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MiOMELIACEAE : ARAEOCOCCUS. 



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teres, triloculare, sessile v. stipitatuia ; stylus petalis 

 manifeste loBgior; sti^^matis iobi vix v. liautl contort! ; 

 placentae interne loculoruni angiilo apice affixac; ovula 

 qiioque iu loculo pauca (usque ad 10) podio speciali 

 distincto insidentia , apice perlonge caudata. Bacca 

 subexsucca ex ovario paullo incrassato, sepaloruni rudi- 

 mentis v. sepalis iutegris persistentibus coronato for- 

 mata. 8i:mina angusto cylindrico - ovoidea , utriuque 

 acutiuscula , exappeudiculata, minutissime crebroque 

 longitudinaliter sulcata. 



Herbae haphhioticae, hnmiJes saepiiisque suhcaespi- 

 tosae. Folia rosuJata out pauca utricnhnn (Ihthicfmn 

 haud formantia aiU phtra utricuhtim hasl convergevtlaf 

 + anguste Unearia hasique in vaginam intus Jepldotam 

 nee viUosam dilafata, margine aid inenma out actdeis 

 maximis, retro curvatis armata^ glabra vel praesertim 

 junlora suhtus + Jepidota, eviitata. Ikfloresckntia 

 axihiis solemnifer inde/iuifis pa-nnivulata, 3- 1\ 4-pmnataj 

 laxa e ramtdis mtdtljiorls , spicatis composlla; hracteae 



conspicuae, 



Flohes aut sessUes aut pedkeUati. 



Species adhuc iiotat' ^ (utraque Brasilieiisis), piimo loco 

 nobis ennnieranda per Guianam nee non Tiinitaiis insiilani 

 passim proveiiiente sed saepius quoque in Ainazoiimii amiiis 

 valle lecta, altera provinciarnm et Bahia et Rio de Janeiro 

 incola. Silvas priniaevas buinidas incolunt. 



CLAVIS SPECIERUM. 



F 



1. Folia solemniter aculeaia; iufloreseculiae axes genuflexi; 



flores sessiles 1. A. mk'Hanthus Brongn. 



2. Folia margine omuiuo iuermia; iufloroscentiae axes recti ; 



flores pedicellati 2. A. pahvifi.orcs Liodni. 



iwAEAEOCOCCUS MICRANTHUS Bronon. foliis 

 3—4 basi in tubutn perauguste cylindricum coalitis, margine 

 acnleis usqne ad 3 mm. longis, retro eurratis aniuitis, super 

 vaginam nianifestissime quasi petiolatim consliif^tis; inflores- 

 centia axibns serpentino-flexuosis; floribas solemniter sessilibus ; 

 ovulis quoque in loculo plerumque binis. 



Tabula nostra LIX. fig. I (habitus). 



Araeococcus micranthus Brongn. in Ann. sc. not. ser. 2. 

 XV. p. 370; Wittm. in Engl et PranU, Nat. Pflamenf. IL 

 4. ji- 49; Bak. Brom. p. 30. n. 1. 



BromeVta Acanya Schdt. fit in B. et Schult. StfsL VJL 

 2). 1281. n. 11 (quoad descript. et cit. plant. Mart., synon. 

 exchis.). 



TfiRKKSTJUs (a]) putius epiphyta?), eaespitflsa, florifera + 0,4— 0,6 m. 

 alta rhizomate transverso , stolonifern, subUgnoso, fascescente , crassitie 

 pennae auatiuae, fihris radicalibus numerosissimis, teretibus. Foi.u 3—4 

 herbacea rosnlata, basi longissime in ttibum cylindricam, subtua eitcnore 



latere vagiuis scariosis circumdalnin or^aliU . rreeto t. dfi.uitn apii-e nb- 

 arcuatim p^iteutia, ba«i in \a^\imm nianif<*(i>!siiu:im, perlonge .ingiist^^juc 

 ovalem, :ipice solemoiler membraiia l.y.ilinji hruune* m.ir-iiuUain. luU-gfit- 

 rimam, intus gl:tU'nimaiu peroitidam dilataM , vix «insbVtiIat:» , ^ni-ra 

 p;uino, Bul.tus niauife«tiu8 liuc-atim veno». mai^iue wibtnf* arnleis maxi- 

 mis, retro cnnatis. ^nbl.nmm'is, + 3 mm. longU denMns<-nIe armata, 

 supra aciileis apiceni versus w.leumiter minuiis reote patentibua (nee 

 snmun. versin) i-oiisi.ersa, m\m vaginam luauife^tibbime nee non qtuwi 

 pelioJiilim :nigii8lata, Inm paurio sensinnpu* dilMata lau.ii.aiu pcraoguhic 

 linearetM, siibfrramineani, nienibraiiM8iMiori:ue:im Atimaiiiia, apittm vtrsus 

 peracula, supra subniiida, siihtns omnirio op;ir.i, pattllo pallidiomBtienoil 

 lepidibus paucis inier nervos diRAriuinatis pnediU , + 0,16 ni. loogB, 

 10 mm. lata. Inki.ukksckktia axibus omnibus plmutMjur maiiircste in- 

 dcliuitis lolia sujtfrans, e luho ceuiralin in canlis tenuisoimi dk-nin <-«rvi 

 TiK cra8.sioris) gracilis, lort-tis, glabri, eretli v. leviler incnrvi, (tilioHs vngini- 

 formibus, aiiiplixieauUbiis, iKTHiigusl** Inm-wilatin, acutin, adprMwiw, jtlaln-r- 

