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7.  M.  cor  data  Kcke. 
Foliis  ovatis,  subito  auguste  acuminatis,  basi  leviler 
cordatis  coin  vagina  involuta  petiolo  bracteis  sepalis  petalis 
germine  glabris 
Brasilia  leg.Mikan  (Ilerb.  Vindob.).  et  Widgrén  (Ilerb.  Ilolm.). 
Corcovado  leg.  LangsdorlT  (Ilerb.  Ilort.  Petrop.). 
Caiilis  (ramus)  glaber,  apice  vaginas  et  folia  et  ramos 
usque  54/2  pollicarcs  glabros  proferens,  10 — 19  pollicaris. 
Rarni  apice  folia  et  inflorescentias  laxe  ramosas  geren- 
tcs.  Folia  petiolata;  petiolus  interne  in  vaginam  subau- 
riculatam  glabram  involulain  us(|ue  8  pollicarem  amplia- 
tus,  glaber,  cum  articulo  apicali  (juventute  supra  pube- 
rulo?  (lemum)  glabro  1/3 — 1/2  pollicari  usque  13  polli¬ 
caris;  lamina  ovata,  ex  apice  obtuso  vel  rotundato- 
obtuso  subilo  et  auguste  acuminata,  basi  leviter  cordata, 
il  trinque  glabra,  in  sicco  tenuis  supra  viridis  sublus 
pallide  viridis,  cum  acumine  f/2  —  3/4  pollicari  23/4 — 71l2 
pollices  longa  et  1  Vs — £l/2  pollices  lata.  Spicae  in  axilla 
folii  pleruinque  gerninae,  satis  brèves  et  laxae,  bracteis 
circiter  tribus  composilae  ,  pedunculatae  ,  pcdunculo 
glabro  1 — 13  4  pollicari.  Bracteac  auguste  oblongae,  obtu- 
siusculae,  glabrac,  naviculares,  patentes,  1 4/2 — 2  polli- 
cares.  Flores  in  axilla  braclcae  (jualuor,  gemini  pedicello 
communi  glabro  usque  1 1  (î  pollicari  patenti  demum 
paullo  flexuoso  et  rigidulo  insidentes,  pcdicellis  partialibus 
inaequalibus  glabris,  longiore  usque  lf3  pollicari.  Scpala 
oblonga,  acula,  glabra,  5 — nervia,  membranacea,  viri- 
dia.  Tubus  corollae  brevis  amplus,  basi  unilateraliter 
subgibbosus,  calyce  brevior.  Pctala  oblonga,  obtusa, 
glabra.  Staminodia  glabra  externa  duo  s})atbulalo-obo- 
vata  (?),  allcrum  angustius.  Staminodia  interna  cum 
