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iuterdnin siibcordatis v. breviler aciitis, integerrimis, supra 

 uitidis, reticulato -venosis ; raceinis secundis, densifloris, flo- 

 ribus reciirvatis; pedicellis alabastro brevioribus; genuine io- 

 fero, 3-locnlari; sopalis iiiaoqiialibns, ovalibus, obtnsis, ci- 

 liolatis; stylo longiusculo. "f. 



Raiiii teretinsnili , cinerci, riiniilosi , glabri; rainiili an- 

 giilati. Folia alterna, iiiterdum inaeqiiilatera, niargine rc- 

 ciirva; petiolo 2 — S'" long.; lamina 1 1/2 — 3'' long., 14 — 

 25 '/2"' lat. j nervo mrdio siipra prominiilo, snbtns promi- 

 nente; venis utroque latere circiter 10, reniofis, erecto-pa- 

 tnlis, ante marginem adscendentibus et arraatim conjiinctis, 

 ntrinque praesertim inferne prominnlis; rennlis interjectis re- 

 ticulato -ramosissiinis, nfrinqne pariim prominnlis. Racemi 

 axillares et terminales, 18 — 30-flori, rhacbi verrucosa, 

 11/2 — "^" lo"o'5 pedicellis 1^ — 2'" long.; Itrartoolis stipanti- 

 biis caducis. Alabastra snbglobosa , 5"' diainetro. Gcrmen 

 loculis paucioviilatis. Sepala 6, dorso obtuse carinata ibiqne 

 minntissime puberula, membranaceo-marginata, majora2i/2'" 

 long. Petala 6, anrea, snborbiinlaria , obtusa, raajora 6'" 

 long. Urceoliis staminnm globosiis, glaber, 5"' diametro, 

 hinc brevis, illinc in lignlain 9'" long., apice lacinialnm pro- 

 ductiis, intus fere ad basin filamentis diiatatis, 1 — 2'" long., 

 creberrimis, inferioribiis autheriferis , reliqnis anantberatis 

 ounstns. Staniina fertilia seriebus creberrimis ad l)asin nr- 

 ccoli circunicirca disposita, brevissima , apice dilatata, anthe- 

 ris snbrotundis. Stylus \'^l-i" long. (v. in hb. Berol.). 



Habitat in Guiana Angh'ca (Rieb. [Schombnrgk, coli, 

 no. 729, 792). 



34. L. cordalii Berg; [ramulis novellis, racemis, gennini- 

 bus deusissinie minutissimoque brunneo - tomentellis, fere fari- 

 nosis; loliis subsessilibus, pergamaceis, orbicularibus v. ovali- 

 bus, basi cordatisj apice rotundalis, retusis v. obtuse brevi- 



