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MALPIGHIACEAE: BURDACHIA - GLANDONIA. 



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SEtTio I. EUBURDACH1A. 

 Nux pyramidata , apice deuium valvis 3 minutis hians. 



1. BURDACHIA PRISMATOCARPA Mart, foliis ovalibus v. 

 clliptico-oblongis, supra glabris, lucidis, subtus discoloribus et 

 pubc evanida minutissima adspersis; nervo mediano subtus supra 

 basin laminae utrinque glandulifero ; racemo tripartito; nuce angu- 

 lis g_9 inferne gibbosis pyramidata, iisdem demum rotundato- 

 evanidis conoidca , opaca. 



Burdachia prismatocarpa Marl, in Juss. Monogr. 57. Benth. 

 in PL Sprucean. n. 2092. sine descript. 



Burdachia pyramidata Mart, in PL Sprucean. ti.246.: for- 

 ma foliis angustioribus. 



Bunchosia palustris Po'pp. PL exsicc. n. 2911. 



ft. Spruceana Gr. foliis minoribus ovali-oblongis oblongisque, 

 utrinque glaberrimis ; nervo mediano subtus juxta laminae basin 

 utrinque glandulifero; racemo 3 — 5-partito. 



Burdachia sp. nov. Benth. in PL Sprucean. n. 1653. sine 

 descriptions 



Neque flos neque nux juuior ulluin discrimem praebllit 



In prov. do Alto Amazonas: Spruce; in silvis inundatis ad la- 

 tum Teffe prope Nogueira, m. Dec, et in silvis Japurensibus, tn. Jan. 

 fructu maturante: M.; prope Ega: Pvppig ; in prov. Paraensi prope 

 Obidos, m. Dec: Spruce. /?. In prov. do Alto Amazonas prope Iiarra, 

 tn. Julio: Spruce. 



Sectio II. CARUSIA. 

 Nux sphaeroidco-conica, apice clausa. Flos ignotus. 



2. BURDACHIA SPHAEROCARPA Juss. foliis oblongis v. 

 ovali-oblongis, glabris, lucidis; nervo mediano subtus juxta lami- 

 nae basin utrinque glandulifero; racemo tripartito; nuce laevi, lu- 

 cida, inferne globosa, apice in conum obtusum sensim producta. 



Burdachia sphaerocarpa Juss. Monogr. 59. 

 Carusia sphaerocarpa Mart. ibid. . 



In prov. do Alto Amazonas silvis, prope Barra et Coari , m. 

 Nov. fructu maturo; M, 



III. GLANDONIA Gr. 



Burdachia sp. Benth. in PL Sprucean. n. 1090. 



Calyx 5-partitus, segmentis omnibus biglandulo- 

 sis. Petala unguiculata. Stamina 10, omnia fertilia, 

 pilamentis basi monad el phis, glabris toroque glabro 

 iusertis, antheris glabris, loenlis oblongis, superne 

 in latere exteriori appendicula cristiformi verrnculosa 

 utrinque auctis. Ovarium triloculare, stylis 3 subuli- 

 formibus, acutis. Nux abortu uni (ocularis, monosper- 

 ma, apice umbilicato clausa, stylis demum evanidis 

 coronata. Embryo rostello brevissimo, cotyledone 

 altera abortiva quasi indivisus. 



Stirps Brasiliae aequatorialis , r am is junto ri- 

 bus complanatis; foliis oppositis, maxim's, papy- 

 raceis, margine aequalibus, integer rimis., in peliolum 

 attenuate, arcunerriis ; nervo mediano eglanduloso 

 venisque primariis subtus prominulis; stipulis axil- 

 laribus, evanidis; racemo terminali slmplici, pedlx- 

 cvlis 1 — 3-floris, bractea oblique basilar i su/fultis, 

 supra basin bibracteolatis , pedicellis basi 1 — 2- 

 bracteolatis , supra basin articulutis, bracteolis stipe- 

 rioribus saepius glandulosis. 



