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14. MARLIEREA GRANDIFOLIA Berg: glaberrima ; ramu- 

 lis obtuse 4-gonis; foliis breviter petiolatis, chartaceis, ovate ob- 

 longis v. lanceolatis, basi obtusis v. subcordatis, apicem versus 

 sensim acuminatis, creberrime pellucido punctatis, subnitidis, tcnui- 

 ter venosis, arcuatim duplicate -limbincrviis; paniculis immediate 

 subterminalibus , 2-nis ideoque 4 terminalibus , foliis floralibus 

 duplo longioribus, v. e ramo terminali abbreviato, binodi oriun- 

 dis, 1-nis, oppositis, bractea foliacea stipatis, longe pedunculatis, 

 strictis, pyramidatis, laxiQoris, ramis racemosis floribusque om- 

 nibus pedicellatis; alabastris globosis, apiculatis, demum irregula- 

 riter 5-partitis ; germine biloculari ; petalis 5. t) 



Rami exophloeo membranaceo, fuscescenti delabente, fusci. 

 Folia opposita, subterminalia floralia minora, siccata supra fusco- 

 atra, subtus hepatica; petiolo 2'" lg. crasso, epidermide solubili; 

 lamina 6— 9'/ 2 " lg., 22— 86'" It., fol. Ooralium 3—4" lg., 13— 

 16'" It.; nervo medio supra planiusculo, subtus incrassato; venis 

 subpatulis , distantibus , tenuibus , supra planiusculis , subtus pro- 

 mincntibus; venulis interjectis tenuioribus , reticularis. Paniculae 

 8—10'' lg., pedicellis 3"' lg. Alabastra 2'" diametro. (v. in 

 hb. Berol. ct Mart.) 



Habitat in Brasilia orient ali : Sellout, Raben , in hb. Mart. 



15. MARLIEREA GLABRA Camb. glabra; foliis breviter 

 petiolatis, oblongis, utrinque gradatim angustatis, acuminatis, ob- 

 solete pcllucido-punctatis ; paniculis axillaribus et subterminalibus, 

 multifloris ; alabastris pedicellatis , sphaericis , mucronulatis ; ger- 

 mine 3-loculari; lobis calycinis 4, inacqualibus ; petalis 4. 



Marlierea glabra Cambess. in St. Hil. FL Br. merid. 

 II. 270. 



Frutkx 5 — 6-pedalis; rami teretiusculi. Foi.ia opposita, marline 

 revoluta; pktiolo 2 — 3" lg. ; lamina 6 — 8" lg., V/? — 2" It.; nervo me- 

 dio subtus prominente; venis vix manifestis. Paniculah 5 — 6" lg. , pedi- 

 cellis filiformibus. Alabastra 2'" lg. , bracteolis 2, subulatis, deciduis 

 fulta. Gkrmkn apice glabriusculum , ti-ovulatum. Calyx lobis demum 

 reflexis. Petala obovata, minima, erosa. Stamina calycem paullulum 

 superantia. Stylus glabriusculus. -f 



Habitat in silvis primaevis montis Tijuca, haud longe ab urbe 

 Rio de Janeiro: St. Hilaire. PI. Dry as. 



16. MARLIEREA? RESUPINATA Berg: innovationibus vclu- 

 tinis; foliis brevissimc petiolatis, resupinatis , oblongis, basi vix 

 attenuata, cordata subamplexicaulibus , apice gradatim acuminatis, 

 reticulato-costatis , arcuatim limbinerviis , floralibus et infimis ra- 

 muli cujusve multo minoribus, squamaceis, vaginatis; raccmis sub- 

 terminalibus, folio rameali multo brevioribus; floribus glomeratis; 

 bacca globosa, 3-loculari, lobis calycinis 5, obtusis coronata. t) 



Myrtu8 resupinata Veil. Flor. Flum. V. t. 61. Textus 

 p. 214. 



Rami validi, exophloeo lamellatim delabente; hamuli paucinodes, 

 basi squama vaginacea, oblonga, acuta, 2 — 8" lg. obvoluti. Folia oppo- 

 sita, % — 1' lg., 30 — 54'" It.; nervo medio incrassato; venis validis, 

 erecto-patulis. Racrmi (in icone tres , uno certe oblitterato) 3 — 4" lg., 

 bractea lanceolata, acuminata, V/ t — 2" lg. fulti. Bacca 5'" diametro. f 

 — Species haec praeposita in Flora Fluminensi bene depicta certo nl> 

 habitum ad Marlieream pertinet et M. Schottianae affinis, scd alabastra 

 non vidi. 



