14 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbüchern. No. 27. 
Herba volubilis ramis in sicco sulcato-augulalis, patenti-villoso-pubescentibus. 
Folia late cordata, 8—8,5 cm longa, 7— 7,5 cm lata, apice longiuscule acuminata, basi 
in petiolum 2—5 cm longum, villoso-pubescentem cuneato-angustata, membranacea, 
utrinque praecipue ad nervos pilis brevibus adpressis pubescentia, subtus interdum 
glabriuscula, 5—7-nervia. Inflorescentiae axillares racemiformes, villoso-pubes-- 
centes, 2—4 cm longae, 2—5-Norae, 20—40 mm longae; pedicelli sub floribus ob- 
conice incrassati, 2—4 mm longi. Bracteae magnae, foliaceae, subrhomboideo-ovatae 
v. rotundatae v. reniformes, apice Æ acutae, pilis brevissimis subvelutino-villosae, mar- 
gine longe ciliatae, leviter trinerves; quarum infima maxima, ca. 45—20 mm longa, basi 
obliqua fere dimidio longitudinis suae rhachidi ope nervi medii ita adnata est, ut inflores- 
centia epiphylla esse videatur; bracteae sequentes eodem modo rhachidi adnatae, sed 
apicem versus decrescentes et in forma variabiles. Perianthium extus lanato-villo- 
sum, intus brevissime pubescens; tubus diam. longitudinali ca, 45 mm, transversali ca. 
6 mm longo, subrectus urceolatus, supra medium leviter constrictus, demum arcuato- 
refractus, in sicco ochraceus, superne in labellum circa faucem continuum cordatum, 
ca. 46 mm latum, 20 mm longum, apice longiuscule acuminatum, semilunalto-recurvalum, 
in sicco lurido-purpureum, circa faucem macula magna ochracea labelli margines fere 
attingente ornatum abiens. Columna genitalium brevissime stipitata, subglobosa, 
2 mm longa, apice 6-fida, lobis erectis lineari-lanceolatis, margine revolutis; antherae 
lineares loborum basin attingenles. Ovarium brevissimum, cum pedicello continuum, 
lineari-clavatum, pilis longis dense villosum. Capsula ab apice valde compressa, sicca 
hexagona, diam. horizontali 2 em, verticali 4 em, subvelutino- pubescens; carpidia 6, 
stipite 5 mm longo, cucullata, latere leviter compressa, viridia, transverse parallelo-ner- 
vosa, supra secus costam e fructu medio laminula foliosa undulata primum angustissima 
demum in triangulum brevem el ad cuculli apicem in appendicem ca. 2 mm latam crenu- 
latam dilatata, basin versus denuo anguslissime secus costam decurrente ornata; dis- 
sepimenta spathulata, paleacea ; se mina pentagona, 7 mm longa, 6 mm lata, basi minu- 
tissime stipitata, plane compressa, leviter punctulata, altero latere in medio manifeste, 
secus margines obsolete costata, altero ecostata, subnitida, in sicco brunnea. 
Habitat in Brasilia loco non indicato: Graziou n. 14229. 
Obs. Species valde insignis nulli alii brasiliensi affinis illustrissimo professori Be- 
rolinensi, Dr. I. Urgas, horti botanici subdirectori, magistro meo carissimo, maximis 
gratiis dicata. 
Polygonaceae Endl. 
Triplaris speciosa Taubert sp. n. 
Sect. Stenopetalae Meißn. 
Rami teretes, glabri, ochrearum deciduarum cicatricibus annulati. 
Folia oblongo-lanceolata, apice breviter acuminata, obtusa, basi inaequalia, 
in petiolum brevem angustata, chartacea, utrinque parce pilosa v. glabra, 
supra subopaca. Panicula terminalis, dense sericeo-villosa, e racemis 
longis laxiusculis composita, inferne foliosa; bracteae oblongae v. orbiculari- 
oblongae, deciduae. Flores masculi calyce 3—5-partito, extus villoso. 
Pedicelli fructiferi satis longi, sericeo-villosi. Calycis fructiferi tubus 
oblongus, extus villosus, intus villoso-pubescens, fauce angustatus, apice 
sinubus acutis; lobi exteriores membranacei, late lineares, apice rotundati, 
obtusi, supra basin subito angustati marginibus incurvis, utrinque adpresso- 
pilosi, dense reticulati, interiores subulato-lineares, pilosiusculi. Nucula 
