PSIDIUM DUIIDM. t Tab- DXLVI I bis. à P. foliis l anc eol a t i s , an g u s t a t o - a c umi n a t i s , bas i ro iunda t l s , memb r a n a c e a , g k b r i s ; racemi s axi l lar ibus , abbr evi a l i s , pauc i l lor i s . Guaya v o incolis. Crescit in arenosis, scopulosis prope Atures. {Missiones del Orinoco.) {> Floret Mojo. FRBTEX lamosissimus ; ramis sparsis, teretibus, gbbr i s ; rimulis compressis, lenuiasimc pubeniiis. FOLIA opposita, breriict petiolata, hiiceolata, angustato-acuminata, basi rotuodata, integerrima, venosa, nervo subtus prominente, submembranacea, glabra, subconcoloria, 8ubb¡pollicaria, 5 lineas et paulo lafiora. PEIIOLI teretes, subcanaJicuiati, tenuissime puberali, sesquilineam longi. RÌCEUI axillares, solitari!, sessiles, brevissimi, pauciilori. FtORSS in specimine nostro Doudum aperti (_/?§•. i . ) , pedicellati, oppositi, bibracteati; bracteis opposilia, subrotundis, ciliatis, ovarium subiqiianlibus eique adpressis. Pedicelli lineam longi, glabri, basi instructi bractea oblonga acutiuscula puberula, pedicello triplo brcviore. CALYX superus, licmisplia^ricus, ghber.glanduloso-puactatus, margine quadiilobus ; lobis brevibus, rotundatis, squalibus, ciliatis. FILTALA {Jig- 4> parum infra incisuras calycis inserta, subrotunda, glabra, pellucido-glandulosa, alba (?), ciliata. SÌAMINA ( J i g . i . 6.) creberrima (circiter n o ) , calyd medium versus inserta { f i g . 2.), pctalis longiora, inxqualia, FJUUENTA capillacea, glabra. ANTIIERJB cUiptics, utrinque emarginata:, supra Lasim affixa:, biloculares, glabra;, longìtudinaliter interne dehiscentes. OVARIDH ( f i g . 4.) subturbinatum, glabrum, biloculare; dissepimentum medio interruptum [ f i g . 7,). Ovula (¡ig. 8.) duo in quolibet loculo, apposita, axi centrali aHìxa, glabra. STYLES filiformis. subuncinatus, glaber, stamina superans. STIGMA parvum, obtusum. FRUCTUS (mibi ignotus) acerbus, edulis. An poti US Myrti species? Nov. GtN. ET SrEC. Touus VI.
Nova genera et species plantarum quas in peregrinatione orbis novi collegerunt, descripserunt, partim adumbraverunt Amat. Bonpland et Alex. de Humboldt Tomus VI
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