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9. Sw. acutifolia ra. Sw. foliolis 17 — 21 lanceolato - ob- 

 longis acutis, racemis multifloris tomentosis pedicello 

 snbebracteolato , petalo subrotundo basi cordato extus pu- 

 bescente calyce majore, stamlnibiis multis , ovario stipi- 

 tato tomeiito argenteo sericeo, stylo brevi. 



Petiolus peduncuhisque pnbescit. Foliola subtna hirta, 

 ly^— 2'' longa, circ. *y^" lata, Calyx subtomeutoso-pube- 

 scens, 4 — 5 fidiis; petalum ovato - orbiculatum , basi corda- 

 tum_, stipitatnm, extus sericeo - pubescens. Stamina majora 

 4 — 6. Bracteolae pleramque 0, rarissime adsunt squamae mini- 

 mae in pedicello, 



Sellow leg, in Brasil, pr. Presidio S, Joao Baptista. 



10. Sw, montana m. Sw, foliolis 19 — 25 lanceolato - ob- 

 longis subobtusis, racemis subsimplicibus tomentosis, pe- 

 dicello bibracteolato , petalo subrotundo basi cordato ex- 

 tus piloso calyce majore, staminibus multis ^ ovario stipi- 

 tato tomento argenteo sericeo , stylo brevi, 



Arbor; folia alterna; petiolus circ. 7-pollicaris semiteres 

 snpra canaliculatus , utrinque membrana angustissima alatus 

 (quae et in acutifolia atquemultijuga-reperiturstipellulasquebasi 

 foliolorum format ) basi parum incrassatus , puberulus; foliola 

 lanceolato oblonga, nunc obtusiuscula nunc acutiuscnla; basi 

 parum inaequilatera ; snpra glabra, subtus pubescentia, 3^' 

 longa, 9'" lata, Racemi in ramis foliis orbatis plerumque sim- 

 plices (semper?) patentes, subrecurvi, rhachi pedicellisque (ut 

 in affinibns) compressis ferrngineo- tomentosis. Paulum infra 

 calycera bracteolae duae oppositae, ovatae, obtusiuscnlae, sub- 

 concävae, circ. 1''' longae, extus ferrugineo-tomentosae, intus 

 violaceae. Calyx coriaceus ut rhachis tomentosus; petalum 

 unguiculato-stipitatum, albidum, venis coloratis striatüm , ex- 

 tus imprimis basi lougis pilis albidis.obsitum. Stamina circ, 

 100 antheris dehiscentibus; stam. maj. circ. 4, filamentis pilis 



