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acutis rigidulis curvatim subpatentibus crebris hispiduli, serius pilis 

 evanidis glabrescentes, punctis minutis albidis densis (arena crystal- 

 lina!) praediti; internodia 2— 4 cm longa; folia inferiora solitaria, 

 petiolis 8 — 11 mm longis hispidulis suffulta, lanceolata, utrinque 

 sensim angustata, apice longe sensim acuminata, acuta, ca. 13 : 4,6 cm, 

 superiora false geminata, valde inaequalia, majora petiolo 6 — 13 mm 

 longo ipsa 13,5 — 16,5:4 — 5,5 cm, utrinque sensim angustata, apice 

 longe acuminata, acuta, basi +_ ve obliqua in latere exteriore magis 

 in petiolum decurrentia quam in latere interiore; folia altera minora 

 petiolo 1—4 mm longo ipsa oblique ovati-elliptica, utrinque 

 angustata, tarnen manifeste obtusiora quam folia majora, apice 

 rotundati-obtusa, ca. 1,5: 1,2— 4:2,5 cm; folia omnia membranacea, 

 supra laete viridia, pilis simplicibus pallide flavidis 3-cellularibus 

 rigidulis in vena media densioribus, in venis lateralibus et in meso- 

 phyllo valde sparsis obsita, subtus pallidiora pilis simplicibus pallide 

 flavidis rigidulis praecipue in vena media et in venis lateralibus 

 primariis, parcius quoquein secundariispraedita; mesophyllum utrinque 

 punctis minutis albidis densiusculis (arena crystallina!) notatum; 

 inflorescentia sessilis inter folia amba geminata, uniflora; pedicellus 

 gracilis, ca. 22 mm long us, infra glaber, supra medium ad calycem 

 versus pilis simplicibus pallide flavidis 3-cellularibus sensim crebri- 

 oribus obsitus, in statu florifero nutans, serius rectus; calyx campanu- 

 latus, ca. 5 mm longus, diam. ca. 6 mm, in parte inferiore connata 

 ca. 3 mm longus, truncatus, 10-costatus, costis viridibus in dentes 

 10 tenues subulati- filiform es paulum inaequilongos alternatim aequales 

 ca. 1,8 — 2,5 mm longos exeuntibus, calyx extus sicut dentes pilis 

 3-cellularibus simplicibus patentibus crebris obsitus, punctis albidis 

 crebris (arena crystallina!) notatus; corolla alba, stellata, diam. 

 17 — 18 mm, profunde in lobos late lanceolatos acutos vel obtusius- 

 culos ca. 6 : 2,5 mm extus pilis rigidulis 3-cellularibus acutis obsitos 

 in apicibus pilis brevioribus acutis densissimis praeditos partita; 

 corollae tubus 1,2 — 1,5 mm longus, intus quoque glaber; filamenta 

 1,5 mm longa, glabra; antherae ellipsoideae, satis breves, ca. 3 : 1,5 mm, 

 utrinque emarginatae, poris introrsis apicalibus; ovarium conicum, 

 diam. 1 mm, glabrum; Stylus gracilis, fere rectus, 6,5 — 7 mm longus, 

 stamina paulum superans, glaber; stigma styli apice non manifeste 

 vel vix crassius, subglobosum; fructus non vidi. 



West-Venezuela: Kolonie Tovar, Gollmer! (hb. Berol.), 15. 4. 

 1854 blüh. 



»Blumen weiß, nickend; Staubbeutel gelb« (Gollmer in sched.). 



Die erheblichen Größenunteischiede (besonders bezüglich der Spreiten) 

 zwischen den drei hier gekennzeichneten Formen der L. xylopiifolia sind sehr 

 beachtenswert. 



95. Lycianthes alopecoclada ßitt. n. sp. 



Fruticosa; rami superiores teretes, diam, 2 — 3,5 mm, pilis 

 satis longis simplicibus pluricellularibus acutis vulpinis 

 patentibus densis villosi; internodia 2,5 — 6,5 cm longa; folia 

 superiora false geminata valde inaequalia; laminae majores oblongi- 

 lanceolatae, basi obliqua rotundate cuneatim in petiolum brevem 



