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1. Pennantia coryvibosa Forst. 

 P. puberula, foliis obovato-oblougis, subellipticisque 

 acutis iaaeqaaliter grosse deiitatis, alabastris ellipsoideis, flo- 

 ribus polygarao-dioicis, petalis patentibus, filamentis filifor- 

 mi-capillaribus in aestivatione ad dorsum antherae oblongae 

 induplicatis. Tab. XII. 



P. corymbosa Forst.! Prodr. n. 396. Willd. spec. IV. 

 p. 1122. R. Cunu. in Ann. of Nat. bist. III. p. 248. 

 Pitcairnia corymbosa Forst.! msc. 

 In Nova Zeelandia legit Forster a. 1773. 

 Arbor vel arbuscula incertae altitndinis. Ramnlnm spi- 

 thamae longitudinis iuferne crassitie pennam corvinam medio- 

 crera adaequantem video teretem, cortice rugulosa fuscesceute, 

 lenticeilis crebris, obsoletis, pallescentibus obsessum, cica- 

 tricibus foliorum delapsorum nounullis torulosum, solidiira, 

 ligno fusco foetiim, superue raraellos annotiuos foliatos llori- 

 ferosque, pube simplici brevissima conspersos promentem. 

 Folia interstitiis inferne bi- trilinearibusve, superne semi- 

 pollicaribus et ultra ahernatira dissita; infima rudimentaria 

 e geramariim squarais sensim perfectara forraam obtiueutia) 

 lamiua incompleta vix bi- vel triliiieari instructa; superiora 

 bi- usquc tripollicem longa, supremum pollicare vel semi- 

 pollicare. Petioli lamina sextuplo aut septuplo breriores, 

 patentes et snbrecurvi, tenues, subteretes, supra subsulcati, 

 dense pubescentes. Lamina obovato-suboblonga subellipti- 

 cave, acuta vel obtusiuscula, grosse dentata, dentibus in- 

 aequalibus oblique triangulis, repanda vel subintegra, plana, 

 penuinervis, nervis lateralibns senis octonisve, basi paralle- 

 lis, aplce reticulate venosa arcuata conflnentibus , supra lae- 

 vis, nitidula, in nervo roediano sub lente puberula, subtns 

 Costa mediana prominente reticuloque venarum manifestius 

 conspicno, demum tenue subcoriacea, decidna. Stipulae nnl- 

 lae. Corymbi densiflori, subpanicnlati vel thyrsoidei, bipol- 



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