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[[?]]. dolphin[[?]].        2892

Tree ca. 6 m with spike
like inflorescences 

Sapindaceae          2893

Tree ca. 7 m with white
flowers, (fruits 3 ringed) _

Aug. 1st-           2894

Am, Rio [[Urubu?]], between Manaus - Caracarai
Road and [[Serra da
Lua?]]. Near Serra da Lua
[[?]] [[?]].

Beautiful, [[?]] [[?]]
[[?]] in new forest
[[?]] near road to [[Lauina?]]
Down river is even more [[?]]
been the dominant plant under the canopy on both sides of river and

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on the gentle slopes up to the
top or plateau where it's scarce or disapeared. Plants mostly [[small??]] looking like a young population, from ca. 80 cm to 2 m ± but here & there some taller and in  some spots a mature clump 
with vine like [[?]] ± 6 m high
and [[??]] thicker [[strikethrough]] between 5 x 1 cm [[/strikethrough]] about 1/2 cm or little more, but less than 1 cm. Otherwise stem thread like and
[[?]], [[??]] leaf & look like the whole plant [[sharp?]][[?]] like [[?]], cutting or [[?]] [[strikethrough]][[?]][[/strikethrough]] [[spi?]] 
a [[strikethrough]]sti[[/strikethrough]] sticking to clothes or skin -
[[?]] leaf all [[?]] ("[[?]]" also) Sheath with a thick, cork like callous - [[?]] on the back near the base.  [[?]] edge of [[?]] with a crown of stiff, curly hairs, white and stick in groups looking like a ring of triangle in a disc Almost all the overlapping edge of the
sheath with long, [[?]] hairs 
[[Oval?]] [[?]] long & coffee color. [[??]] leaf blade [[underlinec]] erect [[/underlined]], long [[symbol - narrow upright isosceles triangle]] about 2/3 the length of sheath [[end page]]