Ex herbario Hassleriano: Novitates paraguarienses. XIX. 373 



Paraguay: Arbor 12—15 m diam. 0,5—0,6 m in silvis ad ripas 

 fluminis Aguaray, flor. mens. Dec; Hassler no. 11438. 



XXXIX. Anacardiaceae auct. E. Hassler. 



321. Schinus ferox Hassler, nov. spec. 



Duvaua: Frutex dioicus 2—4 metralis, rami novelli ramulique pilis 

 luride cinerascentibus dense hirsuto-tomentosi, rami vetustiores glabrati 

 cortice cinereo-avellaneo plicatulo-rugosulo obtecti, ramuli in ramis ± 

 virgatis spiraliter dispositi, 10 — 15 mm distantes, rectissimi patentes in 

 spinam acutissimam teretem excurrentes, a basi ad apicem sensim de- 

 crescentes, basi ad 7 cm apice vix 2 cm longi; folia internodiis 4 — 8 mm 

 longis separata, distincte petiolata; petiolus subteres supra canaliculatus 

 2—3 mm longus hirsutulo-pubescens; lamina obovata apice obtusa vel 

 leviter retusa, callo minuto apiculata, basi cuneatim attenuata et ad in- 

 sertionem petioli breviter rotundata (haud decurrens!) 15 12 — 85 /, mm 

 subcoriacea concolor integerrima, margine subdiscolori subtus leviter 

 revoluto cincta, supra et subtus praecipue in costa et nervis molliter 

 hirsutulo pubescens, nervi utroque latere 6 — 8 ut costa mediana supra 

 et subtus leviter prominuli, translucidi, in marginem dichotome ex- 

 currentes. 



Ramuli floriferi axillares brevissimi, puberuli, flores pseudo-racemose 

 dispositi, in axillam bracteae minimae solitarii, bracteae fere imbricatae 

 ovatae subacutae albido-pilosulae vix 0,5 mm longae; racemus 6 5—6 mm 

 longus cc. 15-florus, pedicelli maximi 3 mm longi, graciles glabri, calyx 

 cupuliformis I mm altus, laciniae triangulari-ovatae, albo-ciliatae, petala 

 vivo albovirentia, ovata 2 mm longa 1,25 mm lata glabra, stamina 10 

 filamenta subulata 5 longiora 2 mm, 5 breviora 1,5 mm longa, antherae 

 ovoideae, eae staminum longiorum petala superantes; racemus $ 2—3 mm 

 longus, 5— 8-florus, pedicelli calyxque ut in cf, petala vix l >*/ , 8 mm attin- 

 gentia, staminodia 1 mm longa alba, ovarium globosum glabrum vix 

 0,5 mm diam. stylus brevissimus, stigma trilobum, capitatum. 



Drupa globosa 5 mm diam.; epicarpium album, laeve, tenuiter char- 

 taceum. 



Paraguay: In campis pr. Santo Tomas (Sierra de Amambay). flor. 

 et cum drupis veris. anni praecedentis? Hassler no. 11261 spec, cf et 

 11261 a spec. 2. 



Accedit ad Sch. latifolium Engl, et ad Sch. chilcnsem March, differt 

 ramis spinosis foliis integris, inflorescentiis minimis; a Sch. chiloisi March, 

 cui accedit indumento differt imprimis nervis costaque supra et subtus 

 exsculptis; a Sch. spinoso Engl, cui accedit ramulis spinosis inflorescentiis 

 drupaque, differt praecipue foliis obovatis integris, distincte petiolatia 

 staminodiis minimis. 



322. Schinus dependens Ortega, Dec, VIII, 102. 

 Var. paraguariensis Hassler, nov. var. 



Ramulis spinescentibus, foliis coriaceis, oblongis, obtusis vel sub- 

 acutis, integris coriaceis, 5—10 cm longis 8—14 vulgo 9—10 mm latis, 



