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quc obtiisiiisciile aciiminatis, Itasi acntis , discoloribus, supra 

 glabris, creberiimc elevato-, pclliicido-piiiictalis, teuiiiter re- 

 ticHlato-veuosis, arcuafim diiplicato-lirabinervüs; racemulis 

 axillaribus, paucifloris, pedicellis petioliim aequantibns; bacca 

 oblonga, 1-sperma, sepalis brcvibiis , latis, obtiisissitnis, tou- 

 niventibiis coronata. t). 



Engenia Sieberiana DC. I. c. p. 277. 



Raml teretiiisciili , glabri; ramuli compressi. Lepidcs 

 magnitudine valde aucta pili ciipulati, brevissime stipitati, apice 

 in discinn ampliiin, roncaviiin, oblongum v. hemisphacriciim 

 explanati apparent. Folia 3— 4" long., 1 Va — 2 Va'" 1«'^^.; 

 petiolo 4'" long.; nervo mcdio snpra planinsciilo, snblus pro- 

 minente; venis tcnuibus, erecto-patulis, ntrinque prominnlis ; 

 venulis interjectis leuiiiorlbns, reticulatis, utrinqiie vix promi- 

 nnlis. Racemi 4 — 6-carpici, rhachi 1 — 6'" long., pedicellis 

 3'" long. Baccae bracteolis minimis , ovatis stipatae, 7 — 

 8"' long., 3 — 3*/.2"' l^'-5 sepalis 4 coronatae, majoribns 

 »/«'" long. (v. in hb. Sond. et Vind.). 



Habitat in 'mswla. Trinidad (Sieber, Flor. Trinit. no. 222). 



329. E. supraajcillaris Spring in Flora XX. Beibl. II. 

 p. 83. — Berg 1. c. no. 230. 



Habitat in Braslliae prov. Rio de Janeiro (Mart. hb. fl. 

 Br. no. 49). %. 



330. E, racemijlora Berg; ramnlis foliisque novellis, ra- 

 cemis, alabastris dense ferrugineo-tomentosis; foliis coriaceis, 

 rigidis, petiolatis, ovalibns, brevissime obtuse acurainatis, basi 

 obtnsiSj discoloribns, adullis glabris, impelliieido-punctatis, 

 subreticulato-venosis, duplicato-limbinerviis; racerais spuriis» 

 divaricato - 4 — ö-floris, abbreviatis, validis, axillaribus so- 

 litariis, snbterminalibus 4, folio brevioribus; germine bilocn- 

 lari; sepalis inacqualibus, tomentosis, obtnsiusculis. %» 



