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Trinidad et Rosario in silva primæva humida : Sel. n. 3066. - Fruct. 
albid. : Aug. 
TERNSTROEMIAGEE. 
Ternsiremia Seleriana Tees. sp. nova ; ramulis subverticillatis ; folis 
alternis, ad ramulorum apicem congestis, 6—8 mm. longe peliolatis, 
obovatis usque subcuneiformibus, basi sensim in petiolum angustatis, 
apice obtusis vel subrotundatis, sæpe excisulis, 5,5—9,5 cm. longis, 
2—3,5 cm. latis, crassiuscule et rigide coriaceis, integris, supra obscure 
olivaceis, nitidis vel nitidulis, subtus olivaceo-brunneis, tenuiter et 
dense granulatis, costa media supra leviter insculpta, subtus prominula 
vel iuxta basin prominenie, nervis lateralibus utrinque plane incon- 
spieuis ; inflorescentiis solilariis, unifloris, pedicellis post anthesin 
1.6—3 cm. longis; prophyllis sub flore ipso insertis, rotundatis 4—5 mm. 
longis, obsolete fimbriolatis; sepalis 5 æquimagnis, suborbicularibus, 
cire. 7—9 mm. diam., post anthesin varie laceratis, crasse coriaceis, 
exlerioribus, ut videtur, margine, certe iuxta basin, fimbriolatis, reli- 
quis integris ; pelalis et staminibus iam lapsis ; ovario conico, in stylum 
post anthesin usque 7 mm. longum attenuato, 2-loculari, loculis cire. 
)-ovulatis. 
Habitat in Guatemala, in dept. Huehuetenango, in distr. Nenton in 
canalis vel faucium fundo ad Chaculä in 1600 m. allitud. : Seler 
n. 3099. — Flor. : Jun. 
Die Art scheint der westindischen 7. brevipes DC. nahe zu stehen. Im Habitus 
gleicht sie am meisten der 7. Brasiliensis Camb., von der sie aber im Bau des 
Ovars erheblich abweicht. 
T. chalicophila Les. sp. nova ; ramulis sordide cinerascentibus, exas- 
peratis; foliis 4—6 mm. longe peliolatis, obovalo-oblongis usque 
oblanceolalis, basi anguste aculis vel cunealis, apice obtusis et minute 
excisulis, 3,7—7 cm. longis, 1,3—2 cm. latis, crasse el rigide coriaceis, 
margine supra medium minute crenulato- vel subcrenato-serrulato, 
supra i. s. obscure brunneis vel brunneo-olivaceis, nitidis, subtus palli- 
dioribus 1. s. brunneo-purpureis vel pallide subroseis, non vel multo 
minus granulalis quam in præcedente, costa media supra insculpta, 
sublus prominula vel juxta basin subprominente, nervis lateralibus 
utrinque circ. 5—7 tenuissimis, supra tenuissime insculplis subtus 
plerumque plane inconspicuis, raro subconspicuis ; pedicellis post 
anthesin 2—pæne # cm. longis, apice post anthesin incrassalis ; pro- 
phyllis post anthesin a flore 2—4 mm. distantibus, deltoideis, obtusis 
