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6. C. Persicastrum Eichl. n. sp., 
partibus novellis calycibusque appresse griseo-pilosulis, ce- 
terum glabrum; foliis obovato-oblongis v. obverse lanceolatis, ex 
apice lato plq. subacutis nunc rotundatis, basi cuneato-altenualis, 
coriaceis, nervis utrinque distincte prominentibus, lateralibus 10 
—44. dense reticulatis; florum fasciculis axillaribus plq. 2—5- 
floris, pedicellis brevissimis, floribus polygamo-dioicis; corolla 
subovoideo-urceolata calycem paullo superante glaberrima, 
Arbor magna, interdum frutex lactescens; rami teretes grisei 
passim lenticellosi. Folia 8— 414. rarius fere 20 cm. lg., 3'/o—7 
lt, petiolo teretiusculo supra canaliculato plq. 4 em. longo; 
utrinque fere opaca concolora ,dilute viridia, margine passim 
crispula et subrecurva, nervo medio supra impresso, subtus for- 
liter protuberante, nervis reliquis utrinque equaliter et argute 
prominentibus, lateralibus. rectiusculis angulo 63^ a mediano pro- 
ficiscentibus parallelis, reticularibus tam transversis et validis, 
ut subinde lateralibus primariis subsimiles fiant. Flores Set 
in diversis speciminibus, probabiliter e diversis individuis decerp-: 
tis. Pedicelli utriusque 2—3 mm. lg., griseo-pilosuli. — Flores 
$ subglobosi, diam. 3!/j—4 mm., 9 magis ovoidei, 3 mm. lg. 
Sepala utriusque ovata obtusa v. exteriora in 1$ suborbicularia, 
extus griseo-pilosiuscula, intus glaberrima. — Corolla pallide viridis 
v. albida calycem paullo superans, ad medium 5-loba, lobis ovatis 
attenuato-obtusis, 9 paullo angustior. Stamina $$ fundo tubi in- 
serta, corolla subbreviora, filamentis cylindraceis, antheris lan- 
ceolato-cordalis acutis subequilongis; in 9 stamina absque ullo 
rudimento dificiunt. Ovarium utriusque subovoideum  hispido- 
villosum 5-loculare, in 9 in stylum conicum 3-sulcum stigmate 
sub 5-lobo terminatum abit; stylo, in $$ tenuiore haud sulcato, 
stigmate obtuso. Bacca in pedicello c. 7 mm. longo basi calyce 
persistente suffulta, oblongato-ovoidea, apice (ex icone) subacula, 
glabra, matura flava, sec. Lund edulis; longitud. 4 cm., diam, 
9!» cm.; disperma; semen oblongum subcompressum. apice la- 
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