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subcupularis. Ovarium stipitatum, 4- vel 5-Ioculare; stylus 
elongatus, cum ovario continuus, stigmate subcapitato; ovula in 
loculis 6, 2-seriata. Bacca corticata, paucisperma, obovoidea, 
basi contracta. Semina subelliptica, compressa; cotyledones 
carnosae. Frutex erectus, glaber, inerme. Folia alterna, bre- 
vissime petiolata, simplicia, oblonga, integerrima, glandulosa. 
Flores inter majores, axillares, solitarii. 
WENZEL! A BREViPES sp. nov. 
Frutex erectus, cireiter 1 m altus, glaber; foliis alternis, ob- 
longis, chartaceis vel subcoriaceis, usque ad 25 cm longis, acumi- 
natis, basi obtusis ad rotundatis, in siccitate pallid is, nervis 
utrinque cireiter 10, prominente arcuato-anastomosantibus ; flo- 
ribus cireiter 3.5 cm longis, solitariis, axillaribus; fructibus 
obovoideis, basi angustatis, 3 ad 4 cm longis. 
An erect, glabrous, unarmed shrub about 1 m high, the trunk 
about 3 cm in diameter. Branchlets slender, terete, greenish- 
olivaceous when dry. Leaves alternate, simple, presenting no 
indication of a joint between the lamina and the petiole, firmly 
chartaceous to subcoriaceous, oblong, pale when dry, shining, 14 
to 25 cm long, 5.5 to 6.5 cm wide, distinctly glandular-punctate, 
entire, apex acuminate, base obtuse to rounded; lateral nerves 
about 10 on each side of the midrib, prominent on the lower 
surface, arched-anastomosing, the primary reticulations lax, 
prominent; petioles 2 to 4 mm long. Flowers white, fragrant, 
axillary, solitary, their pedicels about 1 cm long, with 2, basal, 
oblong-ovate, 2 mm long bracteoles. Calyx 5 to 6 mm long, 
cup-shaped or somewhat campanulate, 5-lobed, glandular-punc- 
tate, the lobes very broadly ovate, rounded, about 2 mm long, 
wider than long. Petals 5, imbricate, up to 3.4 cm long and at 
least 8 mm wide, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, narrowed below, 
prominently glandular-punctate. Stamens 10, free; filaments 
linear, 1.4 cm long, equal, rather slender, cylindric; anthers 
oblong, basifixed, 2-celled, about 3.8 mm long. Disk somewhat 
cup-shaped, 1.5 mm in diameter, forming a short gynophore. 
Ovary oblong-ellipsoid, glandular, about 4 mm long and 2.5 mm 
in diameter, 4- or 5-celled, narrowed below into the 2 to 3 mm 
long stalk, and above into the cylindric style, which is about 9 
mm long, continuous with the ovary, ultimately deciduous; 
stigma subcapitate, very obscurely lobed; ovules 6 in each cell, 
2-seriate, axile. Fruits obovoid, 3 to 4 cm long, base narrowed, 
the pericarp coriaceous-fleshy, glandular ; seeds few, apparently 
3 or 4 in each fruit, the cotyledons thick, fleshy, oblong-obovoid, 
about 1.5 cm long and 1 cm wide. 
