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versus margines arcnatim adscendeules in parte 1 / 2 inf. folii 

 subopposite disposilae , infima paullo supra basin orta; in 

 parte ! /a SI1 P* venulae plnres patentes tenues; anastomoses 

 vix conspicuac. Stipula oppositifolia Ianceolata hirtella. 

 Pcdunculi 5 — 8 mm. lougi, amenta 1 l /« — 3 cont., Jloren- 

 tia adspectu albo- variegata teunia aeutiuscula, baccifcra 

 penna corviua crassiora. Bracteae pedicellato-peltatac sub- 

 deflexae area centrali snbrotunda vel angustata glaudulosae, 

 inargine pilis abbreviatis griseis hirto-ciliatae. Stigmata 

 lata obtusa patula intus subconcava. Baccae pro specie 

 magnae glabrae obovatae deorsum cuneatae, pcricarpio pul- 

 poso. Semen conforme sed raagis compressum. 



49. Artanthe (Isophyllonl) auriculata n. sp. Ramulis 

 peliolis foliisque subtus in nervis venulisque liirlis, bis bre- 

 vissime petolatis raembranaceis obsolete pellucido-punclatis 

 supra glabris laevibus, lato-» vel obovato-ellipiicis brcviter 

 apiculatis, versus basin attcnuatis ipsaquc rninute auricula- 

 lira inaequali -cordatis, lobulo petiolum tegente, costis per 

 lotam longitudinera utrinque circiter 12 — 14, infima e basi 

 et sumrnis tennibus, reliquis erecto -palulis parallelis subtus 

 prominentibns et reticulato-anastomosantibus, araentis 



In sylvis ad ostia fl. Rio dos Enganos in fl. Japuni 

 Prov. Rio Negro. (Mart.) 



Species in hoc genere quidem vix dubia, foliorum forma 

 sins;ularis, quoad seclionera auterp adhuc incerta , pubescen- 

 tia cnira et nervatione a sectione Hemipodion louge distal, 

 nervatione cum A. polyneura aiiisquc e sect. Isophyllon 

 comparari potest, basi inaequali vero recedit. 



Ramuli ilexuosi, adulti subglabri, juniores densissime 

 hirti, nodi marginati, intcrnodia foliis miilloties brcviora. 

 Petioli hirti basi dilatati antice canaliciilati 2 — 4 mm. lon<n 

 Folia aeqnilalera plerumque lato - elliptira alia sabohovato- 



