

Plautae Glazioviauae novae vel minus cognilae. IV. 609 



1,5 mm longi calycem paullo superantes, inferne sensim incrassati , apice subrecurvi. 

 Fructus (an plane maturus?) catyce subconnivente stylisque apiculatus, a dorso 

 obovatus 2 mm longus, 1,5 mm latus, facile bipartibilis, mericarpiis ad commissuram 

 subplanis, cum characteribus genericis bene congruens. 



Habitat in Brasiliae civil. Minas Geraes in Serra do Cipo 1400 m 

 alt. locis graminosis: Glaziou n. 19 409. 



Obs. Altera species hujus generis adhuc monotypici, deflorata quod dolendum ab 

 indefesso amicissimo Glaziou collecta. 



Araliaceae. 

 Auctorc P. Taubert. 



Didymopanax cordatum Taub. sp. n. 



Folia 5nata {an semper?); foliola petiolulata ovali-oblonga, rarius 

 obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata subemarginata mucronulata, margine (in 

 siceo) recurva, basi manifeste eordata, supra glabra nitida reliculatione 

 immersa, subtus dense lomentosa; inflorescentia cum calycibus ala- 

 bastrisque ferrugineo-tomentosa, elongata, e racemis breviter spiciformibus 

 superne verticillatis composita; flores brevissime pedicellali; calyx 

 minute 5 dentalus, stylis sub anthesi erectis fere dimidio brevier. 



Frutex 3 — 4 metralis ramulis ultimis crassiuscuiis diametro ca. 6 — 8 mm cortice 

 subsulcato-rugoso, pube tenui adpressa fuscescente detergibili vestito. Petiolus com- 

 munis vulgo 20 — 23 cm longus, basi brevissime at satis late dilalatus, subsulcalus, ramu- 

 lorum indumento. Stipulae non observatae. Petioluli foliolorum mediorum ad40 mm, 

 lateralium breviores, infmiorum 8 — 16 mm attingentes, semiteretes, supra canaliculati, 

 in sicco rugulosi, indumento petiolorum. Foliola 5nata (?, in exemplaribus nostris 

 jam delapsa), lateralia infimaque decrescentia basi obliqua, margine in sicco ± undu- 

 lata, maxima ad 11 cm longa, 5,5 — 6 cm lata, coriacea, supra in sicco brunneo-viridia, 

 costa prominente, nervis primariis utrinsecus 5 — 6 marginem versus evanescenlibus 

 subplanis, ceteris impresso-reticulatis, subtus tomenlo dcnso subaureo, ferrugineo vel 

 demum subgriseo vestita, costa nervisque primariis (margine fere obsoletis) prominenti- 

 bus, secundaria ± obscuris. Inflorescentia 25— 30 cm longa, jam fere a basi 

 racemis spiciformibus apice subcapituliferis inferne binis opposilis, superne ± verticil- 

 latim dispositis constans, inferne brevissime griseo-puberula, superne uti calyces ala- 

 baslraquc undique ferrugineo-tomentosa, rhachide comrnuni exsiccatione compressius- 

 cula, sulcato-angulata, racemorum lateralium rhachidibus ca. 1 — 3,5 cm longis. Bracteae 

 lateovatae, acutae, vix 2 mm longae, diu persistentes; propbylla bracteis similia, vix 

 1 mm longa. Flores flavo-grisei, pedicellis compresso-sulcatis ca. 1,5 mm longis 

 ferrugineo-tomentosis fulti. Alabastra subglobosa, diametro ca. 2,5mm. Calyx 

 dentibus acutis brevissimis. Petala crassa ovata, apice acuta, uniuervia. Stamina 

 filamento brevissimo, connectivo apiculato. Styli conniventes, pilis singulis iongis 

 ferrugineis erectis cincti. Fructus ignoti. 



Habitat in Brasiliae civil. Minas Geraes pr. Biribiry in silvaticis 

 Serrae do Mocoto: Glaziou n. 19 413. — Fl. m. Martio. 



Obs. Species habitu D. Morototoni Aubl. baud dissimilis ab omnibus speciebus 

 generis adhuc notis foliolis cordatis distinctissima. 



