28 — — 



luteis et uigris obscuris inspersis , calycc liirtcJlo glaudiiloso 

 obluso. 



Crescit Suriiiami ad Osembo ia Para, in, Aprilis 1842, 

 cum alabastris fere pcrfectis. (Fockc.) 



Differt pulcherrinia haec spccies a Vism. rufesccnti 

 Pers, — Chois. Monogr, Hj/p. Tab, I, — foliis haud longis- 

 sime acuraiuatis iiec basi atteuuatis, calyce haud glabro, a 

 y» ferruginea HBK. foliis 'haud elliptico-oblougis caet. , a 

 V. longifolia St. Hilaire Fl. Brasil. Tom. I, Tab. 68. 

 facile nervatione. 



Frutejc modice allus. Ramuli tetragoni toraentosi, 

 sensim glabrati. Petioli l^/a — 2 cent. long!, basi araplexi- 

 caules, succulenti, antice canalicnlaii dense tomentosi. Folia 

 aeqnilatera, in specimine majore 25 cent. longa, 7^3 — 8 

 lata, in minore 18 longa, 5 circiler lata, sicca snpra fusces- 

 ceutia parum nitidula, subtus ochraceo- vel subolivaceo- 

 aurea, in nervo raedio crasso dense et venis sparse hirta, 

 ubique glandulis planis uigris opacis et aureis resinosis ele- 

 vatis conspersa ; e nervo medio per totam lougitndinem cir- 

 citer 25 — 30 costae fere horizontales parallelae prominentes 

 versus raargines tendeutes ibiqne perspicuius anastomosantes 

 exoriuntur, Iitßorescentia terminalis paniculato - corjmbosa 

 iteratim trifida rufo- tomentosa, basi yoZeVs duobus oppositls 

 amplcxicauli-sessilibus (rameis cousimilibns sed multo rai- 

 uoribus) suffulta. u4.labastra obovato-globosa, pleruraque 

 terna, brevissime pedicellata articulata, inferue villosa supra 

 glabriuscula glandulosa, pedicellis brevissimis tomentosis. 

 Calycis quinquefidi phylla coriacea concava elliptica obinsa 

 inaequalia. Petala (in alabastro) oblonga angusta, dorso 

 praeserlim versus apiccm nigro- glandulosa, antice lana hi- 

 tescenti longa dcnsa iuslructa. Squamulae brcves obtusae 

 praescrtim vertice lanatac. Styli in alabastro curvati. 



