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bus interioribus oblongis exterioribns gradatim breviorihus 
ovalibus cinceti. Spala 3 libera, lanceolata, apiee margini- 
bus inflexis mncronulato -acuta, in comum conniventia demum 
subexplanata, enervia vel plurinervia, subroseo -fuscescentia, 
bracteas perlonge superantia. Petala3 versus basim connata, 
lanceolata, seusim aruminata, subcarunloso -membranacea, 
haud nervosa, dense brunneo-maculata et superme extus brun-- 
neo -papilloso -verrucosa. Stamina 6 sublibera, 3 petalis 
opposita filamentis altius corollae adnata; antherae e basi 
cordata lineari- oblongae, versus apicem paullo angustatae, 
usque ad apicem quadricostatae et dense hrunneo - verrucosae, 
quadrilocellatae versus apicem bilocellatae, locellis usque ad 
apicem connectivo conjunetis, ad apicem ipsam poro duplici 
transversario apertae. Pollinis granula elliptica, pliea longi- 
tadinalı instructa.  Germen crasso-obeonieum, trileeulare ; 
loeulis connatis; ovulis in quogue loculo binis in plaventa 
centrali superpositis (ex Seubert binis basi placentae alfixis). 
Stylus terminalis. hliformis, superne parım incrassatus, tri- 
gonus, a medio ad apieem bronneo-verrucosus, inferne laevis 
et brunneus, stamina superaus. Stigma apicale, parvım, 
brunneo-papillosum. Capsula obovata, trilveularis, ab apice 
coriacea flavida in valvas tres ımedio septiferas dehiscens. 
Semina exappendiculata ? 
2. Sch. arthrophylium Seub. in Mart. Flor. Brasil. vol. 
111 pars 1 (fase. VON) 131. 1. 18, f. 1. (v. s.) 
Foliis elongato-Jlanceolatis ad vaginas evidenter 
angustatis; sepalis bracteas parum superanti- 
bus. 2%. 
Brasilia: Prov. Rio Negro in petrosis graminosis um- 
brosis montis Arara-Coara Januario leg. Martius.(Herb. Mart.). 
