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TrIBUS II. MOUREKE^. 



3. "Weddellina, Tul. in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, xi. 113; Podo^t. Mono'jr. 194, t. 13. — 

 Plorcs hennaphroditi, Periaiithii segmenta 5, distincta, stainiiiibus exterioribus altema, 

 oblongo-lineariaj erecta, mox patentia. Stamina go (5-25), filamentis iiliformibus dis- 

 tinctis ; anthci'ic ercctfe, lociilis basi apioeque discretis. Ovarium ovoideum, 2-loculare ; 

 stylus iiidivisus, atigmate terniiiiali ci-assiusculo vix dilatato subdidymo. Capsiila sub- 

 globosa, valvis 2 yeqiialibus haud prominule 3-5-costati.s dehiscens. — Caides adnati, 

 camosi, breviter funiforines, intricate ramosi. Folia (v. frondes sterilos) flnitantia, 

 elongata, ramosissima (iutcrdinn 2-3-pcdalia), stipite basi srepe digiti crassitic ramis- 

 que primariis teretibus sc^uamis v. tuberculis zonatim versicoloribus {S2>ry^<'c) scaberrimis, 

 ramulis membranaceis brevibus aciitis secus ramos decurrentibus uumerosis valdeque 

 inseqiialibus. Pedicelli ad margines ramorum adnatoriun sparsi, bracteis parvis concavis 

 instruct!, quarum suprema iutcrdum major breviter vaginalis, sed non spathellam 

 clausam formans. 



Species 2, altera typica Gulaneiisis, bractois sqiiamiformibus pluriniis; secus puJunculum fero ad 

 upicem disKitiy floribn.s 5-10-andris, Wcdd. in DC. Trod. xvii. 48, altera {W. r«?/^?^«5i5, Bcnth.) 

 a Spruceo in fluvio Uaiipes Brasilia borealis sub n. 2752 Iccta, a WeJdellio ad W, squamulosam 

 typicam relata, sed, ex schedis Spvuceanis floribusque porfectis a Weddellio non visis, diflfert st:itiu-a 

 majore, pcdiinculis multo longioribus, basi tantum bracteis panels instructis, qiiarum suprema major 

 et fere vaginata ad formam ppathellse accedit, ct staminibus ultra 20 in flore examiuato, 25 ex 

 Spruceo. 



4. iviourera, -4u6/. PL Gui. i. 582, i. 233 (Lacis, iS^oAre?). Gen. 3QGjno7i LindL). — Flores 

 hermaphroditi. Squamellse minutse, setacefe v. dentiformes, staminibus exterioribus 

 alternre, rarius obsolet?e. Stamina go (10-40), filamentis filiformibus leviter complanatis 

 liberis v. subinde ima basi connatis ; antherfc lineari-oblongre, basi sagittatse. Ovarium 

 oblongum v. ovoideum, 2-loculare ; styli 2, breviter lineares, patentes, fere a basi 

 introrsum stigmatosi. Capsula ovoidea v. oblonga, valvis 2 aiqualibus 4-5-costatia 

 dehiscens. — Caulis adnatus crassus, camosus v. durus, simx^lex v. ramosus. Folia ad 

 basin scai>i ampla, ulviforinia, irregulariter laccro-dentata v. pinnatim v, irrcgulariter 

 inciso-lubata. Scapi evecti, simplices v. ramosi. Flores secus rliacliin disticlii, ad axillas 

 bractearum solitarii, juniores spathuUa tubulosa clausa occlusi, evoluti e spathella apice 

 lacera exaerti, longiuscule pedicellati, v. haud raro inferiores usque ad capsuUe maturitatem 

 intra spathellam subsessiles remanent. 



Species 3, Gnianae ct BrasiliJe tropica^ maoX^.— Wedd. in DC, Prod. xvii. 49. Tul. Podost. 

 Monogr, t. I, ct in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. i. t, 73. 



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5. X.oncho5tepbus, Tul, Podost. Monogr. li)8, et in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv. i. t, 73. — 

 Flores hermaphroditi. Squamellse staminibus alternie pauca? minutte v. 0. Stamina go 

 io-S)f filamentis planis oblongis petaloideis acutis ; antheraj terminales, parva;, lineares, 

 recurvai. Ovarium ellipsoideum, 2-loculare ; styli 2, plani, ovato-rotundati subquadrati, 

 margine stigmatosi. Capsula ovoidea, valvis 2 aiqualibus prominenter 3-costatis deliiscens. 

 —Caulis adnatus brevis, crassus, obrepens. Folia ad basin scapi plura, rosulata, patentia, 

 subdichutome ramosa, lobis ultimis setaceis. Flores in scapo simplici breviter racemosi, 

 subdistichi. Pedicelli ad axillam bractea3 siepe lacero-dentatio solitai'ii, spathella longius- 

 cule vaginata apice lacera stipati. 



Species 1, Brasiliensis. Jlldd. in DC. Prod. xvii. 51. Genus sl Mourerce spccicbus minuribus 

 jiauUulum differt filamentis petaloideis et stylorum forma. 



6. lacis, Lindl. Introd. Nat. Syst. cd. 2, 442, no)i Schrch.— Flores, hermaphroditi. 

 Squamellse staminibus alterna; minutie v. 0. Stainma cc (G-10), filamentis ultra medium 

 in tubum fere corollinum connatis, supeme linearibus liberis ; anthera; lineares, 

 sagittatie. Ovarium anguste oblongum, 2-loculare ; styli 2, lineares, fere a basi introrsum 

 stigmatosi. Capsula oblouga, valvis 2 tequalibus prominenter 5-costatis dehiscens. — 



