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subpersistentibus, lamina coriacea rigida late ovali v. ovato-ovali v. 
obovaia, interdum ovali-orbiculari, rarius oblonga v. elongato-ovata, 
apice obtusissima v. rotundata sæpius repando-emarginata raris- 
sime subacula, basi rotundata v., leviter cordata, vix nitida, costis 
costulisque utrinque maxime tamen subtus prominulis v. supra 
subevanidis, paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus folia superanti- 
bus densifloris, floribus sessilibus in cymas trifloras secus ramos 
paniculæ sessiles dispositis, calycibus campanulatis intus tomen- 
tosis non araneosis. 
Verisimiliter frutex v. arbuscula, Ramuli grisei v. fuscescente- 
grisei, albido-lenticellati, c. Å mm. crassi.  Petioli 2—3 mm. Ig., 
crassi. - Stipulæ c. 4 mm. lg. Lamina vulgo c. 5 (3—6) cm. Ig., 
et 3—3/2 (1199—5) cm. lt. — Costæ secundariæ utrinque C. 
7—8—10; infimæ sub angulo fere recto, summæ sub angulis 
acutioribus a media patentes.  Inflorescentia vulgo 7—8(—410) 
cm, Ig., nunc brevior minus ramosa, nunc major maågisque ramoså 
et pyramidalis, et partim folia frondosa parva gerens. Ramuli cum 
rachide rigidi., stricti, crassiusculi, c. 47/9 mm. crassi, angulati, 
pube minima densa tecti; ramuli sæpe 4—6 cm. lg.  Bracteæ 
et bracteolæ minimæ, fere v. vix 4 mm. Ig., ovatæ, acutæ. Flores 
sub anthesi 3 mm. Ig. Calyx campanulatus tomentosus v. den- 
sissime puberulus, sordide v. fulvescente-cinereus, lobis 5 ovatis 
acutiusculis, c. 4 mm. longis et fere totidem latis. Petala nulla. 
Stamina & sparsa, vix unilateralia; filamenta brevia, antheris 
fere æquilongis.  Ovarium globosum hirsutum, stylus inclusus, 
puberulus. Fructus ignotus. ' 
In silvulis et virgultis littoralibus («restinga») ad' montem 
Tijuca prope Rio de Janeiro, m. Sept. Octobri florens: 
Glaziou (6168). 
2. L. (Eulicania) Glazioviana Warm., mn. sp., tota præter 
flores tantum tomento adpressissimo fulvo tectos glaberrima, 
lamina membranacea v. tenuissime coriacea, lancéolata v. &blongo” - 
lanceolata v. ovato-lanceolata v- elongato-elliptica, apice leviter | 
