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3 interiora fere ad summum in columnam centralem coalita 
aut rarius breviter coalescentia ; anthem 2-lob8e, filamento 
latiores, dorso adnatse, lobis ovalibusj summo contiguis, imo 
divaricatis, rima obliqua singulatim introrsum dehiscentibus. — 
Foem. Sepala et petala ut in masc. Stamina sterilia 6, libera, 
petalis opposita et sequilonga ; filamenta tenuiter teretia,erecta; 
antherce effoetse, minutse, glandulaeformes. Ovaria 6, gibboso- 
oblonga, imo stipitata, apice in stylum brevem gradatim at- 
tenuata, extus pilosa, snmmo gynsecii insita, erecta et conni- 
ventia. Stigmata bre\dter subulata, paululo patentia. Drupa 
(inimaturse solum visae) ut in Chondrodendro ad receptaculum 
crassum affixae, putamine 1-loculari et a condylo septifornii e 
basi intruso 2-marsupiato, semine ignoto. 
Frutices scandentes in Brasilia septentrionali et Guiana crescentes; 
io\i& petiolata, ovata, subacuminata, integra, b-nervia, transver- 
sim venosa, coriacea, pilosa ; paniculae svpra-axillares, soli- 
tarite vel gemince, spicatim ramosce; ramis brevibus, paucijiuris ; 
tloribus brevissime pedicellatis aut sessilibus. 
1. Sychnosepalum Para'ense, Eichl. in Mart. FI. Bras. fasc. xxxix. 
p. 203, tab. 49. fig. 1 ; — ramulis teretibus, subflexuosis, dense 
tomentellis ; foliis ovatis aut oblongiusculis, imo rotundato- 
subtruncatis, petiolum versus breviter obtusulis, ultra medium 
sensim angustioribus, apice subacuminatis et acutis, e basi 
3-5-nerviis, nervis extus ramosis, nervis utrinque prominenti- 
bus, lateralibus paucissimis, venis crebre transversim parallelis, 
reticulatis, supra puberulis, demum subglabris, subtus densis- 
sime albido, griseo vel fuscescente tomentellis ; petiolo tereti, 
tenui, apice valde tumido, imo sensim crassiore, tomentello, 
limbo dimidio breviore ; paniculis axillaribus, solitariis aut 
geminis, racemiformibus, valde pubescentibus, folium supe- 
rantibus ; rachi subtenui, alternatim ramosa, ramis minime 
bracteolatis, flores 5-15 pedicellatos bracteolatos alternos 
gerentibus, alabastris pyriformibus ; sepalis 18-24, ternatim 
imbricatis, lanceolato-oblongis, extus gradatim minoribus et 
bracteiformibus, extrinsecus pilis griseis dense adpresso-vil- 
losis ; petalis 6, obovatis, crassis, apice plus minusve 3-lobatis 
et emarginatis, extus pilosis, margine ciliatis; staminibus 6, 
biserialibus, petalis subfequalibus, inter se plus minusve 
coalitis : panicula $ axillari, simillima, sed petiolo subbreviore. 
— In Brasilia septentrionali, prov. Para. 
I have not seen this plant, but I have remoulded the specific 
character from the excellent drawing above cited. The inter- 
nodes are about f inch long, or shorter towards the extremity of 
the branch ; the leaves are 35-4^ inches long and 2-2? inches 
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