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proccdentibiis elevatis, vix antem reticnlatis. Frnctns matu- 

 ros non vidirans. R. ojcysepalus Meisn. afBnis qnoqne. 



Im felsigen Theile des Tononda -Thaies bei Bethanien 

 in ausgetrockneten Bächen , Decbr. 



LAURINEAE. 

 44. Cassyta pubescens Schldl. Canles pilis sparsis snb- 

 adpressis obsiti ; flnres distantes breviter snhadpresso- pilosi 

 in racemis brevipediinculatis siraplicibus compositisve, peri- 

 gonii phyllis externis ovatis acuminatis phylla iuterna ellipti- 

 ca obtusa dimidia aeqnantibus. 



Canles teretes pilis albis in apicibn9 vegetantibii9 den- 

 s'ms dispositis in vettistioribus i'ere deficientibns adspersi. Fo- 

 lia: sqnamae late ovatae acnminatae integerrimae, basi ob- 

 tuse producta liberae, snpra basin affixae, densins pilosae, 

 brnnneae, vix \}J% lin. longae, nunc vacuae, nnnc raranm 

 fulcientes, quae vero flores suffulcinnt (bracteae) panlo la- 

 tiores pilosiores et evidentins ciliatae apparent. Racerai rachis 

 pilis adpressis reversis tegitur, raox abbreviata, raox elongata, 

 sed in speciminibns pollice vix longior. Flores subse9sile9, 

 priraum in apice pednncnli conglomerali, dein vero, rhachi 

 evolnta, ab invicem distantes, in axillis bractearum ex rnbro- 

 variegatarnra aliis minoribns et similibus bracteis lateralibns 

 stipati. Quae bracteae iternm similes sunt perigonii phyllis 

 exterioribns tribns triangnlari- ovatis acntis 3 / 4 lin. lougis, 

 qnibnscuin alterna snut phylla interiora duplo longiora, el- 

 liptiea acutiuscnla erecta convoxa. Staraina 3 extiraa, his 

 opposita et panlo breviora, filamentnm habent angustnm et 

 antherara paullo latiorem terminalem bilocellatam porisqne 

 duobus subovalibus apertam. Sequuntur stamina tria cum 

 his alterna laliora apice subrhombeo-dilatata, rhombi angu- 

 lis lateralibns denticulornm in modnm prominentibus, loculis 

 antherae superiores rhombi margines obliquos seqnentibus. 



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