959 
Monogynia. 
nutans. HEDYOSM VM , caule fruticofo , 
ramis laxis, foliis ianceolatis acumi- 
natis. Prodr. p. 84. 
Habitat in fylvis montium altiflimorum 
Jamaicae. & 
J^mtex pedalis ad orgyialem et ultra, ramofus, 
eredus, laevis. 
Rami laxi , patentes. 
Ramuli oppofiti , tetragoni , canaliculati , no* 
dofo - geniculati , glabri , e vaginis petio- 
lorum axillares. 
Folia petiolata , oppofita , lanecolata , longe acu- 
minata , ferrata , nervofa , venofa , glabra , pal- 
lide viridia. 
Petioli breves, teretiufculi, bafi in Vaginam fli- 
pulaceam membranaceam , margine re tufam 
ciliatam utrinque connati. 
Flores monoici. 
Mascvli amentacei, L Amenta pedunculaia, 
oblonga , nutantia. 
Pedunculi fubbipollicares, filiformes, oppo- 
fiti, folitarii e vagina petiolorum axilla- 
res, receptaculo lineari, parvo, denticula- 
to terminati, cui infident, abscjue integu- 
menti 8 . 
