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long. ^ 8—14"' Inf., siiprn obscure viridi, siibhis hepatica; 

 nervo medio snpr« pariu» eminv^ntc, snbfiis elovato; vcnis 

 fenniliiis, errcto- p.'itiilii«, siipra nbsoletis, siibtiis promiuulis; 

 vennlis iuterjettis teiinioribiis, siibretit'iilatis. Peduuenli 4 — 

 8'" long., inferiores basi undi. Alabastra Jiiantia, 3"' long.; 

 bracteolis stipantibiis cadncis. (iermen 3-loi'nlare, disco to- 

 tnentoso tcrininaliim; sporopboris bilamcllalis, plnriovnlafis. 

 Caljx campannlatns , 4 — 5-lob«s, demuin profnndiiis parti- 

 tus, lobis 1"' long. Pctala 4 — 5, snbrotnnda, ciliata, 2 — 

 3'" long, Stamina 3—4'" long. St) Ins 2 — 3"' long.; 

 Stigma capitatnm. Barca niagnitndine frnc tns Pruni spino- 

 sae. Seniina angiilata, 2'' long., testa ossea obtecta. Em- 

 bryo generis (v. fl. in hb. Der. gen,, fr. in hb. Willd.j. 



ß. laxum; canle^altiore, diffnso ; foliis tennioribns, ob- 

 solete venosis. — Canlis ö-pedaiis, divaricato - ramosus ; ra- 

 mis dii'hotomis (v. in hb. Berol.). 



y. subaltetnutn ; canle hnsniliore; foliis subcoriaecis, 

 plerumque alternis, ovalibns v. oblonge -ovalibns; peduncnlis 

 1 — 2-nis, 1-floris. 



Frntex 1 — 2-pedalis; rarnis striftis, badiis, teretinseu- 

 lis, glabris; ramnlis eompressis, pilosinscnlis; novollis pu- 

 beseeniibus. Folia siccata snpra atrovirentia, subtns brnnnea, 

 17 — 23'" long., 8 — 14"' lat. Pednnrnli alterni v. oppositi, 

 ex inferioribns 4 nodis ramornm annotinornm, liasl sqnaniis 

 fuhi, floriferi 2 — 5'" long., tVnctiferi 9"' lat. Alabastra 3'" 

 long., bracteolis 2, lanceolato-lineoribns, "V4"~"l'" long, sti- 

 pata. Germeii 3— 4-locnlarc; sporophoris bilamellatis , pluri- 

 ovnlatis. Calyx obsolete 5-crenatus, deinnm partitns; lobls 

 reflexis, Stylus 2 •/.2'" long. Bacca 4"' diametro. (v. in hb. 

 Berol.). 



Habitat in lerritori« (liiminis Orinoco in f^cnczuela: d. 

 propo nrbem Carichanu prope tines Novae Granadae (de 



