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sp.irsc puberulis, siibliis tcnuiter veuosis, limbiwervüs; race- 

 innlis alibreviatis, 1 — 2-nis, axillaribiis et laloraliltns, 4 — 

 8-floris, petiolo paiilo loiigioribtis; gennine biloculari; scpa- 

 lis inaernialibus, ovatis, obtiisis, oiliolatis; slaminibus sliiotis, 

 clongatis. Ip. 



Fnitcx lO-pedalis, ramosus; rami teretinscnli; r.»iiiiili 

 coniprcssi. Folia opposita, siccata siipra obscnra, siibdis 

 vireiili-fiisccsceiilia; petiolo 1'" long.; lamiiia 9 — SO^Mniiu, , 

 4 — 8'" lat ; nervo inedio siipra plauinsciilo, siibtiis elev.ito, 

 villoso ; venis leniiibiis, siibereclo- v. erecto-patniis , iitroqiie 

 latere circiter 7, distantibiis, iitriiujiie vix promiuiilis, loii- 

 giori a raarginc dislantia arciialiin iinilis; vemilis inleijectis 

 ramiilosis, vix manifcstis. Racemiili rhachi l — 1 '/i"' ''>:ip-, 

 pedicellis J/^j — 1'" long., approxiinalis, biaclea liiieari, pii- 

 besccnte, '/4 — 1/2'" long, fiillis. Alabastra obovala, i'" 

 long., bracteolis 2, ovatis, minimis stipala. Gennen loeiiüs 

 pliiriovnlatis. Sepala 4, 2 niajoia ^/^'" Iniig. Pctala 4, snb- 

 rotunda, 3/^'" long. Stamina 3'" long. Stylus 2'' ionü;. 

 (v. iu hb. Berol.). 



Habitat ad St, yinlonio in insiila Cuha, floret Julio (Ed. 

 Otto, coli. no. 922). 



171. E, Guayaquilensis DC; ramiilis teuuissimc hirtellis; 

 foliis petiolatis, charlaceis, ovali-oblongis v. obloiigis, ndin- 

 f|iie augustatis, apicc obtusiusenle aciiniinalis, basi aciitis, 

 discoloribus, obscnre pellurido- punrfatis, tenuiler teticulato- 

 veuosis, arcualim snbdnplicato-limbinerviis; pedicellis brevi- 

 bus, 4 — 10-nis, vcrticillato-conglomeralis, axillaribiis, ibn- 

 chi perbrevi racemosim impositis; gennine bilocnlari ; sepalis 

 inaeqnalibiis, subrotiindis, ciliolatis; baeea subglobosa, 1 -spei- 

 ma. t), 



Variat : 



«. gcnuina Berg; foliis longius petiolatis, obloji-jis, 



