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B, geminata ii. ramis ramulisque tomentosis, foliis late 



subovatls 9 — 11-uerviis subtus tomentoso-pilosis ^J^ 



et ultra bilobls lobis divaricatis siibacutis, bracteolis 



ovato-acutis parvis, petalis liuearibus long^e aciitis ex- 



tns tomentosis. 



Piarai angiilosi, ramuli suLteretes, iufloresceiitia, calyx, fo- 



lia subtiis tomento sordide ferruglneo tccta. Folia mcmbra- 



iiacca, basi iuterdum levissime cordata, majora ultra b" loiii«. 



4'' lat., niinora circ. pollicaria. Petioliis V^ — \" longus, 



nervo mcdio fere 1 — 2'' longo brevior. Stipiilae lauceo- 



latae, 2'" long.^ caducae. Acnlei obtiisi, coinpressi, mimiti 



V" long, rarissime obscrvandi. Flores geraini sine peduncu- 



lo communi, circ. 1^j<i" long, in raceninm snbaphjllum dis- 



positi. Bracteae lanceolato -subulatae basi diiatatae; bractco- 



lae supra pedicelli basin e basi ovata acutae, circ. \"' long. 



Caljcis tubus leviter striatns. Stamina iufima basi mona- 



delpha et glabra, altius varie connata. Ovariura toraeu- 



losum. 



Sellow log. in Brasilia mcrid. 



£, ohtusata u. ramulis toiiiontosis, foliis oyatls 9 — 11- 



Incrviis siipra glabriuscuiis subtus tomentosis Yg bilo- 

 bis, lobis vix divergentilius obtusis sinu obtusato, bra- 

 cteolis ovato - acntis miuutis, petalis liuearibus longo 

 acutis glaberrimis. 

 ß, foliis Y2 bilobls. 



Raini teretes, glabrati; ramnli angulosi et petioli toraen- 

 , ;lo sordide fcrmgiueo vel cinerascentc tccti ; inllorescentia et 

 I i calyces ferrugineo-toraentosi. Stipulas non vidi. Aculci mi- 

 miti, filiformes aut compressi, caduci, dillicillinic oitservaiidi. 

 ,. Folia IY2" long., 2" lat., basi truncata, siibius e ferrugineo- 

 ' tomeutosa, rigide membrauacea. Petioli nervum medium circ. 

 diraidiuHi aeqnantes, circ. Y2" longi. Flores gemiui race- 



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