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loculis oppositipetalis; ovula iu loculis 2 collateralia. — Fructus 
ignotus. Inflorescentie axillares 8—5 cent. longe, floribus ses- 
sibus spicatis in cymas dispositis. — Folia (920—830 cent. long.) 
imparipinnata, 6-juga, longe petiolata, estipulacea; petiolus 
gaber, longus ad basin incrassatus, supra canaliculatus. — Foliola 
petioiulata (140—142 cent. long., 21/)—3 cent. lata), imparia ob- 
longo-cuneata ad basin utrinque attenuata ad apicem acuminata, 
paria autem oblongo-ovalia apice acuminata basi inwqualia, sci- 
lieet margine superiore obtusa, inferiore attenuata; omnia penni- 
pervia, nervis nervulisque superne ac inferne prominentibus, 
venis ultimis reticulatis, coriacea supra levia lucida glaberrima, 
subtus glauca, glabra; petioluli subequales ('!/o cent. long.) basi 
incrassati. 
[Crescit ad Lagoa Santa in silvulis, arbor; floret m. Aug. 
d Sept., et in iisdem mensibus evolutio frondis nove pallide 
purpurascentis observatur foliis anni precedentis 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; estivatio inconspicua forsan valvata. 
Petala 5 libera, acuta, lobis calycis alternantia, multo longiora, 
esüivatione valvata, apicibus inflexa, postea patentia, demum re- 
lexa, Stamina 10 petalis dimidio breviora, alternipetala paulo 
lmgiora; filamenta omnino libera, basi lata, apice angustata, an- 
lhere biloculares birimoszque, introrsm, basifixe. Discus hypo- 
gnus plano-concavus. Germen disco cinctum, stylus brevissi- 
mu$, capitatus, 5-lobus lobis stigmatosis oppositipetalis. ^ Ova- 
rum glabrum 5-loculare, loculis oppositipetalis; ovula Bursera- 
tarum scilicet in loculis 2 collateralia ex angulo interno pen- 
ula , anatropa, raphe interiore,  micropyle externa supera. 
Fruetus immaturus, drupa ovoidea apiculata, abortu 4-pyrena, 
l-locularis , 1-sperma. Semen plano-convexuu, exalbuminosum; 
