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4. BREDEMEYERA FLORiRUNDA 



BENTII. ET HOOK. 



Comesperma st. hil. in herb. pers. e Brasilia, herb. Lugd. Bat 



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Cata^ouajoriiunda b.nth., wa,.p. li,^cH. 1. p. 2i3, 1; d. bietr. S^».^,. IV. ^. 914, 4. _ Specimen 



nd.s), c^.c. fobohs m e™,s ™ed,o baud puberuli.. - B. SeUo.u h.ssk., cui baec valde accedit, praeprimis 



M.S „>a:o„ us ovab-oblo„g:s m.uus lucidis recedit. - Cataco,^ altiuirna po.pp. et .«,.., w.,,p. l^.^. V. 



p. 60, 1, calycis fobohs luteruis utrinque et petalis sericeis distin^uitur 



De^cripL i?.« teretiusouH angulati, dein glabri, prirao uti ramuH et infloresceutia minute rufescenti-puberuli ; pe- 

 hoh 2-3 long, glabrmscub. Folia oblonga aut ovali-cblouga, basi acuta nunc subinaequalia, apice acumi- 

 nata, acumme acuto, mtegerrima, glaberrima, supra (in siccis) opaca, subtus lucidula, nervis lateralibus vena- 

 rumque reti utrmque prominulis, 3-3' " longa, 18-20- lata. Injlore.ccnlh panicula foliata, 7-8" alta, 3-2r' 

 lata, flonbunda; bracteae minutae, pateutes, persl.tentcs. Floret iis B. Sdhmi hassk. similes; cahch foliola 

 ^nterna alaeformia, obovata, baud emargiuata, in liuea mediana tantum ad basin paginae inferioris pilis minu- 

 is conspersa, basi ad margines minute ciliolata, 2^" longa, li'" lata. Pctala mperiora oblonga, apice rbtuu- 

 data, apieulato-acuta, medio dense barbato-cnnescentia, IJ'" longa, |"' lata, yix lobata. Genitalia eadem ac B. 

 Sellowii. Frnctus desunt. 



Hab. Brasilia.: herb, persoon. 



5. BREDEMEYERA SELLOWII hassk. 



Catacoma laurifolia sellow in kerb. re(/. heroL, hand benth. 



Obmrv. Catacoma laurifolia benth, walp. IU2>ert. I. p. 243, 2; d. diexe. S^nops. IV. js. 914, 3 diflert 

 foliis subtus tomentoso-pubescentibus nee lucidis, ijanicuUs valde laxis et calycis foUoIis internis obovltis- - 

 Cfionhnnda benth, walp. I. o. \; d. dieth. /. c. 1, foliis basi obtusis subtus puberulis et calycis foliolis' in- 

 temis puberuhs; — C. altimma poepp, endl, walp. Uepert. V. p. 64, 1, calycis foliolis internis utrinque et 

 petalis sericeis diversa. ' ■ 



Demipt. nami angulosi nigrescentes, apicem versus magis magisque minute canes centi-tomentosi. Folia laurina 

 conacea submtegerrima, petiolo brevi semitereti, 2-3'" longo, superno piano suflulta, oblonga s. oblonr^o-lan- 

 ceolata utrinque acuta, vix apice acuminata, utrinque lucida, subtus autem pilis minutissimis sparsis hinc inde 

 conspersa (nee tomeiitosa, nee pubcrula), nervis utrinque, imprimis autem subtus prominulis, !■— 3" longa, 

 6—13'" lata; iuveniUa etsi pariter lucida, pilis densioribus obsita. Inforescentia terminals deusiflora; rami 

 ad apicem paniculas axiUares erecto-patentcs proferentem, unde panicula foliosa tJiyrsoidea; ramuli inflores- 

 centiae tenues angulati, pilis cauescentibus conspersi; Iracteae ad basin ramiiicationura et pedicellorum jninutae 

 concavae acutae >'" vix longae, dein deciduae; pedicelli quam bracteae breviores tenues recti; alabastra pisi- 

 formia, diametro 1— 1|"', vix pilis aliquot conspersa. Cat^cis foliola 3 externa parva ovato-oblonga acuta, 

 bracteis consimilia, 1|"' longa; intenora 2 maxima obovato-subrotunda nee emarginata, glabra (nee medio pu- 



' berula), basi acuta tantum minutissime ciliolata. Petala 2 superiora quam carina breviora conniventia, oblonga 

 acuta, denticulo altero collaterali, indeque apice 2-denticulata, 1|"' longa, \"' lata, margine ciliolata, pagina 

 interiore pilosula; carina ei B. lucldae valde consimilis, sed longius unguiculata, %'" longa, 1'" fere ad apicem 

 lata; petala 2 interna miuuta truncata squamaeiormia. Tubus stamineus superne fissus, ad fissuram puberulus 

 uti B. lucidae, sed longior et intus ad faucem minus pilosus; JUamentorum apices longiores, tenues, inclinati 

 et adscendentes ; antlterae ovato-oblongae. Germen tubo staminifero multo brevius, ovato-oblongum; stylus don- 

 gatus primo declinatus, dein sub angulo recto arcuatus adscendeus; sensim apicem versus in ^(f/i/jKa subinfun- 

 dibuliforme obsolete lobatum incrassatus. Fructus desunt. 



Hab. Brasilia: sellow. 



6. BREDEMEYERA LUCIDA klotzscii mss. in sched. 



Caiacoiiia lucida benth, walp. Repert. I. p. 243, 3; d. dietr. S^nops. IV. p. 914, I. 

 Descript. Trutex; rami teretes, ramuli cum infloresceutia dense flavescenticinereo-tomentosi. Folia alterna, petiolo 

 brevi tereti hirsutulo vix 3'" longiore patente suffulta, ovata s. ovato-elliptica, basi acutinscula, apice obtuse 

 acuta s. obtusa imoque Icvitcr retusa, 3^" longa, 2^" lata; iuvenilia utrinque fulvo-tomentosa, seniora supra 

 glaberrima lucidula, subtus pallidiora et pilis minutis rufis hinc inde plus minusve conspersa, dein glabrata, 

 nervis lateralibus transvcrsalibus intra murgiiieiii auastomosanti-confluentibus et reti utrinque prominulis. In- 

 Jlorescentia termiuaHs, adiectis aliis in axillis folioruju superiorum ad apicem ramorum axillaribus, unde pa- 



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