Genus intermedium inter Burdachiam et Lophanthcrani: cum 

 ilia fructu, cum hac antheris ct inflorescentia conveniens, ab utra- 

 que cmbryonis structure distinctum: ex lloribus paucissimis, iisque 

 specimini fructifcro adpositis, largiori vero messi fructuum matu- 

 rorum descriptum , de quibus, glandibus quercinis similibus, no- 

 men dcrivatur. 



1. GLANDONIA MACROCARPA Gr. 



Burdachia macrocarpa Benth. in PL Sprucean. sine desenpt. 



Rani racemis fructiferis inslructi, , ad originem oorum usque 

 lignosi, angulis obtusatis complanati , glabri, cpidcrmide cinerea 

 tecti, internodiis pollicaribus , nodis annularibus evanidis. Folia 

 10 — 8" longa, 3% — 4" lata, obovato-oblonga, versus basin lami- 

 nae sensim attenuate, apice rotundato oblique cuspidata v. acuta, 

 utrinque glabra, supra obscure viridia, subtus pallidiora, cincrco- 

 virentia, parum nitcntia , reticulo venarum inter venas primaries 

 utrinque 10 — 12 irregulariter divaricato, lenui, utrinque prominulo, 

 areolis V" diam. subquadratis, petiolo crassiusculo pollicari, apice 

 in medianum inferne incrassatum abeunte, stipula axillari brevi, 

 V" fere longa, triangular*!, libera, evanida. Racemus terminalis 

 foliis superatus, 6" longus, axi crassiusculo, anguloso , glabrius- 

 culo, ferrugineo, basi in pedunculum communem pollicarem pro- 

 ducto, internodiis inacqualibus , 6 — 2'" longis; pedunculi partiales 

 crassi, 2 — 4'" longi, patentes, bractcam basi ipsorum oblique sub- 

 jectam v. sublateralem, ovato-lanceolatam , acutam, glabram parum 

 superantes, sub apice bracteolis 2 oppositis, ovato-subrotundis, in- 

 aequalibus instructae, in pedicellos 2 — 3 diviso, supcrioribus abr- 

 ortivis (in pi. fructifera), inferiori recurvo, 6 — 8'" longo, tcnui. 

 Calyx segmentis ovatis, rotundatis, V" longis, extus glabris, in- 

 tus puberulis, glandulis 10 tarde excresccntibtfs , demum oblongis, 

 tubum arete obtegentibus. Petala (in gemma florali, V" longa) 

 subintegra , lamina dorso convexo - carinata. Stamina (filamentis 

 nondum perfectis), antheris connectivo tenui cylindrico, apice locu- 

 los multo latiores aequante, basi iisdem superato instructis, locu- 

 lorum crista verrucula ab apice ad medium loculum decurrentc, 

 utrinque lateri ejus exteriori inserta et parallela. Ovarium glabrum. 

 Nux 1" longa, 6—8'" diam. transv. , angulis rotundatis, 5-gono- 

 prismatica et apice in conum umbilico quasi abscissum producta, 

 basi in 5 gibbas planiusculo - rotundatas producta et subtruncata, 

 praeter angulos costulata, costis in quoque latere fere tribus lon- 

 gitudinalibus planiusculis vallecula angusta distinctis tenuiter striatis, 

 umbilico terminali stylorum rudimentis instructo et jnbbis minutio- 

 nbus 5 circumvallato ; pericarpium lignosum, pariete %'" diametro 

 acquabili, vestigiis loculorum abortivorum non conspicuis; semen 

 pericarpii cavitatem penitus explens, funiculo brevi apici ejus in- 

 serto, testa tenui, membranacca, fusca; embryo testam omnino ex- 

 plens, fere penitus cotyledone altera constitutus eaque lignoso-car- 

 nosa, fulvo-cinerea , rostello et cotyledone abortiva brevissimis 

 brunneis, hilo approximatis , rhaphe iuconspicua. 



In prov. do Alto Amazonas ad fiuvium, prope Barra, m. Dec. 

 ad Martio: Spruce. 



