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fulvis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usqne ad -10 nun longis, levissime v. ecanali- 
culatis , coriacea, juniora utrinque albo-strigosa, adulta supra praeter ncrvum primarium 
tomcntosum subglabra, subtus nervo medio costisque ferrugineo-tomentosis dense cano- 
strigosa, ovata v. ovato-Ianceolata, basi obtusa v. breviter acuta, apice breviter acuminata, 
140 — 270 mm longa, 40 — 100 mm lata, penninervia, supra sublaevia, subtus laxe pro- 
minenti-reticulata, costis e nervo medio sub angulo 4 5 — 70° prodeuntibus, raargine recur- 
vulo. Inflorescentia cT permultiflora, conferte pyramidato-panniculata, pedunculis 
ferrugineo-tomentosis ceterum albo-strigosa, foliis 2-plo brevior, pedicellis 2 — 3 mm longis, 
bracteolis persistenlibus. Inflorescentia 9 pauciflora, glomerato-panniculata, foliis 
5 — 6-plo brevior. Flores atro-purpurei (ex Riedel!, Spruce!) v. rosei (ex Schwacke!), 
dense albo-strigosi , cT 1,5, 9 2,5 mm longi. Perianthii tubus perconspicuus , in 
floribus cT lobos subaequans, anguste urceolatus, apice constrictus, basi in pedicellum 
breviter attenuatus; in floribus 9 lobis longior, globosus, apice permanifeste constrictus, 
basi in pedicellum breviter contractus. Lim bi segmenta genitalibus perlongiora, post 
anthesin campanulata, aequalia, anguste ovata, obtusiuscule acuta. Androeceum serie- 
bus 3 exterioribus fertilibus, in flore 9 conspieuum sed minutum, sterile; in flore cT 
magnurn, 3-seriatum. Filamenta brevissima, paullo dilatata, glabra; seriei III. basi 
glandulis binis maximis, subglobosis, sessilibus aucta. Antherae compresso-suborbiculares, 
latiores quam longae, connectivo non producto apice obtusae v. minute emargiuatae, bilo- 
cellatae, 6 exter. introrsae, 3 inter. subextrorsae. Ovarium in flore cf* in tubi basi 
minimum, stipitiforme, sterile; in flore 9 permagnum, glabrum, subglobosum, in stylum 
crassum, brevioretn attenuatum, stigmate discoideo, subtriangulari. Bacca matura 
nigra (Spruce!), ellipsoidea, laevis, 28 mm longa, 14 mm. diam., cupulae subsessili, 
hemisphaericae, perianthii lobis omnino deciduis integrimarginatae basi insidens, ad V 5 
longitudinis obtecta. Embryo cotyledonibus elongatis, apice minutissime acuminulatis, 
corculum permanifeste includentibus. Plumula glabra, conica, bene evoluta; radicula sub- 
ovoidea, apice obtusiuscule acuta. 
Hab. in sylvis arenosisgue Brasiliae sept. provinciae Alto Amazonas ad Rio 
Negro: Riedel n. 1411, praecipue circa urbem Mandos: Spruce n. 1453, Schwacke n. 3534, 
III. n. 351 et in collect. Glazioviana n. 14212; loco non indicato: Ferreira n. 236. 
(F s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., Mus. Brit., Brux., Candoll., Deless., Goetting., 
Haun., Kew., Pelrop., Vindob., Warming. et a cl. Schwacke herbario meo communicatam.) 
19. Endlicheria villosa Mez nov. spec. Rarnuli dense tomentosi. 
Folia rigide coriacea, nervis utrinque ferrugineo-tomentosis albo-strigoso- 
hirsuta, anguste lanceolata, basi obtusiuscule, apice acuminato-acuta, 
penninervia, supra sulcato - immerse costata, subtus dense prominenti- 
reticulata. Inflorescentia oo-flora, albo-villosa, foliis solemniter longior. 
Flores villosi, 0,5 — 1 mm longi. Perianthii tubus lobos subaequans. 
Limbi segmenta aequalia. Androeceum seriebus 3 exterioribus fertilibus. 
Antherae filamentis glabris longiores, compresso-suborbiculares, latiores 
quam longae, connectivo non producto apice miuute emargiuatae, bilo- 
cellatae. 
Arbor v. frutex ramulis dense fulvo-tomentosis, scro glabratis subatris, teretibus, 
gemmis tomentosis, cortice esipido. Folia petiolis usque ad 14 mm longis, ecanali- 
culatis, rigide coriacea, nervis utrinque ferrugineo-tomentosis albo-strigoso-hirsuta, anguste 
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