—52— 



de la route de Tuis, alt. 650 m.,Nov. 1897, (Tond. 

 n. 11304). 



Distrib. : Nouvelle Grenade, Amerique cen- 

 trale. 



simiarum Donn. Sm. Sp. Nov.— Folia 

 obovato-oblonga subito breviterque acu- 

 minata ad basin cordatam 3-nervia levi- 

 ter dentato-repanda supra glabra subtus 

 subcanescentia et in nervationefusco-pi- 

 losa, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis petiolos 

 superantibus. Inflorescentia e trunco 

 prorumpens fasciculata intricato-ramosa 

 multiflora. Calyx usque ad basin intus 

 glandulosam paene partitus. Ligulae jam 

 in aestivatione reflexae cucullo 5 nervio 

 vix bis lonofiores obovatae retusae in 

 unguem gracilem attenuatae staminodiis 

 obovato-lanceolatis paulo breviores di- 

 midio angustiores. Stamina triantheri- 

 fera. Fructus coriaceo-cartilagineus cy 

 lindraceo ellipticus fusco-farinosus exan- 

 gulatus exrugosus. 



Arbor ex schedula Tonduziana gran- 

 dis patula, partibus novellis inflorescen- 

 tiaque tomentosis. Folia praesertim ju- 

 niora discoloria coriacea 3-4 dm. longa 

 14-19 cm. lata valde reticulosa, nervis 

 lateralibus utrinque 9- 11 subtus promi- 

 nentibus, petiolis crassis circ. 12 mm. 

 longis 5 mm. diam., stipulis utrinsecus 

 plurinerviis circ. 2 cm. longis. Cymae 

 subsessiles globum densiflorum circ. 6 

 cm. diam. formantes, axibus lignosis, 

 pedicellis in medio bibracteolatis calyce 

 bis longioribus. Calycis extus tomento- 

 si tubus 2 mm. altus, glandulae aureae 



