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tantom dilalatis et bracteis ad basin tencre birtellis recedit, 

 altamen omni jure ad hanc sp. refcrendiim. — Formain fo- 

 liis basi rotundatis, ameniis 8 — 10 — 12 cenl. longig in syl- 

 vis ad Sebastianopolin legit cl. Martius, m. Jul. „Arbor 20 

 — 25-pedalis, circumfereufia */ 8 pedali." 



57. A. Lucaeana l. c. p. 523? Oinnia congruunt cum 

 descriptione Kunthiana, cum autem sp. aulh. videre band 

 contigit, in tanta consimilium copia determinatio ambigua. 

 In humidis ro. Corcovado ( Marl.;. 



58. A. leptura l. c. p. 523? Folia majora, infima ima 

 basi leviter cordata. Cum praecedenle. 



59. Artanthe (Ottonioidcs ) denudun» n. sp. Raraulis 

 pedunculis petiolis foliisque subtus in nervis fusco-hirtis, 

 bis membranaceis subtiliter pcllucido - puuctatis, supra prae- 

 ter iict vii m medium juiiiorum trlalins, ovato-lanceolalis attc- 

 nnato-acuminatis, basi «ubaequali rotundatis vel leviter cx- 

 cisis, 5-pli- vel 7-pli-nerviis et costulato- venosis, pedun- 

 culo peliolum circiter aequante, amentis band raro in ramulo 

 brevi solitariis gracilibus recliusculis, bracteis parvis con- 

 chaeformi- inflexis minute puberulis, stigmatibus 3 »liforrai- 

 bus palulis. 



Rio Janeiro (Tohl 4778. in Hb. Vind.), ibid. (Ilarrison 

 in IIb. Mail.;. 



Partes juniores omnes dcnse pilosi, scnsim glabrescen 

 tes, ideo rami glabri teretes vix slr ulati. Pclioli l / 2 — I 

 cent. long! antice canaliculali dense hirti. Folia supra sa- 

 turatc viridia nitidula, juniora in nervo mcdio et quibusdam 

 venulis pilis sparsis longinsculis instructa, subtus fuscescen- 

 tia in nervo et venia dense, in venulis Hparse pilosa, pilis 

 rrispulis, plerumque aliquaionus obliqna, e basi leviter in- 

 aequali et parumper conrava lanceolata, vix fcre oblongo- 

 lanccolata attenuato-acuminata, acnrainc acuto vel oblusiosculo, 



