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barl)ala, Uciniis limbi obovalis obtusis ulnnque pubes^ 

 cenlibus. Stamina in fauce qualuor subdidyiiama j fi!a- 

 menta brevia, antberae sagiltatae. 



1. CiTHAREXYLCM pentandrum Vent. Hort. CeU. 47. 

 E San Domingo misit C. Ehrenberg. 

 Generis CUhareayH re vera species. Fructus: drupa 

 calyce suffulta cupuUrorrai quinquedentalo , dentlbus dila- 

 lalo-ellipticis oblusis, obovata, JKti 4^ lin., diairietro 3 lin.; 

 foeta ossiculis duobus, dorso convexi^, facie paululum 

 concavis fere plauis, bilocularibus, disperrais. Specimini- 

 bus spontaneis nostris folia forma variabilia iirmiova> ilo- 

 resqtie brevtus pedicellati quam hortensibus. 



2. CiXHAREXYLUM borbinei've N. pentandrum, spinosum, 

 ranus tetragonis, foUis obovalis (rarius elliptico-Ianceolatis) 

 obtusis retusis aculisque, allenuata basi in petioliim de- 

 currentibus, supra glabris nitidis, sublus in nervo et venis 

 pilosis, axilHs venarura barbalis/spiois simplicissimis ter- 

 minalibus laxis, lubo corolhe longitudlne calycls irregu- 

 lariter dentati. 



E provincia Cisplalina ncc non e Brasilia tropica mi- 

 sit Sellowius nosier. 



Inter C. villosmn Jacq. Linnaea 6p. 752 et C molle 

 HBK. ambit, superiori similius, similllmum vero C. cinereo 

 hortorum hospiti pariter pentandro, ab omnibus divetsum- 

 folioTum forma, axiUis venarum barbatisj spinis. Rami ob- 

 tusanguli acutangulique epidermide pallide griseo-nilidula; 

 oppositifolii, opposilione rarius perturbata, internodiis sub- 

 pollicaribus (semi- et sesquipolUcaribus). Spinae axil- 

 lares, validae, conicae, acutae, nunc poUicares nunc seS' 

 quilineam longae, rarius vestigio nuUo deficientcs. B'atni 

 exterius inler spinam et folium evolvuntur. Folia subinte- 

 gerrima, integerrima (vix in multis specimlnibus dentis 

 unius alteriusve obsoleti rudimenlum), obovata, oblusa; 

 flovalia et apicalia saepe elongantnv, lanceolala aculaq«** 



