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stipite paleaceo; pinnis 'obtusis v. acntis, — inferioribus .bre- 
viter petiolatis oblöngo -lanceolatis pinnatiidis, — superiori- 
bus. eonflnentibas; laeiniis. ovato-oblongis, obtnsis, integerri- 
mis, eiliati. Sori parvi, in medio nervorum lateralinm ses- 
siles; - indusio glabro, — Patria Brasilia. Riedel semina 
misit. 
Hanisterin Riedeliana H. Petrop. 
Foliis elliptico-ovatis breviter acuminatis integerrimis, 
supra adpresse-pilosis laete viridibus, subtus sericeo - argen- 
teis, petiolo temmi, eglandnloso v. glandula uniea munilo; 
pexiculis terminalibus axillaribusque, amplis; floribus in pa- 
nieulae ramulis oppositis, racemasis; _ ealyoe S- glanduloso ; 
petalis glabris fimbriato-dentienlatis v. Taeiniatis ; antheris 
glahris; stylis 3 inaequalibus. . 
Rami subangulati, juniores adpresse-pilosi, deinde gla- 
breseentes brunnei. Folia 63/, pollices long ei ad 3 polli- 
ces lata, retienlato-venosa, nervis venisque prominenfibus; 
petiolo semi-pollicari, snperne carinato, Panionlae plerum- 
gne terminales amplae, rarius axillares et parvae. Panien- 
lae rami et ramuli oppositi, hrunnei, tomentosi. Flores in 
ramulis oppositi, racemosi, Pedunenli breves, sesquilineares, 
basi ‚bractea unica falti, apice bibracteolati, enm pedieello 
Rorifero artienlati,  Calyeis laciniae 5,, ellipticae,. ohtusa®, 
ferrngineo - pilosae, erectae, adpressae; onlyeis tabns glau- 
dulis 8, per paria approximatis, ohlongis, viridihus, glabrie 
vestitns. . Petala 4, calyce duplo longiora , ‚sesgnilineas long; 
muguieulara, Jamina snbrotunda, £mbriato-laciniata, lutea, 
glabra, Stamina 8, antheris glabris snbaequalibus, ‚Siyli 9 
subaequales , antheris vix longiores. 
Affinis B, Gardneriange Juss. differt tamen foliis Supra 
pilosis, petiolo tenni eglanduloso v. glandala unica instrnol®; 
