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incrassato : racemis ^ 3, fasciculatis, axillaribus, glabris, petiolo 
subsequilongis ; ramis alternis, gracilibus, 3-lloris, ? solitariis 
vel binis, petiolo longioribus ; pedicellis elongatis, patentibus, 
medio bracteis 2, inio 1 munitis : drupis oblongis, basi obli- 
quis, glaberrimis, davidis. — lu Brasilia tropica, prov. Maynas 
et Rio TefFe, et ? (Pbjipig); v. s, $ San Gabriel, Rio Negro 
(Spruce, 2192) ; Barra do Rio Negro (Spruce, Dec. 1850-51, 
sub nomine Cocculi Icevigati). 
This species differs in many essential respects from the pre- 
ceding; but Spruce’s plant agrees well with Martins’s dia- 
gnosis, as well as with Poppig’s description and figure. i\lr. 
Bentham, who refers this species to Ahuta, confounds it with 
several other plants. It appears to be a tree with longer and a 
rougher branches than those of A. Gardnerianum ; for they have 
rugosely striated surface, often verrucose, with internodes of 
1-1 1 inch; the leaves are larger, quite rotimd at the base, of a 
duller hue and darker colour, 5-6 inches long, 2^-3 inches 
broad ; the petiole is smooth, striated, comparatively double the 
length of the preceding, 1^-2 inches long, and the apical 
bourrelet is much longer, more cylindrical, and rougher. The 
^ racemes are 1| inch long, and very slender; the $ are 
mostly solitary, quite glabrous, 2^ inches long, with simple, 
alternate, 1-fiowered, slender pedicels, very patent, 4-6 lines 
long, bearing two alternate minute bracteoles in the middle and 
one, much longer, at base, 1 line long, with a tomentose apex ; 
the fiower bears three connivent ovaries, each with a short ex- 
centric style and a short bifid stigma; the drupe is 8 lines long, 
with a coriaceous, polished pericarp of a yellowish colour. The 
form of anther and the mode of its dehiscence which charac- 
terize this genus are well shown in Poppig’s figure. 
3. Anelasma Martinianum, nob.; — Abuta concolor, Benth. in 
part. 1. c. p. 49 {non Popp.) ; — ramulis teretibus, Isevibus, sub- 
striatis ; foliis elliptico-oblongis, imo cuneato-angustatis, supra 
nitidis, pallide viridibus, subtus pallidioribus, apice breviter 
et abrupte acuminatis, crasso-coriaceis, utrinque glaberrimis, 
imo 3-nerviis cum alteris binis basalibus mox in marginem 
evanidis, nervis venisque transversis supra omuino immersis, 
subtus vix prominulis; petiolo glabro, tereti, canaliculato, 
imo apiceque tumido, limbo 7-8-plo breviore ; racemis 
binis vel pluris, supra-axillaribus, capillaribus, glaberrimis, 
petiolo 2-3-plo longioribus ; floribus minutis, longe pedicel- 
latis, glabris ; racemis $ solitariis, axillaribus, petiolo sub- 
sequilongis, paucifloris; drupa glabra, nitida. — In Cayenne, 
V. s. cf in herb. Mus. Brit, et Hook. (Martin), 5 in herb. 
Hook. (Martin). 
