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L 207- A. RieK FL Cub, t 59 his, 60, Moric, PL Notiv. Anwr. t, 88. An^lr. BoL Hep. t 157- 

 BoL Mag. t. 794, 4888, 5027, 5774. BoL Reg. L 1491, 



Genus habit u polymorphum, in sectioues plures adhuc Iiaiid beiie exposftis divisibiic, ncc nostro 

 seusu in genera distincta diveUendum, Sequentia tameii a varlis auctoribns proposita sunt 



Vaurokia, Linn. Gen. n. 258, gomis primuni ad plantara Urownei (Hiat. Jam, t, 13, f. 2) atabi* 

 litnm, species eontinet plurimas Americanas, qnibus infloresccntia spicata w capitata habitnm 

 peculiarem coufort, Pleraeque distinguendse etiam drupis parvulis caljco membranaceo fere omuino 

 inclnsis, sed cbaracteribus nnllJs constantibus ab aliis spccicbus soctionis Myxw soparantur, ct 

 Candolleus nomen VarroiiixE tranetulit (Prod, ix- 468) ad C. dentatmii, Vahl ; Delesa. Ic, SeL v. t, 97, 

 Rpcciesqiie alias paucas, dentibus caljcinis connatis deumin calyptratim deciduis, character plus 

 minus distincte in aliis speciebus observandus, 



^- Gbbascantiius, p. Br. HisL Jam. 170, t. 29,/ 3 (CKiiDAXA, Riti^ et Fav, Frod. 37, t. 6, ei FL 

 Per, et CkU. t. 184), species eontinet Americanas paniculatas, calyce cyliridraceo 10-costato, corollae 

 lobis oblongis sEepius contortif* persistentibua. Genus, a Martio Herb. PI, liras- 165 adoptatiim, a 

 Candolleo, Trescnio al^i*^que melius pro sectione Cordite habitum, cum aliis seetionibus .speeiebus 

 intermediis conuectitur. 



Hemigymnta, Griff, in Calc. Journ. Kai. Hist, iii. 363, S. Sokaiu in DC, Prod. xi. 697, porperam^ 

 ad Verbeiiaceas relata, et Gynaion, A. DC* Prod. ix. 468, rite ab Hook, t et Thorns, in Joiirn. Linn. 

 Soc, ii, 126, 128, ad Cordiam rovocantur. Oyula, ox A. DC, in Gynaio ex angulo superiore loculi 

 pendubi, nos in pluribus floribus examinatis a diversis Bpceiniinibus semper lateraliter medio v. 

 infra medium affixa vidimus, 



Macria, Ten. in Mem. Soc. ItaL Moden. xxiv. 366 ex descr» auctoris, Plethostri'iua, Miersin 

 Trans, Linn. Soo. ser, 2, i, 32, ^ 8 (genus ad descr. et ic, Cordim angiocarpce, A, Kich. FL Cub, t- 

 60, stabilitum) et Pauaijigma, Miers, Lc. 30, t. 8 {Cordia Gakoitiana, A- liich,) sunt nostro sensij 

 Cordim species C. Sebestentp^ Linn,, affiues, drupa pariter a calyce aueto arete appresso yix apice 

 exsorUi T. omnino inelusa, lobis corollinis staminibnsquc plus quam 3, numero tamen variis- 



BoRELUA et FiRENSJA, Xcc&. Elcvi, i. 275, 276, ex synohymia data sunt Cordus species, cLaracterc 

 falso etsi manco, 



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Macielia, Vmid. FL Lusit. et Bras. Sp. 14, DC. Prod. x. 177, ex charactere nimis breri, est veri- 

 similiter Cordim species. 



2, Patagonula, Linn. Gen. n, 208. — Calyx late campanulatiis, ultra medium o-fidus, 

 lobia oblongis post anthcain elongatis sub fnictu stellato-patentibus. Corolla campantt- 

 lato-subrotata, semi-5-fida^ lubis iiubricatis meiubrauaceis non plicatis- Stamina 5, basi 

 corollcC affixa^ exserta, filamentis filifonnibus ; antlierfie parvai, ovat^e. Ovarium ovoideo- 

 conicumj 4:-loculare ; stylus 2-fiduSj raniis brevitcr 2-fidiSj stigmatibus parvis ; ovula late- 

 raliter prope basin aftixa^ Drupa calyce patente fulta, pai'va^ a_cuminata, cndocarpio 

 dure hand crasso, abortii saepius 1-locularis 1-spernia. Semen asccndcns, exalbumino- 

 sum ; cotyledones lat^e, flabellato-plicat^ ; radicula brevis, supera, — Frutices glabri v. 

 pubescentes, pube in pagina inferiore folioruni pilis rigidis arete appressis intemiixta. 

 Folia altcrna V, ad apices ramormu conferta, integerrimu v. scrrata, pennivcnia, reticu- 

 lata, Flores parvuli, ad apices ramorum laxe corymbogo-cyjnosi. Calycis fructiferi 

 segmenta sa^pe ^-l-poUicaria, 



Species 2, Brasiiiause. Fresen. in Mart FL Bras, vili, 27- -Moric, PL Kouv^Amer. t. 86, 



3? Saccelliiun, Humb. et BonpL PL ^quin. i. 47, t. 13, — Flores , . . , Calyx fruc- 

 tiferaiictus, inilatus, oblongo-ellipticus, oreu-dentatosubclausus^ niembranaceus, vcnis co 

 longitudinalitcr percursus (ex icone), reticulato-nervosus (Kuntli), Drupa calyce inclusa, 

 obovato-globosaj stylo subulato rostrata, endocarpio superne 4-gono, loculis monospermis 

 4, additi-s lacunis 2 vacuis in basi drupsa. Semina uxalbuminosa ; cotyledones longitudi- 

 naliter plicatee ; radicula supera, subconica. — Arbor procera. Folia altema, petiolata, 

 lanceolata, integerrima v, remote dentata, Panicula tcrminalis, foiiataj calycibus fmcti- 

 feris longe pediceilatiy- {Char, ex Kunth. et ic. JimipL) 



Species J, Andium Pernviae iueola, non nisi exicouo lionplandiana et descriptione Kunthii (in Nor. 

 Gen. et Sp, vii. 207) nota, Flores non vidit Kunth, et quos Bonpland in schedis descripsit vcl ad 

 stirpem longe alienam pertiuebant, vel genus omuino c Boragimia (xcludunt. Iconem Boiiplaudi- 

 anam, quoad inflorcsccntiam et amdjsea, valdc mutavit Miers in Tran?'. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. t- 6, 



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