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5. Anelasma Sellowianum, nob. ; — Abuta, sp., Benth. 1. c. p. 49 ; 
— ramulis teretibus, glabris, laevibus ; foliis elongato-ellipticis 
vel lanceolato-oblongis, utrinque acutis, subcoriaceis, glaber- 
riniis, imo trinerviis cum 2 alteris basalibus mox evanidis, 
utrinque crebriter reticulato-punctatis, supra nitidis, subtus 
opacis, nervis tenuibus vix prominulis ; petiolo plongato, tenui, 
nitido, apice longiuscule incrassato, glabro ; paniculis sub- 
racemosis, 2 vel 3, supra-axillaribus, gracilibus, petiolo lon- 
gioribus ; rachi glabra, compressa, striata ; floribus minutis, 
bracteis sepalisque exterioribus pubescentibus, caeteroquin 
glabris. — In Brasilia, v. s. in herb. Hook. (Sellow). 
Its locality is not mentioned, but it is most probably from one 
of the central provinces. It is a very distinct species ; its leaves, 
of a laurel-like aspect, are 3^-44 inches long, inch broad, 
on a petiole IJ-1| inch long; the ^ raceme-like panicles are 
11-3^ inches long, the rachis being slender, black, and quite 
glabrous ; the bracts are pubescent ; the ultimate pedicels and 
bracteiform sepals are scabridly puberous, the inner sepals gla- 
brous : in their structure the stamens are like those of the other 
species ; the globular anther is sulcated in front, the dehiscence 
being at first lateral, owing to the adhesion of a central point, 
which soon gives way, when it opens into two gaping valves, in 
conformity with the general structure, the anther being apici- 
fixed, without any intervening connective. 
6. Anelasma Spruceanum, nob.; — Abuta concolor, Benth. in part. 
1. c. p. 49 (noTi Popp.) ; — ramulis teretibus, nitidis, lenticellis 
notatis, glabris, vix striatis, axillis nodosis ; foliis ellipticis, 
basi cuneatis, apice repente attenuatis, cuspidato-mucronatis, 
marginibus reflexis, glaberrimis, firm iter chartaceis, pallide 
viridibus, subtus pallidioribus, 3-5-nerviis, nervibus 3, pro- 
minulis, 2 lateralihus tenuibus, fere marginalibus et mox eva- 
nidis, venis transversis utrinque prominentibus et anasto- 
mosantibus ; petiolo valde tenui, canaliculato, apice basique 
longiuscule incrassato ; racemis ^ 2-3, fasciculatis, axillaribus, 
gracilibus, petiolo longioribus, glabris, bracteolis membranaceis 
ciliatis ; sepalis intus marginibusque puberulis. — In prov. Ama- 
zonas ; V. s. in herb, variis ; inter Santarem et Obidos (Spruce, 
Dec. 11, 1849, “affin. Cocculus Icevigatus, Mart.”). 
A species near the last, but with larger, broader, and more 
cuneate leaves. The petioles are more slender, and its racemes 
are perfectly glabrous. In many respects it differs essentially 
from A. concolor : its branches are smooth and ohsoletely striated; 
its leaves are very different in form, are 5 inches long, 2^ inches 
broad, the petiole being 1^ inch long, finely striated, canalicu- 
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