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2 Cent, lougusj lamina subcoriacea, supra in sicco nigricans 

 nitida, subtus fuscesccns, ad lentem atomulis iuspersa et spar- 

 sos pilulos adnatos obferens, e nervo medio utriuque cireiter 

 6 — 7 costalas venulosas reticnlatas exserens, 12 cent. longa^ 

 5 lata. Folia superiora elliptica T'/a cent. longa, 4 lata. 

 Pedunculi 5 — 6 mm. longi, medio cireiter bibracteolati, ap- 

 presse pilosi; pedtcelli bini vel qnaterni basi bracteolis con- 

 cavis stipati, curvati, 1 — 2 cent, longi, Samarae recepta- 

 cnlo brevi-conico insertae 3 — 1, basi globosae deuticiilis 

 nndique muricatae rugulosae anticpque alula obiiqua brevi - 

 lanceata obtosiuscnla 6 mm. longa anctae, snperne in alam 

 subfalcato-obovatam, in sicco subaureo-fuscam , 4 — 4*/2 

 cent. longam, basi 1/2, apice 2 cent. latam expansae, totae 

 appresse pubescentes. Ala margine antico rectilineo incras- 

 sata, apice rotundata vel subtruncata, margine postico eroso- 

 repauda, demnm plicato-cristata. Semen globosnm brevi - 

 aplculatum. 



HETEROPTERYS Kunth. 



1. Heteropterys eglandulosa A. Juss. in St. HU. Fl, 

 Br, mer, III. p. 27. Monogr. p. 206. {Heteropterys.,,. 

 fdlciferae affinis mihi L c. p. 86. n, 21.) 



Crescit Surinami ad plant, Bergendaal, m. Sept. cum 

 samaris fere maturis, 



Frutejc humilis. Descriptio qnam cel. Jussieu in Fl, 

 bras, dedit omni ratione congruit, si excipias bractearnm 

 glandnlas, in meis haud perspicue obvias. Frocul dubio 

 antem species optima est nee cum H. anoptera nee cum 

 floribunda confnndenda, quod samarae satis maturae a mc 

 visae confirmant. Hamm tres, sed unica plernmque sallcm 

 rite efforraata aureo-fusccscens appresse pilosa oblonga sub» 

 falcata obtusa, lalerc postico parum curvilinca, basi pau- 

 lispcr producta, antice coucava et versus basin incrassatam 



