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Lit. Coccoloba brasiJicusis N«es et Mart. 







Frutex raniulis novellis sub lento pilosis. Folia ovalia apice rotundata, 

 basi subcordata, rigide coriacea, glaberrima, supra nervis laleralibus 

 nervulisque imprcssis subscrobiculala , subtus nervis prominentibus ner- 

 vulisque subprominulis obsolete punetato-venosa. Inflorescentia nodulis 

 1 — 2-floris, rhachi glabra. Pedieelli ochreolam aequantes. 



Coccoloba brasiliensis Nees et Mart, in: Nov. Act. XI, 1, p. 30. Meissn, in: Fl. 



bras., V, 1 p. 32 tab. XIII fig. 1 et in : DC. Prodr. XIV, 160. 





Frutex 1.2 — 1,5 metralis fexPniNC. Neovjd.I) ram is subrimosis, glabris; ramulissul- 

 catis sub lente pilosis, lcnticellis ellipticis. Ochrcae tomenlellae, mox evanidae (non 

 vtdil). Folia pctiolis circa 6 mm longis, supra canaliculatis subcrassis, sub ocbrea inscr- 

 tis, glabris, ovalia vel subobovata, apice rotundata vel leviter emarginata, basi rotundata vel 



subcordata, ± 5 l / 2 cm longa, ± 3 em lata, rigide coriacea, margine subrecurvo, glaber- 

 rima, costa media supra scmiimmersa subtus crassc expressa, supra subscrobiculala, 

 nervis lateralibus anguio 50 — 75° abeuntibus, ad marginem obscuris nervulisquc imprcs- 

 sis, subtus obsolete punetato-venosa nervis prominentibus nervulisquc subprominulis. 

 Inflorescentia terminals vel lateralis, solitaria vel rarius subfaseiculata, racemosa, 

 multiflora, nodulis \— 2-iloris, pedunculo circa 5 mm longo rhachi(|ue glabris et in sicco 

 profunde sulcatis; bracteae triangulari-aeutae, circa 1 mm longae, accurrentes; ochreolae 

 bractcis subacquilongae, membranaccae; pedieelli circa 1 mm lon^i patentes vel hori- 

 zontaliter divaricati. Flores flavido-albi (ex Princ. Neovid.!). Perianthii tubus 

 subconicus, circa V2 mm longus; lobi ovati, tubum 2-plo longiores, in anthesi recurvati. 

 Filamenta ex lata basi subulata, lobos aequantia, erecta, antheris exsertis. Ovarium 

 subglobosum, trigonum; styli 3, dimidium ovarii subaequantes, stigmatibus sublobatis. 



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Hab. in Brasiliae prov. non adnotata prope Valo: Princ. Neovid. ; 



in deserto prov. Minas GeraBs: Maktius. 



Floret Novembri. (v. s. in herb. Brux., Mon., Petrop.) 



14. Coecololm Scliomlmrglrii Meifsn. 



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Ramiili niinutissime puberuli. Ochreae subamplae, niinutissime pube- 

 rulae. Folia ovalia vel ovata, utrinque obtusa, rigide coriacea, glaberrima, 





nervis lateralibus supra impressis, subtus expressis, nervulis supra tenuiter 

 impressis, subtus inconspicuis. Inflorescentia nodulis 1 — 2-floris, rhachi 

 dense puberula. Pedieelli ochreolis paullo longiores. 



Coccoloba SchomburgJiii Meissn., in: Linnaea XXI, 265, in: FL Bras. V, 1 p. 33 et 

 in: DC. Prodr. XIV, 160; Walp. Ann. Ill, 287. 



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Rami striati, lenticellis ellipticis, albidis; ramuli niinutissime puberuli. Ochrcae 

 oblique truncatae, ± 1 cm longae, subamplae, minutissime puberulae, basi diutiusper- 

 sistente. Folia petiolis supra canaliculatis, circa 5 mm longis, glabris, sub ochrea in- 

 scrtis, ovalia vel ovata, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 6—10 cm longa, 

 3—5 cm lata, rigide coriacea, margine rccurvo vel rarius subplano, utrinque glaberrima, 

 supra nitida, subtus opaca, costa media supra scmiimmersa, subtus prominente, nervis 

 lateralibus anguio 70 — 80° abeuntibus, arcuatis, supra immersis, subtus e\pressis, ncr- 



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vulis supra tenuiter immersis subscrobiculato-venosa , subtus inconspicuis laevia. In- 

 florescentia terminalis, subsolitaria, racemosa, foliis aequilonga, erecta vel sub- 

 nutans, nodulis I— 9-floris, pedunculo 5 mm longo rhachiquc dense puberulis; bracleae 

 triangulares, apice obtusae, circa 3 / 4 mm longae, puberulae; ochrcolae circa 1 mm longae, 





