TA BUL A CCCLIIL 



Dim orphan thera pulchra J. J. S. n. sp. 



Ericaceae. 



Fig. 1. Ramulus fforens \. — Fig. 2. Flos f, — Fig. 3. Calyx cum disco supra 

 visus \. — Fig. 4. Pars corollae expansa \. — Fig. 5. Stamen majus antice 

 visum — Fig. 6. Stamen minus antice visum \. — Fig. 7. Idem dorso visum j. — ■ 

 Fig. 8. Idem lateraliter visum — Fig. 9. Stylus \. 



Frutex, ramulis glabris. Folia ovata, obtuse acuminata, basi 

 obtusa, subtus punctata, 5 — 7-plinervia, 7 — 15 cm. longa; 

 petiolus 0.8 — 1.4 cm. longus. Inflorescentia faciculares, 3 — 6- 

 florae. Flores magni, glabri, pedicello ad 2.5 cm. longo. Calyx 

 repando 5-lobulus. Corolla late infundibuliformi-campanulata, 

 fere ad medium 5-fida, c. 3 cm. longa, laciniis late ovali-ovatis, 

 obtusis. Stamina 10, dimorpha; filamenta late lineari, basi 

 excepta pubescentia; antherae majores T-formes, 0.775 cm. 

 longae;- antherae minores ambitn lanceolatae, apice bidentatae, 

 0.575 cm. longa. Stylus 3.8 cm. longus. Discus crassus, 10- 

 sulcatus. 



Frutex, ramulis validiusculis, glabris. Folia alterna, petiolata, 

 ovata ad ovato-oblonga, obtuse acuminata, basi obtusa vel 

 rotundata, brevissime in petiolum contracta, integerrima, mar- 

 gine in sicco recurva, supra glabra, subtus sparse punctata, 

 initio punctis pilos brevissimes crassiusculos adpresses plus 

 minusve caducos gerentis, 5 — 7-plinervia, costa media in sicco 

 supra ad basin prominente ceterum sulcata, subtus prominente, 

 nervis lateralibus supra subtusque leviter prominentibus adscen- 

 dentibus arcuatis intra margin em anastomosantibus, coriacea, 

 c. 7—15 cm. longa, 3.5 — 6.75 cm. lata; petiolus in sicco rugo- 



