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7. Vochysia quadrangulata nov. spec. 
Affinis: V. excelsæ Vahl. 
V. ramulis quadrangulis, foliis oppositis, modice petiolatis, 
oblongis, lanceolato- vel elliptico-oblongis, basi apiceque 
atlenuatis, v. apice acuminatis obtusis, supra fere aveniis, 
subtus nervo medio, lateralibus utrinque 15—20 reteque 
vasculoso venularum prominulis, stipulis e basi incrassato, 
triangulari, persistente subulatis, racemo terminali denso, 
calycis lobis 4 ovato-rotundatis, æqualibus, petalis ob- 
longis, apice ciliatis, intermedio extus ferrugineo - sericeo, 
lateralibus vix duplo longiore, anthera pilosa, ovario 
glabro. 
Kami adultiores teretes, juniores acute 4-angulati, inter- 
nodiis —3*^“ longis, 3““ crassis, apicem versus sæpe 
compressiusculis, novelli ferrugineo-pubescentes vel tomen- 
telli, dein canescentes. Folia opposita, petiolo i— 
longo, in novellis puberulo, stipulis e basi triangulari cras- 
siusculo subulatis, persistentibus; lamina coriacea, firma, 
oblonga v. lanceolato-oblonga, utrinque attenuata v. apice 
breviter acuminata, obtusa, non mucronata, vulg. longa, 
2—2^®"^ lata; supra glaberrima, adulta fere avenia, lucida, 
subtus nervo medio, lateralibus numerosis reteque venu¬ 
larum prominulis, novella ferrugineo-sericea, adulta glabra. 
Flores in racemum brevem, densum, terminalem collecti, 
rachi pedunculisque brevibus, 2—3-floris, ferrugineo-to- 
mentosis. Calycis lobi 4 rotundati, fere æquales, margine 
pubescentes, ceterum glabriusculi, quintus multoties lon- 
gior, c. 14*"“ longus, giaber, calcare primum sursum 
curvato, dein deflexo, rectiusculo fere duplo longior. 
Petala oblonga, apice acuta v. obtusa, ciliata, inter¬ 
medium dorso sericeo-ferrugineum, lateralibus duplo lon- 
gius. Intermedium 15’"'”, lateralia 8'"’" longa. Stamen 15’"’" 
longum; anthera filamento filiformi duplo v. ultra longior, 