Habitat in prov. Rio de Janeiro ad decliria montium prope 

 scaturigines flurii Taguahy , Sept. fructifera: Veil. PI. Dryas. 



17. MARLIEREA ? RITA Berg : innovationibus rufo-hirsu- 

 tis; foliis petiolatis, ovalibus v. ovali-oblongis, utrinque angusta- 

 tis, apice acuminatis, venosis, limbinerviis; paniculis subtcrmina- 



Myrtac. 



libus, folium subaequantibus, saepe ad ramum apice foliatum, ad 

 inferiores nodos racemis simplicibus instructum excrescentibus; 

 alabastris globosis , demum 4 — 5-partitis. 1) 



Myrtus ruf'a Veil. Flor. Flum. V. t. 75. Text. p. 217. 



Folia opposita; pktiolo 2—3'" lg.; lamina 2—3" lg., 12—20" 

 It. Paniculak decomposilae , 3" lg. ; ramis racemosis ; racemi 5 — 9-flori, 

 1 — 2"lg. Alabastra I 1 //" diametro. f — Marliereae excoriatae affi- 

 nis, indumento et inflorescentia distincta. 



Habitat in fruticetis et campis mediterraneis prov. Rio de Ja- 

 neiro : Veil. PI. Dryas. 



V. CALYPTRANTHES Swartz. 



Calyptranthes Swartz Pr. FL Ind. occ. 917. t. 15. St. Hilaire 

 PL Us. Br. 14. DC. Prodr. III. 256. Cambess. in St. Hilaire 

 FL Br. merid. II. 370. — Chytraculia et Suzvgicm P. Browne 

 Jam. 239. 240. — Chytralia Adanson Fam. 80. — Calyptran- 

 thus Jussieu Diet. VI. 274. 



(Char, emend.) Alabastra clausa, ovoidea vel 

 sphaerica, bracteolis 2, saepe caducis stipata. Hy- 

 panthium (calycis tubus auct.) supra germen valde 

 productum, in calycem abiens. Germkn inferum, 2 — 3- 

 loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis. Ovula angulo interno 

 loculoriini ufTixa , collateralia, adscendeutia. Calyx 

 clausus, ante anthesin integerrimus, ad antliesiti cir- 

 cumscissus et operculum laterale , demum deciduum 

 constituens. Petala nulla v. 2 — 5, minima. Stamina 

 plurima, cum petalis margini bypanthii libero inserta, 

 perigyna; filamenta libera, filiformia, praefloratione 

 incurva; antherak dorsofixae, ovales v. rotundae, su- 

 perne glandula terminatae, introrsae, biloculares; lo- 

 culis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, margini bus expla- 

 natis; granula pollinis trigona, tripora. Carpophylla 

 2 — 3, tegmen germinis stylumque t'ormantia. Stylus 1. 

 Stigma terminate, simplex. Bacca margine libero tubu- 

 loso, truncato hypanthii, interdum et operculo coronata, 

 1— 4-sperma. Semina subrenitbrmia, testa pallida, carti- 

 laginea obtecta. Embryo exalbuminosus; cotylis amplis 

 foliaceis, contortuplicatis; rostello elongate, cur vat o. 



A into it is, frutices, rarius suffrutices Ameri- 

 canae; foliis exstipulatis, opposilis, glandulosis. Urn- 

 binerviis; pedvncvlis later a lib us v. axillaribus, 1 — 

 3-floris, racemosis v. cymoso-paniculatis, 



I. Pedunculi paniculali v. racemosi. 



1. CALYPTRANTHES AROMATICA St. Hil/ glaberrima; 

 foliis connatis, magnis, oblongo-cllipticis , utrinque angustatis, basi 

 rotundatis, apice acutiusculis, venosis, limbinerviis; paniculis axil- 

 laribus et subterminalibus, his geminis, clongatis; alabastris obo- 

 vatis, sessilibus, ultimis tcrnis; germine 3-loculari; petalis 2 — 3, 

 spathulatis, minimis. 



Calyptranthes aromatica St. Hil. PL Us. Br. f'asc. III. 

 t. 14. DC. Prodr. III. 258. Camb. in St. Hil. FL Br. merid. 

 11. 268. 



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