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orbicnlaribos; ab Abb. Sellowianat glabritie raraorum et pe- 

 tiolonim et peduncnloriira; foliis rigidioribns, in.ijoribns, opa- 

 cis, supra impresso -rostalis; floribus lougius peduuciilatis, 

 majoribiis. 



Habitat in Minas Geraes Brasiliae; Widgreu coli. no. 773. 



Trib. III. I^ecythideae Rieh. 



XXXXVIII. Conroapita Aiibl. 



Linn. XXVII. p. 462. post no. 3. Covroupitam Surina- 

 mensetn Marl addatnr: 



4. Couroupita Peruviana Bg. : foliis longe petiolatis, sub- 

 membrauaceis, subovali -oblongis, acntis, rarius obtusis, basi 

 snbcuneatis, margine integerrimo v. Knie inde denticalo mi- 

 nirao instnictis , snbtiis in axillis venarum late barbatis; ger- 

 mine verrueuloso, semisnpero; sepalis rotundatis, sinn acnto 

 separatis; autheris ninticis. t). 



Rami teretiusculi, glabri, in quoque palmite foliornni 

 cicatricibns pallidis , inferne sparsis, remotis, apiceni versus 

 densis notati, apice ipso squamis rosniatis, ovatis, acuminatis 

 terminati. Folia sparsa, rarius obversn, interdnm basi obliqua 

 et cnneata, subtus pallidiora, costata, diaphano - reticulata, 

 ibidem in axillis venarnra arcola ampla, anepidermata, bar- 

 bata instructa , costa media et veuis primariis hinc inde pilo 

 inspersa; petiolo semitereti, sparse pilosiuscnlo, snpra caiia- 

 licnlato, 12—15"' Ig.; lamina 4 — 6'' Ig., 11/2 — 21/2" lt.; 

 nervo medio supra vix elevato, subtus incrassato; venis sub- 

 patnlis, rectis, utroque latere 16 — 20, apicem versus arcua- 

 lim conjnnctis, extrorsum reticnlatim anastomosantibns, supra 

 vix prominentibus , subtus elevatis; venulis primariis paralle- 

 lis, reclinatis, cum venis angulnra fere rectum efficientibus, 



