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convcxa, Icstacca, longitiulinalilcr rugosa Iransvcrsinique 

 iiiinulisslinc rugulosa. Snh priorls aeslalis inflorescciilia, 

 novl iia.scunlur ramull. 



Cestiiüm laevigatmn n. sp., glabrwm, foliis ellipticis 

 aciiminalis subpapyracels subopacis pctiolalis, raccmis sub- 

 spicatis axillaribus follo mullo brcviorlbus (Intcnlum in 

 fasciculum axillarem rcductls) ; calycls subglabri marginc cl- 

 liolatl dcntibus brevissinils nulllsvc, coroUis glabris tubu- 

 losis subinfiindibullformibus calyce sexirs longioribus, llmbi 

 laclnils oblusls, filamcnlls supcrnc in tubo inscrlis, iii 

 iiicdio tubo pilüsulis; baccis ovoldcls. 



An Cestrura racemosuni Ruiz et Pav. FJ. Per. 2. p. 29 

 t. 154 f. b. 



In Brasilia legcrunt ScHo alliquc propc RloJaneiro. t?- 

 Planlam Brasiliensem florcnlem babcmus, Pcruanani 

 fruclifcram dcscripsere anlorcs atque dc[)inxerunt, lilnc 

 dilliciles comparalu; sin vcro raodum iniloresccnliac, ha- 

 blinni cl ilgiuam foliorum contemplamur, si dcscripllonem 

 legimus, nil diffcrenliae reperlmus, quam ex llorc forsau 

 pelere possemus. Subjungimus nostrac slirpis dcscripliones: 

 a) cvoluluni, foliis uiajorlbus, longius pctiolalis, race- 

 nils evolulis longius pcdunculalls. 

 Rami subsimpjiccs, paululum flcxuosi, tcretcs glabrl, 

 cortice albido vclusllorc punclulis nilnutis pallidioribus ro- 

 inndls elevatis adsperso. Folia sparsa, patenlla pcllolala 

 oblongo-ellipllca vicumlnala, acumlne oblusiusculo , basi 

 subinacqualia acuduscula, 4 — 6 p. longa, II — 2 p. lata, 

 pellolo profunde canallculato semipolllcari, subpapyracca, 

 snbopaca ulrlnque glabra, nervo venisque primarlls ulrln- 

 sccus 8 — 10 promlnenllbus. Stipulae spurlae intenluni 

 praesenles sublanceolalae, gemmaeque glabrae. Raccmi 

 axillares follo sempcr breviorcs, subsplcatl, pauclflori, llo- 

 libus subscvsslllbus praescrlim in apicc pedunculi s. rlia- 

 cbidis conlcrlls. Rbadils vlx polliccm unquam supcrans, 



