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ratis; voiiiilis inleijt'ctis tciiiiioiiliiis, icliciilalis, Paniciilae '20 

 — 32'" loiiif., 2 — 3-pliritor ramosae, braclea vagiiiata, bio- 

 vissima fiillae, c\ infima Imsi ramiili siibicrmiiKilis, apicc hi- 

 foliati opposita«^ aiit olililtcrationo Inijiis ramiili iinmediate 

 siiljtcriniiialos, raiiiis raimilisquc divaiicatis v. rollcxis, saepe 

 gciniiiis. Alabastra ^/4"' loJiji. ; lnaotcolis slipantibiis cadii- 

 cis. Gönnen 4- oviilatiim (v. in hij. ßcrol.). 

 Habitat in Pcruvia (Ruiz). 



17. C afjinis Berg 1. c. uo. 13. 

 Habitat in Brasilia. 



18. r. pnlchella DC. I. c. p. 257. - Berg I. r. no. 14. 

 Habitat in Biasiliae prov. Miiiaa Gentes (de Martins, 



Si-Ilo). 



19. C. nigricans DC. I. c. p. 258. — Berg I. c. no. 15. 

 Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Rio Negro (de Martins). 



20. C. Forsicri Berg; raniulis uovellis pulu-rnlis; foliis 

 breviter peliolatis, rigidis, ovalibns v. ovali - oblongis, abrnpte 

 aeuminatis, basi brevitor aentis, pallide marginatis, diseolori- 

 bns, glabris, utrin(|no iiigresccnli -, obsenre peUiicido-pnncta- 

 tis, snbreticnlato - vcnosis, dnplieato- linibinerviis; panicniis 

 lerniinalibns, geniinis, racrniosis, paiu'illoris, folinni snb- 

 aeqnantibns, glabris; alaliastris ovalibns, glabris, apicnlatis; 

 germine 2-loeniari; petalis 2, rolnndis. T> 



Rami tcretes, exopliloeo seeedente. Folia opposifa, sn- 

 pra eaernlescenti - viridia , snbtns fnscescentia ; petiolo 1 — 

 !•/./" long.; laniina 36 — 42'" long., 16 — 20'" lat.; nervo 

 niedio siipra planinscnlo , snbtns prominente; venis tennibns, 

 snbpatnlis vennlisqne tennioriltns, relicnlatis snpra parnm 

 manifeslis , snbtns prominulis. Panicnlao 3^/4" long., c ra- 

 mnlo terminali, brevissimo, aphyllo, basi callo fnltae, longe 

 pednni'ulatae, comprcssae, ramis intimis 3-lloris, intcrdnm 



