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loculis oppositipetalis; ovula in loculis 2 collateralia. Fructus 
ignotus. Inflorescentiæ axillares 3—5 cent. longæ, floribus ses- 
silibus spicatis in cymas dispositis. Folia (20—30 cent. long.) 
imparipinnata, 6-juga, longe petiolata, estipulacea; petiolus 
giaber, longus ad basin incrassatus, supra canaliculatus. Foliola 
petioiulata (10—12 cent. long., 2 1 /s—3 cent. lata), imparia ob- 
longo-cuneata ad basin utrinque attenuata ad apicem acuminata, 
paria autem oblongo-ovalia apice acuminata basi inæqualia, sci- 
licet margine superiore obtusa, inferiore attenuata; omnia penni- 
nervia, nervis nervulisque superne ac inferne prominentibus, 
venis ultimis reticulatis, coriacea supra lævia lucida glaberrima, 
subtus glauca, glabra; petioluli subæquales (Vs cent. long.) basi 
incrassati. 
[Crescit ad Lagoa Santa in silvulis, arbor; floret m. Aug. 
et Sept., et in iisdem mensibus evolutio frondis novæ pallide 
purpurascentis observatur foliis anni præcedentis nondum dejectis; 
folia pellucide-punctata: Warming.] 
4. P. Almecega nov. sp. Flores parvi regulares, herma- 
phroditi, 5-meri. Calyx gamophyllus, parvus, 5-dentatus, lobis 
acutis intus extusque glabris; æstivatio inconspicua forsan valvata. 
Petala 5 libera, acuta, lobis calycis alternantia, multo Iongiora, 
æstivatione valvata, apicibus inflexa, postea patentia, deroum re- 
flexa. Stamina 10 petalis dimidio breviora, alternipetala paulo 
Iongiora; filamenta omnino libera, basi lata, apice angustata, an- 
theræ biloculares birimosæque, introrsæ, basifixæ. Discus hypo- 
gynus plano-concavus. Germen disco cinctum, Stylus brevissi- 
mus, capitatus, 5-lobus lobis stigmatosis oppositipetalis. Ova¬ 
rium glabrum 5-loculare, loculis oppositipetalis; ovula Bursera- 
cearum scilicet in loculis 2 collateralia ex angulo interno pen¬ 
dula, anatropa, raphe interiore, micropyle externa supera. 
Fructus imraalurus, drupa ovoi'dea apiculata, abortu 1-pyrena, 
1-locularis, 1-sperma. Semen plano-convexum, exalbuminosum; 
