260 M. COKEEA DE MELLO ON SOME BBAZILIAK PLANTS. 



triplinervis, apice penninervis, biglandulosa, breviter acuminata, acu- 

 mine acuto v. subobtuso, basi rotundata v. angustata, usque ad 

 6 poll, longa et 4 poll, lata; nervi 7-8, in vivo costa media et 

 nervi 2 laterales ad basin vix promiuentes, cseteri impressi reti venu- 

 lorum inconspicuo, in sicco nervi utrinque prominuli et rete venu- 

 lorum e maculis latis compositura distinctius apparet. Folia novella 

 carnuloso-membranaeea sparse pubescentia pilis iis caulis similibus, 

 viridi-purpurascentia et utrinque nitida, adulta obscure viridia sub- 

 carnosa supra lucidula v, glaucescentia, subtus pallidiora, petiolus 

 basi teres superne vix sulcatus, fere semper crassior quam ramus cui 



insidet, in foliismajoribus 4-8 lineas longus; glandulae ovatse, acutse, 



minute depresso-punctatae, in foliis novellis patentes, in adultis ad 



faciem dorsalem declinatse, ad utrumque latus ad marginem laminae 



juxta petiolum sitae (nee supra basin laminae ut in icone Vellosiana 



delineantur), Cirrhi filiformes, apice bifidi, lateraliter pauUoque supra 



basin petioli inserti. Flores pendentes, pedicellati, parvi (corolla 



fl< c? 1^-2 lin. diametro et fl. 5 vix major; ovarium 3-4 lin. dia- 



metro majore, 2-2^ lin. diametro minore ; alabastrum ovoideo-glo- 



bosum, paullo ante explicationem J lin. diametro) ; pedunculus so- 



litarius, uti cirrbi ad basin petioli lateralis, inter cirrliura et petiolum 



insertus, brevissiraus (1-6 lin. longus), tenuis; pedicelli compressi 



usque ad 7 lin. longi, basi bractea instructi parva triangulari acuta, 



uti pedunculus pedicellique pubescentes, pilis brevibus sparsis paten- 



tibus albisque. Pedunculus florum <? nunc indivisus floribus in 



racemum longum simplicem dispositis, nunc 2-5-partitus paniculam 



formang laxam : floribus in utroque casu seriatim nee minus evolutis, 



pedicellis tiliformibus medio v. infra medium articulatis ; florum $ 



indivisus, floribus paucis (2-4), pedunculo pedicellisque paullo cras- 



sioribus quam in cf> pediceliis cum calycis basi (v. ovario) arti- 

 culatis. 



The plant grows in virgin forests and elevated capoeiras, in 

 high and dry situations, and is rare in the vicinity of this town. 

 The males are in flower from September till April, the females 

 only from December to March ; the fruit ripens in June. The 

 plant resembles much, in habit as well as in the shape of the fruit, 

 the I^assiflora quadrangularis . I have already observed that the 

 anthers, at first bilocular, opening by a single slit, become uni- 

 locular after the emission of the pollen, by the withdrawal of the 

 dissepiment or intruded connective ; this gives rise to the ques- 

 tion, Are the anthers of the species comprised in the tribes 

 GomphogynesD, G-ymnostemmsB, and Zanonieae, which are said 

 also to be bilocular, of the same structure as those of the above- , 

 described Fevillea ? 



As to the place of Anisosperma in the Order, some of its chu- 



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