

DAVILLA, 5 



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Antiiers subrotunda:, flavrc. Ovaria 2 aut 3, ovata. Styli hreves, crassiusculi, erecti. Stigmata capitata. 

 Frlctls dcsideratur. (Descript. floris ex schedis Humboldtianis.) 



DAVILLA. Vandelli. Decand. 



Calyx pentaphyllus; foliolis tribus exterioribus minimis, duobus iote- 

 rioribus magnis, concavis, post anthesin includentibus fructum stami- 

 naquc, opposilis, valvaeformibus. Petala 2 aut 3. Stamina crebra; filamentis 

 apicc incrassatis. Ovamum i. Stylus i. Stigma capitatum. Capsula testacea, 

 monospcrma, subsphaerica. Semen subglobosum \ 



Arbor foliis oblongis, integris, parallelo-venosis, coriaceis, scabris* 

 paniculis axillaribus et terminalibus ; floribus pediccllalis, umbellato- 

 fasciculatis. 



1. DAVILLA BRASILIANA. *j" 



Davilla Rrasiliana. Decand. Syst. veg. i. p. /joS. B. de Lessert. lc. sele ct.i.p. 71. 

 Crescit prope Cumanacoa , alt. 100 hex. [Nova Andalusia.) "J> Floret Septembri. 



Arror 5o-pcdalis; ramulis subangulatis, adprcsso-pilosis. Folia alterna , petiolata, clliptica, ohtusa aut 

 aeutiuscula, basi rotundata, inargine obsolcte rcmole dcnticulata ct subrcvoluta, reticulato-vcnosa , venis 

 primariis approximatis parallclis ncrvoquc mcdio suhtus valde prominentibus, coriacea, supra rugulosa, 

 nitida, satiate viridia et scabra, subtus pallidiora, hirtclla, ncrvo vcnisque adprcsso-pilosis, 3-3{poIIices 

 longa, 20-r>4 lineas lala. Petioli 6-8 lincas longi, scmitcrctes, marginc mcmhranacei, dorso adpresso- 

 pilosi, juniores ferruginco-hirsuti. Stipoue nullx. Pamcieje iu ramulis axillarcset terminales, ramosa;, brac- 

 teolatx; rhachi suhllexuosa ramisquc piloso-hirlis, altcrnis. FLORLspedicellati, fasciculato-congesti, terni aut 

 scni; pediceIIisa-4 lincas Iongis, teretibus, hirtis. Calyx pcntaphyllus ; foliolis tribus cxteriorihusmicutis, 

 pubescenli-pilosis; duohus maximis, orbiculatis, concavis, coriaccis, duris,adprcsso-pilosiusculis, scqualibus, 

 valvaiformihus. Corollam haud vidi. Stamina crehcrrima, hypogyna, calyce multo breviora. Fii.amenta 

 capillacea, glabra, apicc incrassata. Antiier.e subrotunda;, basi aflixic, cum filamcnto haud articulata;, gla- 

 bra:, hilocularcs, utroquc latcrc longitudinalitcr dcliisccntcs. Ovarium solitarium, subglohosum (?), glabrum. 

 StTLCSI, stamina supcrans, glaber. Stic.ma magnum, depresso-capitatum. Frlt.tls haud suppetit. 



Differt a Davilla brasiliana Dec. ( in hcrb. Juss. ) nonnisi foliis majoribus vcnisque primariis magis 

 approxiinatis. 



1 Character cx Dccand. Syst. vcg. I. ]». 4o4. 



