510 



Ign. Urban: 



^(12.) Meliosma ScUowii TJrb. foliis altemis, nnnc per paria ap- 

 proximatis, 10 — 15 mm. longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis v. elliptico- 

 oblongis, breviter v, mediocriter acuminatis, inferne sensim angtistatis, \^ 



basi acutis, 18 — 25 cm, longis, 6 — 9 cm. latis, 2Y2~3-plo longiori- 

 bus quam latioribus, integris planis, supra juxta nervum medium con- 

 vexum paullo impressis, nervis lateralibus supra parum prominulis v. 

 perpaullo impressis, subtus valde prominentibus, chaitaceo-coriaceis; 

 petalis exterioribus 2 — 2,5 mm. longis, interioribus superne bilobis, lobis 

 divaricatis margine brevissime papilloso-pilosis; cupula antherifera apice 

 rotundata, loculis breviter ovali-globulosis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, 

 fissuris ad basin convergentibus; disco evoluto; stylo apice integre; fructu 

 20 mm. longo, 17 mm. crasso. 



Meliosma SeUoivii 



(1895) 



p. 212 in obs, 



Rami vetustiorcs tcretes, hornoüni in sicco obscure brnnnei lenticellis 

 oblongis V. lanceolatis hinc illinc notati, siiperue obtuse v. vix angulati glabri; 

 gemmae breviter feiTugineo-pilosae. Folia petiolis supra angnste canaliciilatis, 

 nervis lateralibus 9 — 12 sub angnlo 50 — 60*^ abeuntibus, margine piano 

 V. paullo recurvo intogra, nervis utrinque dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, 

 prima jnventuto dorso ferruglneo-pilosa, sed cito glabrescentia ; folia spe- 

 ciminis juvenilis oblonga 15 — 20 cm. longa, 3,5 — 5 cm. lata, ca. 4-plo 

 longiora quam latiora, margine dentibus nonnuUis brevibus linearibus notata. 

 Panuiculae axillares 10 — 15 cm. loiigae; braeteae triangnlares 1 — 0,5 mm. 

 longae; rliacbis glabrescens, ramuli inflorescentiae pilis brevissimis adpressis 

 ferrugineis parce tomentosuli v. glabrescentes; prophylla — 2 triangularia 

 obtusa 0,7 — 0,8 mm, longa margine minute pilosa. Sepala exteriora tri- 

 angulari-orbicidaria v. suborbicnlaria, ca. 1 mm. diametro, interiora triangulari- 

 senüurbicularia, 1—1,2 mm. longa, 1,5 — 1,8 mm. lata, margine pilis bre- 

 vissimis papilliformibus simplicibus obsita, chaiiaceo-coriacea. Petala exteriora 

 suborbicnlaria coriacea margine tenuiore minutissime papilloso-exasperata, dorso 

 in sicco dense crassiuscule nigro- striata, interiora sublinearia, 1 — 1,2 mm. 



longa, 0,3 nun, lata. 



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apice suhemarginata v. truncata. Filamenta petalis basi adnata, linearia 

 0,8 mm. longa, apice parum geniculata; cupula antherifera ambitu orbiculari- 

 renifonais, 0,5 mm. longa, 0,7 mm. lata, lobulis apicalibus perbrevibus. Dis- 

 cus (juoad integer perbrevis v. siibnuUus in dentes nonniillos lineares ovavio 

 dimidio aequilongos exeurrens. Ovarium ovatum transversim subteres in 

 stylum aequilongum sensim attenuatum; stigma minutura. Drnpa globulosa 

 supra basin contracta. 



Hab. in Brasiliae civit. Minas Geraes aut S. Paulo: Sellow n. B. 

 2205 c. 2217. 



(13.) Meliosma Itatiaiae Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 6 — 3 mm. longe pe- 

 tiolatis, oborato- oblongis, brevissime v. obsolete acuminatis, inferne sen- 

 sim angustatis subeuneatis, basi ima rotundata v. sub truncata in petiolnm 

 contractis, 20 — 40 cm. longis, 6,5 — 15 cm. latis ca. 3-plo longioribus 



