FLORA OF BRAZIL, 335 
4-sepalo, corolla 4-petala alba, staminibus numerosis, foliis 
late obovatis obtusissimis breve petiolatis venosis margine 
revolutis. 
Has. Moist rocky places, at about 5,000 feet elevation. FI 
April. 
Frutex 3-4-pedalis, succum album viscosum emittens. 
Folia 4-6-poll. longa, 3-41-poll. lata, eleganter pennivenia. 
Petioli 6 lin. circiter longi, basi dilatati articulati. Flores 
ad apicem ramorum 2-3 terminales, magni (diametro circiter 
3-pollicares), fragrantissimi, Pedunculi 3 lin. longi, basi 
articulati. Calyx basi stipatus, bracteis geminis ovato-sub- 
rotundatis, 4-sepalus, foliolis oppositis iobombricatis, vato- 
ortundatis, Petala 4, alba, obovata, cequilatera, integerrima, 
multivenosa. Stamina in floribus masculinis numerosissima ; 
filamentis sublineam longis, complanatis ; antheris linearibus 
filamento longioribus. : 
333. Marcgraavia cuneifolia, (sp. n.) ; foliis breve petiolatis 
obovatis obtusis emarginato-glandulosis basi cuneatis sub- 
aveniis, pedunculis corymboso-umbellatis glabris, pedi- 
cellis erecto-patentibus, bracteis cuculliformibus apice 
emarginatis, fructu depresso-globoso. 
Has. Climbing on rocks and trees in marshy places. F7. 
Feb. 
Frutex ramosus, scandens. Folia alterna, 23-3 poll. longa, 
12-15-lin. lata. Petioli 3-lin. circiter longi, supra canalicu- 
lati. Pedunculi circiter pollicares, basi bracteis cuculliformi- 
bus pollicaribus emarginatis muniti, Calyx 6-sepalus, sepalis 
imbricatis, inaequalibus, ovato-rotundatis, margine membra- 
naceis. Petala 5, imbricata, subconnata, oblonga, obtusa, 
3% lin. circiter longa, lutea. Stamina 12, inclusa, recepta- 
culo inserta. Filamenta basi dilatata. Anthere oblonge, 
basi affixæ. Ovarium conicum, in sicco striatum, 3-loculare. 
Stigma sessile, persistens. Fructus baccatus, depresso-glo- 
bosus, 3-locularis. Semina plurima. 
334. Trigonia nivea, St. Hil. Fl. Bras. Merid, 2. p. 113. 
Han. Indry bushy places, not uncommon. Fl. Feb. 
335. Casearia montana, (sp. n.) ; ramulis puberulis demum 
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