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cortice fusco substriato giaberrimo obtecti. Folia decussata majiis- 

 cula brevissime petiolata; stipulae interpetiolares basi in vaginam 

 brevem laxam connatae apice in laciiiias 4 lineari-lanceolatas acutas 

 3 — 4 mm longas desiiientes; petiolus subincrassatus semiteres supra 

 paulliim applanatus atque profimdiusciile sulcatus, 3—6 mm longiis; 

 lamina rigide coriaceo-herbacea nitidula ovato-Ianceolata apice longe 

 angnstato-acuminata basi subacuta utrinque glaberrima costa media 

 atque venis primariis 17—19 supra prominulis subtus prominentibus 

 percursa, 14 — 20 cm longa et triente inferiore 5 — 7 cm lata. Flores 

 majusculi conspicui brevissime pedicellati in cymis terminalibus pauci- 

 floris 4 — 6 cm longis dispositi; pedunculus erectus incrassatus inferne 

 teres superne tetragonus complanatus ubique densiuscule puberulus 

 6 — 10 cm longus; bracteae subulatae 3—4 mm longae; ovarium 

 hemispliaericum pilosum vix 1 mm diametiens; calyx brevissimus 

 cupulatus truncatus; corolla tnbulosa rosea vel in siccitate pallidefusca 

 extus dense lanuginosa intus paullum supra basin villosa, 10 — 12 mm 

 longa ad Vc in lobos 5 trianguläres acutos divisa; stamina paullum infra 

 faucem inserta, filamenta brevissima dilatata, antherae lineares 

 obtusae ca. 3 mm longae inclusae; discus elevatus annularis usque 

 1 mm altus; stilus erectus apicem versus subincrassatus corollae 

 lacinias non superans stigmatibus duobus brevibus subrecurvatis 

 coronatus. 



Brasilia: Estado de Amazonas prope Manaos (Ule n. 5119 — 

 fl. mense Decembri). 



3. JPalicourea Vlei Schum. et Krause nov. spec. Frutex erectus 

 arborescens densiuscule ramosus 2 — 10 m altus; rami ramulique validi 

 teretes apicem versus tetragoni compressi cortice nigrescente striato 

 giaberrimo obtecti. Folia opposita magna breviter petiolata; stipulae 

 interpetiolares caducissimae; petiolus incrassatus complanatus 

 1—1,5 cm longus; lamina rigide coriacea ovato-elliptica vel elliptica 

 apice acuminata basi rotundata vel rarius subacuta supra glabra 

 nitidula subtus sparse brevissime puberula vel glabriuscula costa 

 media atque venis primariis 20 — 22 utrinque manifeste prominentibus 

 instructa, 18 — 25 cm longa et 9 — 13 cm lata. Flores majusculi 

 conspicui breviter pedicellati in panniculis terminalibus brevibus 

 paucifloris usque 6 cm longis dispositi; pedunculi pedicellique erecti 

 compressi sub tetragoni in vivo purpurei in siccitate atro-fuscescentes; 

 ovarium turbinatum glabrum ca. 2 mm longum; calyx cupulatus ovario 

 ca. duplo brevior obsolete denticulatus ; corolla tubulosa apicem versus 

 subdilatata lutea extus dense minute papulosa intus supra basin villosa, 

 20—23 mm longa, ad ca. '^ in lacinias 5 anguste ovatas acutas 



