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26. Miconia cardiophylla, nov. spec. (sect. Amblyarrhena.) 
Ramis obscure tetragonis, junioribus petiolis peduneulisque 
brevissime denseque stellato-puberulis et sparse longeque 
setulosis praecipue ad nodos, vetustioribus glabratis et sca- 
briuseulis; foliis longe petiolatis, submembranaceis, ovato-cor- 
diformibus, basi profundiuseule emarginatis, apice longiuscule 
acuteque acuminatis, margine subtiliter serrulatis, 7-9-nerviis, 
supra brevissime et densiuscule bullato-strigillosis, subtus cre- 
berrime minuteque foveolatis et brevissime densiusculeque 
hirtellis; panieulis terminalibus alaribusve, majusculis, pyra- 
midatis, subdiftusis, multifloris; floribus 5-meris, sessilibus 
vel brevissime pedicellatis, basi subebracteolatis; calyce den- 
siuscule furfuraceo-puberulo, tubo campanulato-suburceolato, 
limbo obscure 5-denticulato; petalis ovato-suborbicularibus ; 
antheris oblongis, connectivo basi non producto, postice vix 
calearato vel inappendiculato; ovario glabro; stylo glabro, 
apice truncato. 
Frutex 3-4 m. altus, ramosus. Rami graciles, elongati, erecto- 
patuli, leviter flexuosi, cinereo-fusci, leviter ramulosi. Petiolus 
robustiusculus, teretiuseulus, supra non vel vix canaliculatus, 
rufescens, 4-6 em. longus. Folia patula, internodiis 3-5-plo 
longiora, supra siceitate atro-fusca et opaca, subtus satis palli- 
diora, in eodem jugo interdum satis inaequalia, 9-15 em. longa, 
6-10 em. lata; nervis satis gracilibus, supra profundiuscule 
impressis, subtus leviter prominentibus, exterioribus caeteris 
multo gracilioribus brevioribusque; nervulis transversalibus 
numerosis, gracilibus, paulo flexuosis, supra satis impressis, 
subtus leviter prominentibus, valde ramuloso-reticulatis. 
Paniculae erectae, leviter ramosae, !/,-1 !/, dm. longae; rami 
patuli, graciles, elongati, paulo compressi, leviter ramulosi, 
basi interdum minute bracteati. Calyx siccitate atro-fuscus, 
teretiuseulus, 2 !/, mm. longus latusque. Petala siccitate fusca, 
reflexa, 1!/; mm. longa. Staminum filamenta filiformia, glabra, 
