1180 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN.E. SEBASTIANIA. 
sepe bene opposite et cum bracteis alternantes. Stamina 3-4 ut in 8. ri- 
gida. — A proxima S. rigida preter formam foliorum et indumentum 
Spicarum ramis apice spinescentibus et forma calycis foem. differt. (y. s.) 
21. S. R161DA, bracteis 1-florislate ovatis lacero-dentatis masculis basi stipuli- 
formi-angustatis cum pedicello connatis, calycis foem. sessilis laciniis ovatis 
obtusis lacero-dentatis. 4 Prope Rio de Janeiro (Weddell!). Gymnanthes 
rigida Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 32. p. 99. Stillingia rigida Baill. Rec. d'obs. 
bot. vol 5. p. 330. Rami ramulique rigidi, patuli. Petioli 2-3 mm. longi. 
Limbus foliorum sepius 3-5 cm. longus, 1-23 cm. latus, ovatus, basi cu- 
neato-angustatus, apice obtusus, subcoriaceus, margine adpresso-serrulatus. 
Spice ramulum brevissimum sepe aphyllum v. oligophyllum terminantes, 
folia demum fere aquantes, densiuscule florigere. Bractee cum pedicellis 
masc. patula v. leviter reflexo-patule. Calyx foem. circ. 1 mm. longus. Ca- 
lyces masc. subopposite bisepali; sepala ovata, lacero-denticulata. Antherz 3 
v. rarius 4. (v. s.) 
** Foliorum limbus basi glanduliger. 
22. S. «Uc RONATA, ramulis junioribus compressis, foliis rigide membranaceis 
reticulato-venosis fere ima basi utroque latere 1-glandulosis. 5 In Brasilia 
(Sello! in hb. berol.). Adenogyne mucronata Klotzsch in Erichs. Archiv 1841. 
vol. 7. p. 184 (nomen). Ramuli angulosi, fusco-nigricantes, apice nonnihil 
cxsii. Stipulae ovatze, margine denticulata, petiolis triplo breviores, mox de- 
cidus. Petioii 3-4 mm. longi. Limbus foliorum 3-5cm. longus, superne 
8-11 mm.latus, spathulato-lanceolatus, basi cuneato-angustatus, apice obtusus 
v. brevissime acutatus, minute mucronulatus, margine integro subincrassa- 
tus, pallide fuscus, nonnihil prominenter venosus. Flores utriusque sexus et 
fructus ignoti, locus affinitatis tamen ex summa analogia cum reliquis specie- 
bus hujus subsectionis vix dubius. (v. s.). 
23. S. DAPHNIPHYLLA,ramulis junioribus anguloso-compressis, foliis membra- 
naceis basi glandulis 2-6 minutis foveolatis przeditis, bracteis 1-floris membrana- 
ceis crenatis, calyce faem. inaequaliter trifido lobis obtusis crenatis, ovario lage- 
niformi trisulcato glabro. 5 In silvis primitivis prope Rio de Janeiro (St-Hilaire 
n. 312 in hb. Mus. paris.). Stillingia (sect. Sarothrostachys) daphniphylla 
Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 5. p. 326. Frutex 4-5-pedalis (St-Hil.), glaberri- 
mus. Rami teretes, leves, sicci ferruginei. Ramuli ramis conformes, sed ju- 
niores haud teretes, sepe in axilla foliorum ternatim fasciculati. Stipule 
petiolo 3-plo breviores, ovate, acute, glabrz. Petioli 3-4 mm. longi, crassi, 
supra canaliculati. Foliorum limbus ad 12 cm. longus, 4 cm. latus, alternatim 
situs, elliptico-v. ovato-lanceolatus, apice breviter acuminatus, basi obtusus, 
subinteger, penninervius, venosus, subtus glaucescens. Spice 4 cm. longe, 
simplices, basi paulo incrassatze, terminales, erecte, filiformes, basi feminea, 
czterum mascula. Bractec inferiores 92-4 foeminez , relique mascula, 
alterna, cordate, insaqualiter crenate, translucentes, basi biglandulosm, 
glandule breviter stipitatm, apice truncate, cupuleformes. Calyx masc. 
eglandulosus; laciniee libere v. plus minusve alte connate. Càlyx foem. 
ovario paulo brevior eique adpressus, urceolatus ; lobi inzqualiter crenati, 
membranacei. Síamina 3; filamenta libera, brevia; anthere suborbiculares, 
compressa. Styli inferne connati, subulati, reflexi, flore longiores, intus dense 
papillosi. 
25. S. LAUREOLA , ramulis teretibus, foliis membranaceis basi subtus glandulis 
2 concaviusculis vix conspicuis notatis, bracteis crassis, calycis fem. laciniis 
minutis ovato-triangularibus apice obtusiusculis, ovario depresso-turbinato 
subtrilobo latere hexagono 6-gibbo. j Prope Rio de Janeiro (St-Hilaire 
n. 100 inhb. Mus. paris.). Stillingia (sect. Sarothrostachys) Laureola Boill. 
Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 5. p. 321. Rami teretes, griseo-corticati, glabri. Ramuli gra- 
ciliores, virgati, fuscati. Stipulee ares 3-A4-plo breviores, ovata, acuta, gla- 
bre, glandulose (St-Hil). Petioli 2 mm. longi, teretes, supra canaliculati, 
alterni, approximati. Limbus foliorum 7 cm. longus, 2 cm. latus, ellipticus 
v. ovato-ellipticus, breviter acute acuminatus, basi obtusus, integer, cum tota 
planta glaberrimus, viridis, supra lucidus, levis, subtus pallidior et opacus, 
