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fructiferous raceme in Velloz’s drawing is 4 inches long, and the 
oval drupes are 1 inch long, | inch diam. 
6. Abuta oblonga, nob. ; — ramis striatis, ferrugineo tomentosis, 
deraum subglabi-is ; foliis ex axillis cupuloso-nodosis, oblongis, 
imo rotundatis, apice subito et breviter attenuatis, mucronatis, 
rigide coriaceis, e basi 5-nerviis, supra pallide viridibus, gla- 
bris, subnitidis, in nervis venisque transversis et reticulatis 
sulcatis, subtus cano vel flavido tomentosis, nervis venisque 
prominentibus ; petiolo elongate (in $ breviore), ferrugineo 
tomentoso, imo apiceque incrassato : paniculis racemosis 
plurimis fasciculatis, supra-axillaribus, gracilibus, petiolo 
longioribus, tomentosis ; floribus minutis : racemis $ solitariis, 
supra-axillaribus, paulo brevioribus ; pedicellis medio imoque 
bracteolatis, 1-floris. — In Cayenne, v. s. in herb. Mus. Brit, c? 
et $ (Martin); in herb. Mus. Paris. ? (Le Blond). 
This is a very distinct species : the leaves in the ^ specimens 
are quite glabrous above ; but in the $ the sulcated nervures are 
obsoletely tomentose : all are very densely tomentose beneath ; 
they are 4^-6 inches long, 2j-3^ inches broad, on a petiole 
2^ inches long. There are about four fasciculated panicular 
racemes in each axil, 4-5 inches long ; the $ racemes 3^ inches 
long, all clothed with greyish tomentum. 
7. Abuta cuspidataj noh. •, — Abuta rufescens, Benth. [non Aubl.) 
Journ. Proc. Linn. Soc. v. SuppL 49; — ramulis teretibus, 
substriatis, pruinoso tomentellis ; foliis ellipticis, utrinque 
acutis, apice cuspidato-mucronatis, e basi 3-5-nerviis, nervis 
intermediis extus nervosis, marginibus crenato-sinuosis, supra 
glaberrimis et obsolete rugulosis in nervis profunde sulcatis, 
subtus sordide cinereo vel brunneo tomentosis, nervis venis- 
que transversis reticulatis prominentibus; petiolo pruinoso, 
repente deflexo, imo summoque incrassato et torto, in $ recto 
et vix incrassato : paniculis racemosis J* 3-4 fasciculatis, supra- 
axillaribus, tomentosis, incurvis, folio subsequilongis ; ramis 
brevissimis, alternis, apice flores 3-4 parvos glomeratos ge- 
rentibus : racemis ? 2-3 fasciculatis, folium sequantibus ; pe- 
cellis alternis, 1-floris ; drupis oblongis, tomentosis. — In prov. 
Para Brasilise, v.s. (^ , Barra do Bio Negro (Spruce). 
Internodes |-lj inch; leaves 4-5 inches long, 2^-3 inches 
broad; petiole 1-2 inches long; panicular raceme 5-7^ inches 
long; branches 1 line long, bracteated at base, bearing three 
flowers, bracteated at their base, on the apex, when in bud 
^ line in diam. 
Var. ovalifolia, nob.; — Abuta Grisebachii, Tr. ^ PI. Ann. Sc. Nat, 
