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maximls follolam mcJlum lanceolatiim, basl longlus acu- 

 talum, 3 poll. 9 lln. longum, polllccm lalum, peliolo trl- 

 linearl; extima subbipolHcarla, brcvitcr peliolulala ; pc- 

 iiolus communis 2,V pol. longus. Membranacea sunt ienu- 

 issime rctleulato-venosa, nervo subtus prominente, venls 

 lenulbus prominulis, in lallorl follolo pauelorlbus utrlnse- 

 cus 7 — 10, in angusllorl numerosloribus 12 — 15. Pe- 

 (luncull sesqui- et blpolllcares, tcretes, crashilie clrciler 

 petloU, ipsls folils minoribus longlores, pedunculum fo- 

 llorum rnajoruui subaequanles superanlesque. Flores ses- 

 slles brevlLevve pcdlcellatl; ramls cymae maxlmae evolulis 

 subsemipollicarlbus. Calyx cupulltorniis, laxus , qulnquc- 

 dentatus, denllbus rotundatis obtusis, Corolla a basi ad 

 aplcem labil infcrlovls 9 circ'ter liiieas metlens, lablo lu- 

 bum subacquanle, limbo obliquo bllabialo, lablo superlori 

 bifldo, iriferiorl hilobo, lobo medio producto obovato, Om- 

 nibus obtusis; exlus tomenloso-pubescens, inlus ab inser- 

 llonc shiminum s'irsum lenulssimo puberula, pube in llmbo 

 uberlori, ad büi,ui labil interlorls barbatula. Slamina qua- 

 tuor didynama, e laucc exserla, curyata, lablo vel supe- 

 rlori breviora; cenlralla longlora; ülamenta compressa, 

 llncarla, In Infcriori lubo sesqullincam ab ipslus basi una 

 Serie iiiscrl.i. ibidem barbata, sursum tenuller puberula; 

 anlberae mlnutae, bllocujares, saglllatae. Germen globo- 

 sum, nmbonalum, glabrum, quadrlovulalum ; Stylus illUor- 

 mls, giabcr, stamlna paulo superans; stigma bitidum. Fru- 

 cluji dcsideratur. 



ViTEx monfeviden.sis ? irmltlnervis N. 



E Brasilia mlsit Sellowlus. 



Novam nolulmus proponere speclem a simillima su- 

 perlori solummodi» recedenlem: pube partium paulo ube- 

 rlori pllisque paulo longlorlbus immixtis, unde magis ex- 

 Joto apparol pubcscens; venls lollolorum eximius rellcu- 

 lalo ycnosorum crobrloribus, ulrinsecus ulplurimum ultra 



