612 



inilis iit etiainsi fnictnm haiid vidpiira, nostram coiigenerpin 

 pracdlcare iipriuafiuam dubitaverira. Davilae eniin charactor 

 essontialis in sepalormn inlcrnorum persistentiiim intreimMilo 

 et miitaiioiie noc noii in pcricarpio rapsniarl positiis, e ilore 

 miniinc cum cciiiüidine criioudiis est, ita ut stirps florcns 

 iion nisi liabitii a Doliocarpi sppciebus qiieat dislingni, 



Frulex seandons , sarmentis hand raro vohibilibns, 

 asperrimus, raraosiis, foliosiis, ramnlis paniculato- florenti- 

 bns. Rami coinpressi snbtorti snbfiiscescenlps vel grisci 

 papiliis mintilis plmiinque aspeiriuii; raniuli filiformes sai- 

 inentosi llaccidi pendenles vel snbrolnbiles papiliis aibis pilis- 

 que brcvibus conicis crnstaceis aspcrrimi. Folia cruslact'o- 

 rigida, aiipra uitida aspcctn laevia, tactu asperula, ad leu- 

 Ipin miuutis papiliis inspersa , sublus oihracea ta< tu scabra, 

 in lostis (TPcIo- patiilis parallclis densis nlrinque 10 — 18, 

 prouiinentibus Tcnulisqne reticnlatis pioininiilis pilis appres- 

 sis obsila, 'petiolis c basi dilatala trigono-terolibus autice 

 canaliculatis nee raro lamina decurrenle angiiste marginatis 

 laeviusculis et siibglabris 2Y2 — V2 ^^"'- l''"!?'» susteula, 

 elliplica vel obovalo - elliptica apice obtnsa, brcvi- acuta vel 

 breviler acuininala et lunc submiicronala, integerriina vel 

 qnandoqiic subrepandula, marginibus snbrevuluta^ ramea ina- 

 jora 14 eent. longa, 7 — 8 lata, ramulorum bis terve mi- 

 iiora. Paniculae axillares vel raniulos laterales basi pauci- 

 [olialos lerminantes dichotomac e cymis siibninbellifonnibus 

 t'onllalaej qnandoqne subgeminae, appresse hirtellae, Pedi- 

 ceUi lloribus breviores vel longinres. Sepala 3 e.rterna 

 iniuuta obovata hirtello-pnbesceutia cilialaquc corumquc dno 

 opposila aequalia; 2 interiora 1er qnaterve majora 4 — 5mm. 

 longa crassiora concava iucano - hirtella pilis appressis cilia- 

 taquc. Pctala plerunique video 4 obovalo - spathiilata , se- 

 pala interiora panllo superantia caducissima. Filanienta pe- 



