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Hab. Reperi in ripà fl. Paraguay inter Santa Cruz et Tres Barras, ubi floret mens. 
Oct. 
(N. 491.) 
Rami spicigeri, crassi, usque ad ultra 1:0 em. diam. Foliorum rhachis 23-0-37:0 em. long., 
0-2 em. diam., rigida, subtetragona, intervallis 2:0-9:5 cm. long. folioligera. Foliola 
12:0-16:0 cm. long. (raro usque ad 8:0-10'0 cm. miniata), 4/5-6'0 cm. lat., firme 
membranacea, subtus pallidiora, petiolis crassiusculis in sicco rugatis 0°3-0°6 cm. 
long. insidentia ; eostze secundarize utrinque circa 8, plerumque angulis latis insertze, 
aperte arcuate. Spice pendulæ, usque ad 27:0 em. long. (exstant nonnulle vero 
sepe 10:0-16:0 cm. long.), 1:5-2'0 em. diam., rigidee, minute pubescentes, ima, basi 
incrassatee. Bracteze nobis haud suppetunt. Flores pedicellis brevibus, crassiusculis, 
subtetragonis, 0°1-0°15 cm. long. fulti. Calycis lobi ovati, obtusi, puberuli, circa 
01 em. long. Petala calycem paullo excedentia. Ovarium oblongo-ovoideum, sur- 
sum angustatum, arcte tomentosum, 0°25 em. long. Stigmata ligulata, obtusa, 
0:004 em. long. Baccze oblongo-ovoidesze, 0'8 em. long., 0'6 cm. diam., primo 
coccineee, deinde nigree. 
In general appearance this plant resembles a Picramnia, but the gland-dotted leaves 
are peculiar, and may indicate a Rutaceous affinity. Unfortunately, mature flowers are 
not present, hence the impossibility of definitely placing the plant. 
OCHNACE4. 
OURATEA PURPURIPES (sp. nov.). Fruticosa, ramulis gracilibus, teretibus, glabris, cortice 
papyraceo brunescente vel cinerascente obtectis; foliis mediocribus, tenuiter coriaceis, 
elaberrimis, oblanceolatis vel oblanceolato-oblongis, basi coarctatis, margine serrulatis, 
petiolis brevibus crassiusculis insidentibus; costá mediá utrinque prominente, costis 
secundariis parum conspicuis, utrinque circa 10-12, aperte arcuatis ; venulis pluribus 
horizontalibus, raro dichotomis; paniculis terminalibus axillaribusve, quam folia 
brevioribus, racemiformibus, paucifloris, eorum ramulis verisimiliter ebracteatis, 
fuscis, minute pubescentibus; pedicellis gracilibus, alabastra ovoidea acutiuscula sub- 
«equantibus; sepalis inzequalibus, oblongis vel ovato-oblongis; petalis obovato-oblongis, 
basi late cuneatis, antheras bene excedentibus; antheris lineari-oblongis, breviter acu- 
minatis, rugulosis; gynophoro ovario «equilongo; stylo incrassato, ovarium 4-plo 
excedente; drupá solitariá (an semper ?), anguste ovoideá, gynophorum ovoideum 
triplo excedente. 
Hab. Reperi in ripà fl. Paraguay juxta Santa Cruz mens. Oct. florentem et fructi- 
fieantem. (N. 512.) 
Ramuli 0:1-0:3 cm. diam., intervallis plerumque 1:0-3:0 cm. long. foliigeri. Folia 
pleraque 7:0-10:5 em. long., 2:0-3:5 cm. lat., nitidula, subtus pallidiora, creberrime 
ac minutissime pellucido-punctata, margine breviter cartilaginea, basi integra; 
petioli crassiusculi, superne late excavati, dorso transverse rugati, 0:3 em. long. 
Stipule ovato-lanceolatze, acuminate, 0:35 cm. long. Panicul circa 4:0 em. long., 
basi semel ramosze vel ad meros racemos reductæ. Pedicelli seepe bini vel terni, 
ascendentes, sub flore 04 cm. long. Alabastra 0°5 em. long. Sepala 0:4—0-45 
em. long. 0:2-0:25 em. lat, margine nune late, nune vix scariosa. Petala vix 
omnino matura 0:5 em. long., basi 0:17, superne 0'3 em. lat. Antherm 0:3-0:35 
