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bis conspersus, pilis albis uncinatis, pnesertim ad apicem et in basi in- 

 crassata dense obductus, 14 cent, longus. 



masc. Pedunculus communis pilis albis rigidis tomento incano rnixtis 

 tectus, 7 cent, longus, circiter 20 spicas 10 cent, longas, pedicellis graci- 

 libus 1 cent, longis fultas, gerens. Perigonium tubulosum, apice incrassa- 

 tum, brevissime bidentatum, dentibus obtusissimis. 



5. Cecropia flagelUfera f. 



C. foliis peltatis, 8-9 lobatis, lobis obovatis, insequilateris , supra 

 glabris, subtus albo-tomentosis. 



Habitat in Peru. (Pavon. Herb. Webb.) 



Arbor ramulis hirtis, scabris. Folia peltata, supra glabra, subtus inter 

 costas nervulosque rubentes, hirtellos, leviter albo-tomentosa ; usque ad 

 1/2 circiter fissa, 8-9 lobata, sinubus rotundis, lobis apice expansis*, obo- 

 vatis, inaequilateris ; inferioribus apice rotundis, brevibus ; superioribus 

 acutis, saspe sinuosis, 10-11 cent, latis, nervo medio 21-25 cent, longo. 

 Petiolus cylindraceus, striatus, albo-tomentosus pilosusque, inferne in- 

 crassatus, pilis brevibus fuscis albisque intermixtis dense tectus, 17 cent, 

 longus. 



Fem. Pedunculi 15 cent, longi velmagis, pubescentes, 4 spicis fructi- 

 feris, 20 cent, longis, 8-9 mm. crassis superati. Perigonium persistens, 

 pericarpiumoblongum, 2 longum, lœve, basisubattenuatum, includens. 



6. Cecropia acuti folia *J*. 



C. foliis peltatis, 10-11 lobatis, lobis elongatis, subinaequilateris, 

 param acuminatis, supra pilis adpressis inspersis, subtus albis, 

 ramulis fuscis initio tomentosis, dein solum pilosis. 



Habitat in Peru. (in Herb. Webb.) 



Arbor. Folia peltata, supra pilis adpressis instructa, subtus albo-tomen- 

 tosa, venulis fuscis primum tomentosis, dein solum pilosis; usque ad 

 3/4 aut magis fissa, 10-11 lobata; lobis sinubus latis rotundis disjunctis, 

 elongatis, subinaequilateris, apice paululum latescentibus, subacumina- 

 tis, acumine acuto ; superioribus majoribus , 5-7 cent, latis, nervo me- 

 dio 20-22 cent, longo. Petiolus cylindraceus, albo-tomentosus. 



Masc. Pedunculus 5*7 cent, longus, pubescens. Bractea pubescens acu- 

 minata , 11 cent, long'a , spicas 4 pedicellis 5-10 mm, longis suflfultas 

 3" série. Bot. T. tïll. ( Août I 8 47.) 2 6 



