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6. C. Persicastrum Eichl. n. sp., 
partibus novellis calycibusque appresse griseo-pilosulis, ce- 
terum glabrum; foliis obovato-oblongis v. obverse lanceolatis, ex 
apice gr” plq. subacutis nunc rotundatis, basi cuneato-altenuatis, 
coriaceis nervis ulrinque dislincte prominentibus, lateralibus 410 
—14 dense reticulatis;' florum fasciculis axillaribus plq. 2—5- 
floris, pedicellis brevissimis, floribus polygamo-dioicis; corolla 
subovoideo-urceolata -calycem paullo superante glaberrima. 
Årbor magna, interdum frutex lactescens; rami teretes grisei 
passim lenticellosi. Folia 8—44 rarius fere 20 cm. Ig., 3'/9—7 
k., petiolo teretiusculo supra canaliculato plq. å cm. longo; 
utrinque fere; opaca concolora ydilule viridia%, margine. passim 
crispula et subrecurva,« nervo medio supra impresso, subtus for- 
titer protuberante, nervis reliquis utrinque ægqualiter et argute 
prominentibus, lateralibus rectiusculis angulo 65? a mediano pro- 
ficiscentibus parallelis, reticularibus tam trånsversis et validis, 
ut subinde lateralibus primariis subsimiles fiant. Flores Y et 2 
in diversis speciminibus, probabiliter e diversis individuis decerp— 
tis.  Pedicelli utriusque 2—3 mm. lg., griseo-pilosuli. Flores 
Y subglobosi, diam. 3"/0—4 mm., 2 magis ovoidei, 3 mm. Ig.- 
Sepala utriusque ovata obtusa v. exteriora in XY suborbicularia, 
extus griseo-pilosiuscula, intus glaberrima. Corolla pallide viridis 
v. albida calycem paullo superans, ad medium 5-loba, lobis ovatis 
attenuato-oblusis, 2 paullo angustior, Stamina Y fundo tubi in- 
seria, corolla subbreviora, filamentis cylindraceis, antheris lan- 
ceolato-cordalis acutis subæquilongis; in 9 stamina absque ullo 
rudimento dificiunt.  Ovarium utriusque subovoideum  hispido— 
villosum 5-loculare, in 9 in stylum conicum 5-sulcum stigmate 
sub 5-lobo terminatum abit; stylo in Y tenuiore haud sulcato, 
sligmate obtuso. ,Bacca in pedicello c. 7 mm. longo basi calyce 
persistente suffulta, oblongato-ovoidea, apice (ex icone) subacuta, 
glabra, matura flava, sec. Lund: edulis; longitud. 4 cm., diam. 
2Ye cm.; disperma; semen' oblongum subcompressum apice la- 
