Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . as beenexamined, and one finds no reason either in this or in the originaldescription to separate the concept from M. pilosa. NO. 3 COLOMBIAN SPECIES OF MONNINA—FERREYRA 25 13. Monnina arborescens Ferreyra, sp. no v. Arbor ad 10 m. alta, a M. pilosa , cui affinis, habitu robusto,foliis lineari-lanceolatis conspicue angustioribus, bracteis florigerislinearibus, sepalo exteriore acuto diftert. Small tree to 10 m. high, branched, the branches 3-6 mm. in diam-eter, striate, more or less tomentose, becoming glabrescent; leavesnarrowly lanceolate or line
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . as beenexamined, and one finds no reason either in this or in the originaldescription to separate the concept from M. pilosa. NO. 3 COLOMBIAN SPECIES OF MONNINA—FERREYRA 25 13. Monnina arborescens Ferreyra, sp. no v. Arbor ad 10 m. alta, a M. pilosa , cui affinis, habitu robusto,foliis lineari-lanceolatis conspicue angustioribus, bracteis florigerislinearibus, sepalo exteriore acuto diftert. Small tree to 10 m. high, branched, the branches 3-6 mm. in diam-eter, striate, more or less tomentose, becoming glabrescent; leavesnarrowly lanceolate or linear, 60-160 mm. long, 15-40 mm. wide,usually acuminate, rarely acute, slightly pubescent above, becomingglabrescent, canescent-pubescent beneath, entire, attenuate at base,the costa prominulous beneath, with 7 to 9 pairs of lateral veins;petioles 3-7 mm. long, concave above, convex beneath, tomentose,rarely more or less glabrescent and slightly winged at base; inflores-cence paniculate, the axis cm. long, mm. in Fig. 13.—Monnina arborescens: Left to right, lower sepals, upper sepal,wings (inner), keel, upper petals and stamens, gynaecium, all X3; ^?^?^•^(outer), X2. bract striate, tomentose, the lateral branches numerous, cm. long,9-10 mm. wide, acute at apex, pedunculate (peduncle 6-14 mm. long),bracteate, the bracts linear-oblanceolate, mm. long, , acuminate, densely pubescent beneath, ciliate, deciduous, i-nerved, sometimes inconspicuously 3-nerved; flowers mm. long,the pedicels mm. long, finely pubescent; outer sepals free, tri-angular, acute, ciliate, slightly pubescent beneath, becoming glabres-cent, 3-nerved, the two lower ones mm. long, mm. wide,the upper sepal mm. long, mm. wide; wings blue, mm. long, mm. wide, obovate, more or less acute atbase, 3-nerved; keel mm. long, mm. wide, orbicular,plicate, pubescent within rarely with a few hairs, obt
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