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in Mexico fmden yich 5 Alien (4 aiif der Ost-, i auf der VVestseite), in 

 Nicaragua 2, in Guatemala \, in Costa Uica 4, in Neu Granada 17, in A'ene- 

 zuela 2, in Guiana 5, in AVcst-Indien 5, in Ecuador 4, in Bolivia 8, in 



Peru 21 Lind in Brasilicn 21. 



Wir sehen also, class das Verbreilunirsiicbiet dem der Gattuns Molli- 



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mdia sehr ahnlich ist, nur dringt Sipanina nicht so weit nach Siiden 

 vor wie MolUnedia^ welche hier den Wendekreis uberschreitet. 



Siparuna Aubl., Pi. de la Gnyane 11, p. 864. 



Citriosma R. et P., FJ. peruv. et cliil. Prodr. (1794) p. 134; Syst. veget. 



Fl. pcruv. elchil. I. (1798) p. 263. 



Flores nnisexuales, monuici vel dioici. Flores (f: rcceptacnluin raris- 

 sime planiusculuui, plerunique canipainilatum vel globosum vel urceolatum, 

 membranacemn ustpie coriaceum, glabruni vel plei'nnKjnc dense pilosum usque 

 tomentosnni, rarius ± dense lepidotum ; pci'igonii tepala vel phylla 4 — 7, magna 

 vel minuta vel obsoleta, saepius in annuluni lobatum vel integrum angustum 

 vel latum connata, cxtrinsecus plerumque pilosa vel tomentosa vel ± dense 

 lepidota, intus glabra vel pilosa; velmn forma variabile, planum usque co- 

 nico-elevatum, obsoletum vel rarissime nullum usque maximum staminaque 

 lere omnino obtegens, projjc os intermedium saepius primo impressum 

 dein elevatunij ideoque cortinam mcmbranaceam altam formanSj ore 

 aperto ad margiiiem integro vel hinc inde inuequaliler fisso; stamina 

 numero varia (1—60)^ omnia aequalia vel saepius inaequalia, exleriora 

 interioribus majora ; filamenta ligulala , lata vel cylindracea , exteriora 

 saepius interioribus miilto latiora vel filaineuta exleriora planiuscula late- 

 raliter connata ideoque tubuni cylindraceum angustum formantia, stamen 

 quintum centrale tubo inlermcdio plerumque brevius; anlherae valvis intus 

 dehiscentibus. Flores Q: reccptaculumj perigonii phylla, velum forma illis 

 lloris cj- plerumque aequalifi, sed floribus unius ac ejusdem specie! hinc 

 inde manifeste diversis; ovaria i^20 superne in styl urn fili forme vel liguli- 

 forme abeuntia, stvli liberi vel connali; ovulurn unicum basale erectum; 





drupae globosae, vsubgiobosae vel obconicae vel depresse globosae, longi- 

 tudinaliter profunde inaequaliler sulcatae, apicc perigonii phyllis marccscen- 

 libus coronatae, crasse carnosae, in sicco coriaceae, maturac longitudinaliter 

 fissae (an semper?) fissuris 4—6 stellato-expansis semina emittentibus; 

 semen adscendenSj endospermium copiosum; embryo parvus axillaris la- 

 tcralisj'' cotyledonibus rotundatiSj rectis, subcarnosis, radicula conico-cylin- 

 dracea, ^- 



Wuticulij frutices vel rarius arbores parvae, foliid (pppositis aut rarius ternatim 

 Hut fpiatcrnatirn verticillalis. vel in una ac eudem specie lornatim vel quaternatlm ver- 

 ticitlatis, Integris vel plcnimr|iio varie dentJiti.^ vel denUculalis vel serratis, membranaceis 

 usipic conacor's, glabris usque tunienlosi.s, pcMnlalis, petiole Itrevi u.s<pu; elongato. Flores 



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