Remijia hispida Spruce ex K.Schum.

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5*746 pLANxs OF VENEZUELA
Remigia hisplda itouA*Jls> J&p &4wm .
On top of ridge and on side of slopes
also at base, but praotioally always in
open dry places where other shrubs are
absent* Very common.
Shrub varying from 4-10 feet tall; stems
U8Uall? several from base with light
gray tight bark, turning mustard yellow
when out, but only on margins for most
Territorio Federal Amazonas: Esmeralda Ridge, between Esmeralda
and base of Gerro Duida, altitude 150 meters.
JULIAN A. STEYERMARK	AUGUST 21, 1944
part, somewhat bitter; bark 1/2-2 mm.
thick; stems varying from l/3«2 inohes
in diam.; corolla white, fragrant, not
hairy within as in Cinchona; leaves
firmly membranaceous, pale olive green
above, buff-green below, nerves and
margins and petioles and peduncles
with pale brown or buff-brown haies as
also on fruit and floral bracts«
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