mi. 
10. 
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tenter pilosis, fere hirsutis, calycibus strigosis vel 
subhispidis. 
Frutex: Rio de Janeiro (Lund). 
&. In herb. Lundii adest specimen, mea sententia forma Cor- 
di: discoloris hirsuta, et intermedia inter hanc speciem 
et C. hermannimfoliam, a qua differt solummodo cymis 
pedunculatis nec subsessilibus, Rami teretes pilis laxis, 
patulis fuscescentes sunt; folia alterna v. subopposita, ellip- 
tica, acuta vel acuminata, margine basi excepto grosse 
serrata, supra granulata strigosa scabra, subtus tomento 
brevissimo discoloria, laxe pilosa, juniora utrinque, subtus 
inprimis, hirsuto-tomentosa.  Cyme pedunculate densius- 
cule, rami calycesque hirti vel subhirsuti. 
,]Jn montibus Tijuca. Julio 1833**. Lund. 
Cordia lapensis nov. spec. 
Affinis C. hermanniefoliz, 
Cordia ramis teretibus, ramulis subangulatis, petiolis pe- 
dunculisque pilis brevibus patentibus hirto - tomentosis ; 
foliis suboppositis, petiolo brevi geniculato, ovatis vel 
ovato- ellipticis, basi rotundatis et in petiolum smpe 
paullo decurrentibus, apice acutis vel subacuminatis, mar- 
gine ima basi excepta leviter et regulariter serratis, supra 
impresso-venosis subrugulosis granulatis dense strigosis, 
subtus molliter tomentosis, junioribus eque ac ramulis 
nitore velutino fuscescentibus; cymis pedunculatis axilla- 
ribus, densiusculis, floribus subsecundis; calyce 5-dentato. 
Frutex est ramis ramulisque ut supra descriptis. Folia 
subopposita, petiolo 5—7"" longo, basi ramulo axil- 
lari adnato et obsolete geniculato; lamina ovata v. ovato- 
elliptica, basi sepe rotundata ct in petiolum abrupte 
attenuata, apice acuta v. subacuminata, margine dense et 
adpresse serrata, serraturis basin versus obsoletis, supra 
nervis utrinsecus 5—6  venulisque impressis rugulosa, 
