Ig3 Gust. O. A:N. Malme: Vochysiaceae Mattogrossenses novae. 



cula. Calycis laciniae quattuor late ovato-triangulares, circiter 2 mm 

 longae, acutae, dorso pubescentes; quarta late oblonga, circiter 15 mm 

 longa, (explanata) usque 10 mm lata, apice rotundata v. obtusissima, 

 dorso pubescens. Calcar subrectum, 4—5 mm longum, cylindricum, apice 

 rotundatum. Petalum late obovatum v. obcordatum, usque 3 cm longum, 

 glabrum, album v. stramineum, punctis lineisque purpureis pictum. Pila- 

 mentum staminis usque 7 mm longum, crassum, glabrum; anthera usque 

 10 mm longa, unilateraliter albido-barbata. Ovarium pubescenti-sericeum; 

 Stylus filiformis, in parte tertia summa glaber, ceterum sericeo-pube- 

 scens. 



Matto Grosso: Santa Anna da Chapada, in silvis paludosis humi- 

 disve fontium rivorum, ubi mense Aug. floret (Malme II. 2248). 



Species e serie Calophylloidearum perinsignis, foliis magnis, basi ro- 

 tundatis, apice longe acuminatis, calcare brevi, cylindrico facile dignota; 

 Qu. cassiquiarensi Spruce afflnis, etsi haud arctius. 



2. Vochysia chapadensis Malme. 1. c, p. 11. 



Arbor mediocris — grandis, ramosa, cortice crassiusculo, rimoso. Ramuli 

 subteretes, pilis mollisssimis, ± adpressis, fulvescentibus pubescentes, 

 internodiis 2—4 cm longis. Folia opposita, pro rata longepetiolata, 

 petiolo 1- -1,5 cm longo, ovato-lanceolata v. oblongo-lanceolata, 8 — 12 cm 

 longa, 3—3,5 cm, rarius usque 4 cm lata, basi rotundata apice longe acu- 

 minata, supra glaberrima nitidulaque, subtus pilis brevissimis, adpressis, 

 admixtis nonnullis longioribus puberula, nervo primario subtus valde 

 prominente, secundariis utroque latere vulgo 12 — 14, angulo fere semi- 

 recto insidentibus, superioribus marginem folii versus anastomosantibus 

 et costam marginalem formantibus. Inflorescentia terminalis, 10—15 cm 

 longa, diam. circ. 5 cm, rachide puberula v. subglabra, cincinnis vulgo 

 circ. 5-floris, pedicellis usque 5 mm longis, gracilibus, subglabris. Ala- 

 bastra curvula, subcylindrica, circiter 14 mm longa, apice obtusa v. sub- 

 rotundata. Sepala quattuor late ovato-triangularia, circiter 2 mm longa, 

 acuta, dorso puberula, quartum oblongum v. obovato-oblongum, circiter 

 15 mm longum, (explanatum) circiter 5 mm latum, apice rotundatum» 

 dorso subglabrum v. pilis raris puberulum. Calcar leviter curvatum, 

 cylindricum, 7 — 8 mm longum, apice obtusum v. rotundatum, subglabrum. 

 Petala dorso sericeo -puberula, intermedium lineari- oblongum, usque 

 12 mm longum, 3—3,5 mm latum, apice rotundatum, lateralia fere ejusdem 

 formae, 6—7 mm longa, usque 3 mm lata. Anthera semicylindrica, sub- 

 linearis, usque 10 mm longa, basin versus ciliata, filamento usque 3 mm 

 longo, superne ciliato, ceterum glabro. Ovarium glabrum; Stylus superne 

 sensim leviter incrassatus, glaberrimus. 



Matto Grosso: Santa Anna da Chapada, in oris silvarum paludo- 

 sarum fontium rivorum, pluribus locis (xMalme II. 2183 & 2183a). Ploret 

 mensibus Aug. et Sept. 



Perafflnis V. pyramidali Martius, abs qua indumento multo parciore, 

 foliis pro rata longius petiolatis, calcare breviore nee non statione recedit. 



