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7 poll. lata; pedunculis, nervorum basi et venis subtus et mar- 



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gine tuberculato - asperis : tuberculis minutis pilis subramosis b 

 yissimis rigidis terminatis. Scapus triqueter, striatus, parcev 

 ticillato-ramosus; ramis triquetris, elongatis, ternis; axillis, ra 

 morum multifloris, (in A. cordijolio Plum. nudis non florifcris). 

 Flores in verticillis spurii*, palmam inter se distantibus, 12-9, 

 in apicalibus 6. Pcdunculi triquetri, inaequales, quaminA. cor- 

 difoho breviores, ad summum 8 lin.. Bracteae tcrnae, lanceo 

 latae , longe acuminatae, pedunculis longiorcs, basi discrctae, 

 venoso-striatae, margine subscariosae; bractcis similibus at mi- 

 noribus florum fascbailos stijiantibus. CaJycis foliola concava, 

 ovalia, obtusissima, nervoso -striata, margine scariosa, appressa. 

 "etala 3-_ve majora. Stamina indefinite niunerosa, germina 

 superantiaj antherae linearesj filamenta linearia , acuta. Gcr- 

 mma stjlo subulato uncinato terminata. (Talis etiam planta a 

 clo Martius lecta). In planta a clo. Beyrich prope Rio Ja- 



neiro lccta: folia cum petiolo pedalia , ab hoc ad apicem 5 poll. ; 



crassitie pennae gallinaceae, leres, sub inflorescentia trigonus, 

 sub verticillis singulis asper. Pedunculi poll., verticilli infimi 

 10, apicalis G. Bracteae 3 circiter lin.. Alabastra dimidio ferc 

 nunora; petala calyce ampliora. Fructus capitulum globosum, 

 nec ovoideum, magnitudine Pisi. Carpella trigona, facie aeuta, 

 recta, dorso lateribus angustiori arcuato, stylo uncinato recurvo 

 scuminata; dorsum enerve, lateribus nervis 2 crassissimis, quasi 

 aliformibus. Tn planta Se llo wii inRiogrande doSulIecta: fo- 

 »a ovata, cordata, 9-nervia, rarius, lo"bis basi dilatatis, 11- 



Mrvia, lineolis pellucidis inter venulas, asperitate in rete vas- 

 tttloso cvanescente, in petiolo insigni; lamina 3 3 /i poll., 2 T /_ 

 poll. lata minorve; petiolus ped.. Scapus simplicissimus , 3-1- 

 ped., striatus, inferne teres , crassitie pennae cvgneae, florige- 

 *« parte trigonus, asper. Racemus verticillatus l-l 1 /.- ped. , e 

 verticillis 8 * 1(1. Alabastra paulo tninora; pedunculi breviore> 

 <_uam \ n planta c St. Catharina. In alio speeimine: alabastra 

 m ajora; pedicelli magis evoluti, 1 T /* poll.; scapus 2 x /_ ped.; ra- 

 cemus 9 pqlLj verticilli 6; fol. ovata, 11-nervia, 6 polL, 4poll. 

 bn. lata. In forma minore terrestri ab eodem lecta : sca- 

 P us # l-iy_ pcd. ; fol. 7- rarius 9-nervia, 5-1 poll. , ferc sinc 

 vestigiis asperitatis; alabastra niinora; pedunculi vix 3 lin.. I>if- 

 wi ab A. cordifolio a Plumier depicto potissimum periantbio 

 petaloideo majori floribusaue spectabilibus. Cham. et Schlech- 

 Jff 1 *- In insula St. Catharinae, prope Rio.Janeiro, in 



Hl o grande do Sul. 21. 



, 12. & ellipticum Martius; foliis ellipticis , obtusis, 

 ^9-nervibus; scapo trigono, simplici; verticillis multifloris; 

 j^inibus 12; capsulis ln capitulum late ovatum congestis, 

 ^tis, cuspide uncinata. Schalt. fil. in Martins FI. Bra 

 ^med., — ^ mu i t0 minus; foiiis 5-nerfibus; scapo in- 



R V ?- T* ^idquam flexuoso. 



'tlicis iibrae validac, transversim nodulosae. Folia numerosa, 

 ere cta, coriacea, clliptica v. ovato-elliptica, obtusissima v. quid- 

 1 u am retusa, utrincpie glabra, 7-8 poll., 4 l A poll. lata; nervis 











