Beitrag Zur Flora Brasiliens. E 2 
iora, late orbiculata, in unguem brevem contracta , subserrata; 
Stamina plurima , hypogyna, pistillo breviora: filamenta fili- 
formia, basi in annulum elevatum, germen ambientem, con- 
nata; antherae breves, erectae, cordatae, obtusae, bifidae. . 
Pistillum: germen conicum, triquetrum , pubescens, trilocu- - 
lare, loculis polyspermis ; Stylus crassiusculus ,/ cylindricus, 
subcompressus, incurvus, germine longior; stigma: aequale, 
emarginatum. Fructus: capsula corticata, trilocularis, ui- 
valvis; valvulis margine introflexa dissepimenta praebentibus, 
Semina in receptaculo numerosissima , scobiformia, . | 
7. Habitus. . Frutices erecti, foliis alternis vel tefminaliter 
fasciculatis :coriaceis strict. Flores pedicellati, bracteati, - 
bractea media sub pedicello paullo longiori, duabus laterali- 
bus, his omnibus autem forma laciniarum calicis. .. | 
Bonnetiam genus, cum pluribus aliis (numero 14) generi- 
bus, nondum rite hucusque descriptis, familiam distinctam 
constituere, in Martii Nov. Gen. fasc. 4., mox edendo, pro- 
babit D. Zuccarini. 
Bodsera stricta N. et M. — Tab. TL 
B. foliis alternis subsessilibus obovatis obtusis vel acutius- 
culis coriaceis nitidis , pedunculis axillari- terminalibus subco- 
rymbosis trifloris. | 
Syn. Kieseria stricta. Regensb. bot. Z. Fierter Jahrg. 
ir Bd. p. 298. 
Descr. Frutex octo- . decem pem altus , caulibus strictis 
. erectis crassiusculis superne ramosis succulentis, medulla ampla 
 farctis, siccando collabentibus. Fólia versus apices ramorum 
conferta; alterna, quatuor pollices longa, oblonga, obtusa, 
basi cuneiformia, subsessilia, cauli nodulo inserta, integerri- 
ma, mde carnoso-coriacea, pallide viridia, costa media 
