FLORA OF BRAZIL. 105 
Arbuscula 10-12.pedalis. Foliola majora 2-21 poll. longa, 
6-8 lin. lata, supra viridia, subtus pallida. Flores quadri- 
partiti, octandri. 
UMBELLIFEREX. 
5725. Hydrocotyle alpestris ; villosiuscula, foliis orbiculatis 
cordatis 6-7-lobatis subduplicato-crenato-dentatis supra 
adpresse pilosiusculis subtus ad nervos pubescentibus, pe- 
tiolis villosis pedunculo glabriusculo brevioribus, umbella 
25-30-flora, floribus distincte pedicellatis, fructibus late 
- ovatis truncatis basi subcordatis ecostatis. 
Has. On moist shady rocks, near the summit of the Organ 
Mountains. Fl. March. 
Herba parva. Surculi radicantes, pilosiusculi. Folia sub- 
pollicem lata.  Petioli 2 poll. longi. Pedunculi 3.polli- 
Cares. Pedicelli 3 lin. circiter longi. Styli valde divaricati. 
ARALIACEÆ. 
433. Hedera triloba; glaberrima, caule fruticoso erecto in- 
ermi, foliis longe petiolatis membranaceis, aliis indivisis 
uninerviis aliis trinerviis trilobatis majoribus lobis acumi- 
natis margine obscure dentatis, pedunculis terminalibus 
umbellatis 10-12-floris, pedicellis flores subæquantibus. 
Has. In virgin forests, on the Organ Mountains, at an 
elevation of about 4000 feet. F1. January. 
Frutex 4-6-pedalis. Folia majora 9 poll. longa, 44 poll. 
lata. Petioli 4 poll.fere longi. Pedunculi sesquipollicares. 
Petala oblongo-lanceolata, acuta, apice incurva, glabra. Styli 
in unicum concreti. 
My no. 5726, also from the Organ Mountains, is Hedera 
capitata, Smith. 
LORANTHACEZ. 
436. Viscum nitidum; ramis ramulisque compressis, foliis 
lineari-lanceolatis obtusis nitidis basi attenuatis tenuissime 
5-nerviis, spicis axillaribus solitariis folio triplo brevioribus 
articulatis, vaginis bifidis, baccis ovatis basi rachi im- 
mersis, r 
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