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Habitat in Costa -Rica (Dr. Oersted). 

 65. 31. sphndens DC. (Chaiact. einend.); raninlis loliisijuc 

 novellis snbtns et panicnlis pnbpst'ontihns v. snbvillosis; foliis 

 peliolatis, monibranaceis, deinnm rhartaceis, ovatis v. ovato- 

 oblongis, basi obtnsis v. rotundatis, npicc sensini plus niinnsve 

 elongato -arnminatis , plernmqne grosse et fre))errinie pellii- 

 cido- pnnctafis , adultis glabris, snpra splcndenlibns, iilrinqne 

 tenuiter elevafo-reticulatisj limbinerviis; panicnlis axillaribns 

 et snbterminalibns , folio longioribns v. brevioriiuis, rainis in- 

 Hinis 3-, 5- v. 9-(loris, ilore cenirali sessili, latoraliI)ns pc- 

 dicellatis; germinc bilonilari, sericeo; bacca objonga v. nb- 

 ovata, sepaiis inaeqnalibns, extcrioribns triaiignlaribns, bre- 

 vissimis, interioribus ovatis, rolnndalis, eiliolatis coronata. % 



Mijrivs .«plcndcns Swartz Fl. Ind. oce. 2. p. 907. 



Euge/iia perlplocifolia Jaeq. Coli. 2. p. 108. t. 4. 



Mtjrcia splendens DC. I. e. p. 244 (exri. syn. plerisqne). 



Variat: 



a. ohscura Berg* foliis ovatis, brcviter obtnseqnc aen- 

 minatis (v. in hb. Berol.). 



ß. genuina Berg; foliis ovato - oblongis , elongalc ob- 

 tnsinscnleqne acumina(is, niacroporis (v. in lib. Berol., Mo- 

 nac.. Sonder, et Yindob.). 



Folia l'/o— 3" long., 5 — 14"' lat. , peliolo 1 — 1 1/./'' 

 long. Panienlac 3/4 — 3" long., 2 — 3-pliei(er raniosae. Ala- 

 bastra obovata, 1 — 1 V-i"' lonii., braeteolis stipantibns cadn- 

 cis. Gennen dense scricenin, 4-ovuIaliim, disoo piano, lato, 

 velntino obtectnni. Sepala 5, glabrinscnla. Pctala 5, orlti- 

 cnlaria, extns dorso serieea, 1 — %'" long. Stainina 2'" 

 long. Stylus basi sericens , 2''' long. 



y. micropora Berg; foliis ovato- v. ovate oblongis, 

 longe acumiuatis, microporis. — Folia 20 — 48'" long., 8 — 



