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Piperaceae          2868
Shrub, ca 1.70m in forest
mixed with bamboo

Maranthaceae         2869
Flowers yellow, [[?]]

July 17       2870
Rondônia, [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] road NW of
[[Mutumpanamé?]], grows N South
of Rio Madeira, [[Mirageào?]]
the [[Maisre?]] ca. (17 or 27? km 
NW of S. Lourenço)
Merotachys

Very abundant, robust Merostachys 
in beautiful, tall,
dense in forest.
It looks like same M. I
collected in Bahia, in 72 
near [[Gaudia?]], ([[?]] [[?]]
to ± going [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] right to the

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west or also like some
I collected late in 76 [[?]]
in [[?]] in Pinheiro Fazenda
strong, but [[slim?] culm
with long internodes. One
was 1.20m about (1.18)
with thick walls -
Thick branches, starting for
few and after ± 5 o [[?]]
few more they in itself
[[underlined]] rebranch [/underlined]]. They do not
form a very clear, classic
"shield"
Nodes of culm with 
band of hairs, [[?]]
white, milky & wooly - 
[[?]] sheath velvety white
[[?]] with [[?]]
blade very deciduous
Plants not very tall
up to 8m? ± [[arching?]]
over veg.
Bud complement very
interesting, starting few
and it [[?]] like they
[[?]] [[?]] [[?]]