibrosà sustentus. Glandulæ cana- 
liformes inter fasciculos immersæ, suprà fibris mechanicis paucis 
v. plus minus nümerosis instructæ, rarius cum epidermide superà 
conjuncti, subtus sæpe fibris paucis sustentæ, ad lateres concepta- 
culis vasiformibus spiralibus armate. Crystalla echinata in meso- 
phyllo. 
Racemi axillares folio sæpius longiores, pluriflori, pedicellis. bre- 
viusculis. Flores circit. 10 mm. lati. Sepala 4. Petala 4, Stamina 
numerosa, petala subæquantia, Fructus breviter ellipsoideus, cireit. 
10 mm. longus, 8 mm. latus. 
19. €. Pseudotacamahaca Planch. et Triana, Mém. Guitif., 
loc. cit., 210; Vesque, Epharm., I, t. 46. — C. Tacamahaca Chois: 
(pro parte, non Willd). — C. Cumingii Planch: et Triana, l. c., 239. 
— C. decipiens Chois., Guttif. Ind., 42 (pro parte, exclus. synon.). 
Ins. Philipp., Cuming, 1047, specim. florif. et fructif. !, 1077! (C. Cumingit 
auct.). Nom. vernac. : Palomaria. 
Rami subteretes, cortice griseo vestiti, lenticellis notati, juniores 
quadrato-compressi, tomento plus minus pallide ferrugineo induti, 
mox glabrati. Folia valde varia: 1) late obovata petiolata apice late 
et breviter obtuse acuminata v. plieato-acuminata v. rotundata, basi 
obtusa, 5,5-9,5 cm. longa, 4-4,5 cm. lata, petiolo suprà concavo, 
circit. 8 mm. longo ; 2) lanceolato-elliptica, apice obtusa v. rotun- 
data, haud plicata, basi obtusa v. acutiuseula, 3-5 cm. longa, 1-2,5 em. 
lata, petiolo 4-7 mm. longo, in quaque forma coriacea, margine in- 
crassato vix repanda v. planiuscula, nervo medio valido, subtus pro- 
minente, suprà anguste prominulo, saepe ad mediam laminam usque 
canaliculato, lateralibus crebris utrinque prominulis, alteris veris 
cum alteris spuriis nervum medium basi sepius non attignentibus 
plus minus conspicue alternantibus. 
Epidermidis superæ et inferæ cellulæ undulatim delineatæ, alta, 
parietibus intus gummiferis, externà massa gummosa cross in sinu- 
bus parietum lateralium eanaliculato-punctata vestità, cuticulà me 
diocri levi. Stomata elliptica, cellulis epidermidis minora, cellulis 
accessoris fere omnino v. plane ehem. Pili uniseriati, alteri simplices 
longiusculi cylindracei, obtusi exlernà crassà lutea v. ad 
basim pili tenui decolorata, cellulis parum elongatis, materià rubrà 
farctis, v. ad basim vacuis, alteri irregulares submoniliformes subra- 
