Zur Gattung Seesea. 221 



basiin circumscissa ciroumdaium, ambitu heinisphaeriei-conicum, apke 

 manifeste bilobum, 0,4 mm longum, 0,5mm diam., glabrum; stylus 

 antheras manifeste superans, cr. 9 mm longus, gracilis, in parte inferioro 

 fere rectus, apice parum incurvatus, in parte basilar! usque ad medium 

 glaber, fere a medio ad apicem versus papillis sensim densiori- 

 bus et magis prominentibus in parte apicali valde mani- 

 fest is obtectus; stigma styli apice manifeste crassius, capitatum. 

 paulum incurvatum, obtusum, dense papillosum; calyx fructifer 

 parum auctus, cr. 7,5 mm longus, apice 3 mm diam., capsulae arete ac- 

 eumbens; capsula recta, ellipsoidei-cylindrica, calycem 2 — 3 mm superans. 

 8 — 8,5 mm longa, 2 — 2,5 mm diam., pallide flavide-fuscescens, subnitida. 

 glabra, tandem in valvas 4 fere 1 mm diam. apice primo cochleariformiter 

 incurvatas tandem paulum excurvatas partita; semina 8, in utroque 

 loculo 4, ellipsoidea, valde applanata, fuscescentia, ipsa 1,8 mm longa. 

 1 mm lata, ala in lateribus angustissima, in apicibus ambobus elongata 

 semen utrinque fere 0,8—2 mm superante utrinque acuta vel in apite 

 obtusa, longitudinaliter carinata pallide fusceseente praedita (semina 

 cum ala utrinque elongata 4 — 5 mm longa). 



Brasilien, Staat Minas Geraes: Caldas, 4. September 1864 

 bluhend und fruchtend, A. F. Regnell Nr. Ill, 100? ! (hb. Berol.); ohne 

 besondere Fundortsangabe, A. Glaziou no. 19729! (hb. Berol.). 



Series V. Calvivertex Bitt., nov.'ser. 

 *« Ovarium glabrum (sic quoque capsula matura); pili candelabri- 

 formes omnino desunt. — Frutices vel arbores Andes Columbianas in 

 colentes. 



12. Sessea corymbosa Goudot in Phil. Mag. Ill (1828), 132; Miers 

 in Hooker's London Journ. of Bot, V (1846), 156; Dun. in DC. Prodr. XIIT. 

 I (1852), 597. — Fruticosa; rami superiores obtuse' angulati, cr. 4 — 5 mm 

 diam., primo in statu novello non jam satis evoluto pilis 

 minutis albidis vel subflavidis plurieellularibus apice ± ve 

 claviformibus subglandulosis crebris instructi, mox fere 

 glabri, nitidiusculi, in statu sicco longitudinaliter sulcati; inteinodia 

 0,5 — 2,5 cm longa; folia alterna (folia pseudostipulacea desunt); petioli 

 1,5 — 3 cm longi, subteretes, superne manifeste canaliculati, primo 

 sicut rami pilis minutis subglandulosis obsiti, mox glabrescentes: lamina e 

 oblongi-lanceolatae vel late lanceolatae, fere medio vel infra vel 

 supra medium latissimae, 16:4,7, 15,5: 4,5, 15 : 6, 14,5: 5,2, 13— 14,5: 4 cm. 

 otrinque sensim angustatae, ad basim versus sensim (saepe oblique) 

 cuneatim in petiolum abeuntes, ad apicem versus quoque sensim cuneatae, 

 acutae vel paulum acuminatae vel apice ipso magis rotundatae obtusae, 

 coriaceae, in statu novello non jam satis evoluto pilis minutis subglandu- 

 losis obsitae, mox praeeipue supra glabrescentes et hie nitidae, in statu 

 sieco sordide olivacei-virides, subtus glandulis hie illic sparsim persisten- 

 tibus (praeeipue juxta venasmajores), ceterum serius subtus quoque glabrae 

 opaciores pallidioresque, margine subintegro fere piano vel paulum re- 