 rirais deusissiiuc induti apic t-iocla, oc-llora, c rutuulii pcrlaxc Ki.icjtl* 

 munifldiis, scrpiiiiinK llfMH.M^ -I piiinjaiui cutupoMiu pauuiiulata, raiuuniii- 

 sinia la-vaque, + 0,16 in. loiiga, Hibjiyramiditti; rbadii tommuui puniin 

 flpxiios.T, (eniiiiwiil.i, ^laJn.t ; ranm alt^ruiw, ital<jilibM, rebrin, it«nim 

 rnmnloftiH, ^bibris, 3— R-flnris; bnictpia pnmanis pui-M-rlim ntmiib.rum 

 inferiornm loliolosis lanceobitls , ]>ornc'UiiK, lain U\y.\ MiiiiauijiVxi'imli- 

 HeKsilibus, apia-m versus scnsim in fortiinm bmrteoUrn m II. ord. luinulU, 

 quae parvae tjuidciu fe<l peirouspirune. Klubrae. rx liasi laliRfime femtli 

 ovata peraiute breviler ac-uiniiiut;ie^ ^ 2—2,6 mm. longiie, ob ramuM 

 Herpeutinos patenter aflixae ebievut. I'lokkk frrc minimi, + 6 mm. l«mK>» 

 Holeumiti'r sc88iU.-=, .'KI'ai.is glabriH, margine angumif hyaIiiio-nn'ml»raii:iwin, 

 vaMe .sitiUtror-suiu cuuvoliitis, + 0,6- U,76 mm. lougis, aub autbeniu ligide 

 cnctiN, mm ms\ luiiitile couca\iM, ad V> loiigituUiijis eerie in lubiim ooo- 

 nalis, supra lilHTJs sqtwniiroiini-semioibicularibus, holfuitiilcr obtusls, om- 

 uiuo B>tnmelrieis. I'ictaLa flavcsceulia {y\ "1. Rakkk], sub ;ui(ln'hiii maiii- 

 Tesle aperta recurva, gbibra, + 3— S,6 mm. Inngk, leanMma, mntiino 

 libera dexIroTsnni convotula v. eutojiice imiitieata, latieecilalft-cibov.ita, ba^i 

 in titigtiem breviiisinunn, perlalum, linearcm attenuata, apice brcvitrr ocuiit 

 «ed margine cnenllalini iiividuta iiideqne peracutorum j-jtecii-m piai-twnlin, 

 ouiniuu oligiilala. Atamina |*ctafift piiullo brcviora fllaninidM bieviwimii 

 (vix uKiu 0,6 uini. longiN), MibulafiN, omuino liltt-rin; .'iiilbeijit jHTjun^fia 

 (+ 2 mm), ovalo eJJipticio, apit-euj vt'n*us wijisim attcuuaiih touuccli*u»inc 

 peracute longius produLlu Hulicaudatis, b;ii>i ubiumliueillii* a<l \* fen ftlUt. 

 ineisis ibique dor.^ilixiH; pullinis giauuHs subcIlij»Miid«o>«l<»iig;iii", wnijicr 

 fere angulose eoiiipresnis, poris obsmiis, nirmbrana exifiinre pnncluliM 

 uiiuuti.sHimis i>erobseuriB dcnsissinie verrucnlosa. OvAitiiw Riabrrrinium. 

 8ubgb>lK)snm , non nisi minute trigonum et iipioe et baai rolundatnra, 

 + 2 diara.; periantbii Inho unllo; «tyIo Bnlherin periaTiihi<H|ue matiilcRt* 

 longiore, filirormi. vaide ttigono, apieem versus band atUiitiato; Htigmatii* 

 lobis non nisi mittutit-simc diviaia, ereclc cobaerentibus, duUu mudo turtia, 

 apice aequaliler truncatis; placeuiia loculoium augulo iuttruo propt apii-em 

 aftixis; ovuUh in loculo qnoque pcrpaoclt, pleruiminc biiiiK, niugulo podio 

 subcyliudrico, papiUoso-velulino iiiHidente, breviter Mipitato, ellipwldeo, 

 apice Cauda suhaequilonga, |4«lie coiiipi<-^-a, acalft, invotuia appcndlcti- 

 lalis. lUccA pni'pureA (ex Hakkh), Btib^-ilolKwa, calyce pernintent* ooronala 

 et inde qun8i Itrcvissime aenmtnatfl, Icviter tHunlcata, glflbm, rlt magnt- 

 tuiline piperts graiinli, + 3 mm. dinm., loculi* 2-*p<'rmi», diwepimcnlis 

 tenniter memhraiiacei*«. Skmix* in npice angnli cooUalis loculorum aiiixa, 

 anguflfe cylindrico ovoidea, leviwime turvaia, utrioque aculiuhcula, lal«re 

 ftjfpTwm quifJqnam ungulosa, saturate fusca, gialira, +3 mm. loiigm, 1 mm, 

 diam., minuliwime Iongii*»*iiiialiter crebroque ^^ubala. 



Habitat in Brasiliac septcntrinnatig AnrnzrmHM furii ralle , vbi 

 loco miki ignoio legit Spruce (rx Baker), tier fjoti r pror. Para attulit 

 Skber. Acndif Guyavn gnth'rtt : Martin , Poiteau, Melinon, Lechenault 

 (ex Baker), Sagot ii. 967 (prope Karomtty), nrc turn TnmtutU imula : 

 fi m-yo /V . .'m 1«-/i Rmyj/ Urux.. Krua. et VrbcM., MonacJ. 



2. ARAEOCOCCUS PARVIFLORL'S Uin>u. fuliis 6 

 ad 10 V. iduribus uliiculum manifestuin foimantibiis, omnino 

 margine ineimibus, su|>er vaginam haud c(m:^t^ctis; iiiflore.^- 

 centia axilus rectis; floribus Jonginscule ppdic^llatfs; ovulis 

 qnoque in loculo ad 10. 



Tabuia nostra LIX. fig. II (anatysin). 



