Crescit in Regno Qnitensi, prope F i l i a tie Ibarra, alt. 1190 hex. FIOKI Januario. riEiinA Cfutescens, ramosissima, scxpedalis; ramis sublignosis, mcdullosis, teretibus, Isvlbus, tenuissime a]b0-t0tnent09Ì3. F o i u alterna, peliolata, subrotunda, acumioala, ptofuode cordata, lobis rotuDdatis et approximatis, deotato-crenata, inlerdum obsolete triloba, reticulato-siibnovemncrvia, ncrvis venisque subtus promincntibus, membranacea, utrinque mollissime tometitosa, pilis stellulatis, supra incana, subtus albida, 3 t pollLces longa, vix 3 polliccs lata. Petioius 3- 54 pollices longus, teres, albido- tomeutosus. SiiPDis petiolares getDinaj, liDcarcs, albo-tomentosa!, 4 - 5 lineas long®, caducas. rEDOscoii axillarcs, solitarü, biHori, teretes, tomentosi, sesquipolUcares ; fructiferl subbipollicares. Flores pedicelUti, pallide flavi; in specimioe suppctcnte nondum aperti; pcdiucUis tomentosi», basi bractcis quatuor aut quinqué involucratis ; bractcis lanceolati;, tomentosis, 4-5 lineas ION gis. C« l t x liemispkairicus, qulnquefidus, mollissime albo-tomentosus ; laciniis oratis, aeuminatis, ¡Equalibus, ante apertionem floris, sicut valva; capsula;, inter se contiagentibus. Pet ì la. quinqué, in alabastro parva, obovata, suLemarginata, nervosa, a;qualia, glabra. Stauika crebra (circiter 54). Filauenta capillacea, inferue in tubimi connata 5 tubus basi unguibus petalorum adnatus. Antoer s reniformes, basi affisa:, unilocuìares, bivalves, transverse dehiscentes, Qavidai, glabra;. Ovisicsi superum, sufaglobosum, longitudinaliter striatum, tomentosuni, e eoccis tot, quot sunt s t j l i , lamelliformibus, axi centrali adnatis, arctissime inter se conlingentibus compositum; ovula 3 iu quolibct cocco, axi centrali atQxa, uniseriata, pendola. SxYti 16 (18 ex Cunpl.) , capillacei, glabri, rubri, basim versus connati, staminìbus longiores. Stiojiaia subcapitata. Caí süia bemispliirica, longitudinaliter sulcato-polygona, apice depressa, albo-liirsuta , ealyce persistente cincta ipsoque parum longior, polycocea, magnitudine fructus Pruni spinosa ; coccis oblongis, comp ressi s, apice ro tunda ti s, uniloculatibus, cliartaceis, trispcrmis, axi centrali adnatis, arete inter se contingentibus, tarditis solubUibus. Semina axi centrali affixa, uniseriata, subreniformia, extremitate cotjledonaria rotundata, extremitate radicular! (ubi aji centrali affixa) acuta, hirtello-scabra , fusca; in speci mi ne nostro nondum matura 4 . A B U T I L O N PEDUNCULARE. I A. f rut e s c ens ; foliis s u b r o t u n d o - o v a t i s , a eumina t i s , p r o f u a d e corda t i s , repan d o - J e n latís, supr a puLe rul i s , subtus mol l i ier c aDes cenl i - tomentos i s ; peduncul i s a x i l l a r ibus , solitariis, uni f lor i s , l ong i s s imi s ; capsul i s s u b a o - c o c c i s , subs o - r o s t r a t i s . Crescit in umbrosis ad ripam fiuminis Amazonum, inter Chamaya et Tomependa, alt. 190 hex. Floret Augusto. Fbdtex ramis herbaceis, teretibus, pilosis, medulla alba farctisj pilis mollibus, albidis, patentissimoreAexis. Folia alterna, petiolata, subrotundo-ovata, acuminata, profunde cordata, lobis rotundatis, approximatis, margine repando-dentata, dentibus obtusis, reticulato-subseptemnervia, nervis subtus promincntibus, membranacea, supra viridia pilisque minutis stcllulatis adpressis conspersa, subtus caneseeutia et moUitcr tomentosa, 4-ipollices longa, 3 - 3 | p o l I j c e s lata. Pki iou sesqui-aut bipollicares, pilis patcntissiniis mollibus albidis densissime obsiti. S i i p di s pctiolares geminx, lanccoiate, obtusiusculsi, albido-tomentoss, reflex®, 2 4-3 lincas longa:. Pedos cou axillares, solitarü, uniflori, longissimi, filiformes, ebracteati, teretes, pubcscenti-pilosi, 5-8 pollices longi. Fiores penduli (ex Bonpl . ) , magnitudine floris Malva; Alee a:. Calyx campanulatus, quinquefidus, canescenti-tomcntosus, membrauaccus, laxus, persistens; laciniis ovatis, angustato-aeuminatis, squal ibus , erectis. Pét a l a quinqué, calycem vix duplo supcrantia, oblongo-spathulata, multinervia. purpurea, glabra, ajqualia, basim versus margine hirsuta. Stamina crebertima, corolla breviora. Filamenta in tubum connata, apice libera; tubus teres, glaber, ruber, basi unguibus petalorum adnatus. Ovabium superum, subglobosum, sericeo-to memos um. S i m circiter so. capillacei, inferne connati, glabri, flavi. Stigmata crassiuscula. Capsdia hemisphajrica, apice truncatodepressa, sub20-rostrata, sutao-angulata, subao-cocca, sericeo-hirsuta, ealyce persistente tecta ipsoquc dimidio brevior, magnitudine fructus AbutíU vulgaris ; coccis oblongis, compressis, acutis, coriaceo-cbarta- SiuiRA reniformia,ceis, unilocularibus, 3-4-8permÌ6, bivalvibus, lateribus ii lajvia, glabra! in specimine nostro immatura. Differì a Sida rcflexa Cav. : foliorum forma, pedunculis multo longioribus raiDisque pilosis ct numero stylorum.
Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt Tomus V
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