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subtus ad nervos pulveraceo-puberulis v. glaberrimis, cymis ter- 

 minalibus axillaribusque foliis brevioribus repetito-di-lricholomis 

 multifloris, bracteis parvis, pedicellis flore longioribus ebraeteola- 

 tis , calycis 5-phylli foliolis externis ovato-orbiculatis interiorum 

 orbicularium dimidiam longitudineni circiter sequantibus, petalis 5 

 oblique oblongis sepala parum excedentibus, staminibus (in fl. 

 masc.) crebris liberis , intimis 5 sterilibus minutis papilliformibus 

 basi concretis. 



Nouvelle-Grenade, Quindio, ait. 1000 mètres (Triana). 



Spécimen unum foliis amplis circiter I8centim. longis, petiolo 

 brevi, circiter 8 millim. longo, crasso; alterum foliis angustiori- 

 bus longius petiolatis. 



Aspect d'un Myrcia ou d'un Eugenia. Nervures des feuilles 

 saillantes. 



Gen. XVI. — TOVOMITOPSIS, Nob. 



Bertolonia , Spreng., non Mart. — Tovomitœ sjo., Cambess. et 

 Alior. 



Flores polygamo-dioici. Masc. ignoti. Pseudo-hermaphrod. 

 Calyx 4-phyllus, nudus v. bibracteatus, foliolis decussatis, exter- 

 nis minoribus interna œstivatione non plane tegentibus. Petala 4, 

 biseriata, sepalis opposita, sestivatione imbricata. Stamina sterilia 

 plura, sub ovario inserta, irregulariter 2-pluriseriata : lilamenta 

 sublibera v. .insequaliter concreta , insequilonga, crasse filiformia 

 v. subulata v. fusiformi-clavata : antherse (offe(ae) biloculares, lo- 

 culis connectivo filamento continuo v. discreto utrinque lateraliter 

 adnatis, obliquis, basi divergentibus, rima laterali longitudina- 

 liter dehiscentibus. Ovarium 4-5-loculare, stylis 4-5 brevissimis 

 v. subnullis coronatum, stigmatibus triangulari-ovatis pellatis v. 

 cuneatis, radiantibus, stellatim palentibus v. in capitulum 5-lobum 

 conglobatis. Ovula in loculo quovis solilaria, adsccndentia, semi- 

 anatropa, paulo post anthesim arillodio calyptrata v. cincta. Capsula 

 corlicoso-baccata , 4-5-valvis , endocarpio tenuiter cartilagineo, 

 valvis dehiscentia colnmellam çrassam 4-5-alatam nudantibus. 



