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brevissimus, subnullus. Stigma minimum penicillo-laciniatum. Ovarium 

 oblongum. 



5. Coussapoa microcephala f. 



G. foliis ellipticis , ovatis , rarius subobovatis, basi subemargina- 

 tis vel rotundatis acutiusculisve, apice acutis aut breviter acu- 

 minatis, acumine obtuso ; supra glabris , subtus albo-tomen- 

 tosis. 



Crescit in Guyana britannica. (Schomburgk, Coll. 1841, 

 n*876, Herb. Mus. Par.) 



Arbor vel frutex; ramuli cylindracei , primum ferrugineo-tomentosi , 

 pilis albis tomento sparse mixtis, cicatricibus ebasi ad apicem merithalli 

 in toto ambitu oblique notati. Folia membranaceo-coriacea , ovata , 

 elliptica vel rarius subovata , intégra , integerrima , basi leviter cordata 

 vel rotunda acutiusculave, apice acuta aut brevissime acuminata , acu- 

 mine obtuso; supra glabra, nervulis prominulis tenuissime reticulatis; 

 subtus initio penitus , postea solum in venis et costis albo-tomentosa, 

 dein omnino glabriuscula ; limbus 7-11 cent, longus, 4 1/2-6 1/2 latus ; 

 e nervo medio percurrente 6-7 costœ infra prominentes, costa inferiore 

 externo latere in plures ramulos distracta, oriuntur. Petiolus tomento 

 ferrugineopilis appressiusculismixto obtectus, semi-cylindraceus, antice 

 canaliculatus, 2-3 cent, longus. 



Stipulée pallide ferrugineo-tomentosae, 2 cent, longœ. 



Masc. Pedunculi communes, graciles, pubentes, 3-4 cent, longi, apice 

 pluries di-polychotomi, capitulis florum parvulis (2 mm. crassis) ter- 

 minati. Flores bracteolis tenuissimis interstincti. Perigonium tubuloso- 

 turbinatum, glabrum, trifidum, laciniis obtusis. Stamen longe exsertum ; 

 filamentum tiliforme; antherasubglobosa, terminalis, quadrilocularis. 



6. Coussapoa asperifolia -J-. 



C. foliis obovatis vel rotundis, utrinque obtusissimis vel subemar- 

 ginatis, supra scabris, subtus pilis brevibus mollibusque in ner- 

 vis nervulisque instructis; capitulis masculis cymosis, capitu- 

 lis femineis in pedunculis brevibus solitariis. 



Crescit in Guyana gallica batavicaque. (Perrotet, Hostmann,, 

 n° 1189, Herb. Mus. Par.) 



