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CARDIOSPERMUM. IOI 



6-i3 lineas longi. Paniculs axillares, solitaris, longc pedunculata, infra basim bicirrosa;, simplices, 

 bracteata;; ramis sparsis, patcntissimis, 8-9 lineas longis rhachique pubesccntibus. Cirri revoluti. Pedu 

 culus 4-5-pollicaris, sulcato-angulatus , pubescens. Flores in ramis spicati, pedicellati, magnitudi^ 

 Cardiospcrmi elegantis, suavcolcntcs, albi; pcdicellis duas lineas longis, glabriusculis. Calyx glabcr. Corolla. 

 Squau, Glahdci.*, Stamina ct Pistillum prorsus ut in Cardiospenno elegante. Capsum elliptico-oblonga/, 

 trigon», stylo persistcnte coronatcc, brcvissime stipitat* et caljrce suffulta, membranaces, inflate , Tenoso- 

 reticulata% glabra, viresccntcs, subbipollicares, triloculares, septicido-bivalves; valvaj canaliculata^dccidu*. 

 Dissepimenta axi centrali adnata, spongioso-mcmbranacea, suturis valvarum opposita, in duas partibiiia 

 lamellas. Semen 1 in quolibet loculo ejusque angulo intcriori, mcdium versus, affixum, subglobosum, lzere, 

 glabrum, nigrum, magnitudine grani pipcris, basi axillatum , arillo cupuliformi , vacuum in sncciminc 

 suppetente. 



5. 



CARDIOSPERMUM hispidum. t 



C.ramispctiolisquchirsnto-hispidis; foliis biternatis j foliolis grosse crcnato-scrraiis , glabris; 

 glandulis hypogyiiis elongatis. 



Cardiospermum hirsuturn. Sp.pl. ed. W. 2. p. 467? 



Crescit in ripa fluminis Amazonum, prope Tomependa Bracamorensium, alt. 200 Aer. 

 % Floret Augusto. 



Calles scandentcs; ramis sulcato-angulatis, hirsuto-hispidis. Folu alterna, petiolata , biternata. 

 Foliolabrcviterpetiolata, ovata, acuta, basi in petiolum decurrentia, grossc crenato-scrrata, rcticulaio- 

 vcnosa, vcnis primariis nervoquc medio subtus prominentibus, membranacea , glabra, supra in nervo 

 medio puberula , larte viridia, subtus pallidiora ; terminale cujuslibet folii partialis majus , longius petiolatum. 

 a-af-poUicare; lateralia gradatim minora ; infima i-i-i-pollicaria. Petiolus communis sesquipollicaris. 

 sulcatus, hispidulus; partiales 9-1/» lincas longi, semiteretes, intcrnc pubcruli. Pedunculi axillares, soli- 

 tarii, apice ramosi et multiflori, infra apicem bicirrosi, angulati, glabri, 5-6-polIicarcs; cirris spiraliter 

 rcvolut.s. Flores pcdiceilati, spicati,paulominorcs quam in pr« T ccdentibus;pedicelIis glabris. In flore unico 

 suppetente, eoquc nondum aperto, a me visum cst ita : Calyx tetraphyllus , glabcr, coloratus, irregularis; 

 lohohs duobus cxtcrioribus lateralibus pams,orbiculatc~ovatis; duobus interioribus quadruplo longioribus, 

 Obovato-ellipticis, concavis. Petala quatuor, obovata, unguiculata, tenuitcr membranacca , albu , glabra, 

 calyccm suba-quantia, supra basim squamaaucta, subaequalia. Squamrc membranaccu; , glabras, pctalo 

 brcviorcs; duai petalorum a staminibus rcmotorum oblonga;, apicc angustatae et uncinato-inflex*, dorso 

 notatce appendicc crassiuscula truncata; dua3 pctalorum staminibus approximatorum oblique obovatai. 



apice rotundatas. Clandlls dus ad basim petaloruma staminibus remotorum, lineares, crassiusculas 



glabrtt, petalo duplo brcviores. Stamina octo , ima: basi ovarii circumposita , ina;qualia , longitudinc 

 corolla». Filauenta libera , lincaria, membranacea, glabra. Antiieius oblongas, dorso supra basim affixa;, 

 Inloculares, glabra:, longiludinalitcr dchisccntes, post apcrtionem subspiraliter tortic. Ovafium minutis- 

 simum, stipitatum, triquetrum, glabrum ; stipesbrevis, foliolo calycis contigUO adnatus. Stylis brcvissimus, 

 tripartitus. Stigmata subulata, crassiuscula, conniventia. Frlxtls haud suppetit. 



