SOUTH AMERICAN PLANTS. 41 
§ 2. Eurnystemon. Stamina rectiora. 
12. Pionandra capsicoides. Solanum capsicoides Mart. Flora 
(BZ) 21. Biebl. 1.78:—suffruticosa ; ramulis ‘pubescenti- 
bus; foliis ovato-lanceolatis, lanceolatisve, acuminatis, 
interdum geminis, minori obovato, basi obtuso, majoribus 
acutiusculis, vel obtusis, inequilateribus, subtus pubes- 
centi-mollibus, supra pilis articulatis sparse adspersis; 
pedunculis filiformibus, fructiferis deflexis.—Brasilia, Prov. 
Rio de Janeiro et Min. Geraes. 
I have this species from Cape Frio and Villa Ricca in the 
province of Minas Geraes. Its leaves are nearly 6 inches 
long and 2 inches broad; the racemes are pubescent and 
about as long as the leaf, with secund flowers, the pedicels 
being articulated a little above their base. The calyx is 
pubescent; but the corolla is glabrous, and of much more 
membranaceous structure than any of the former species 
with lanceolate segments: the stamens are more slender, 
nearly straight ; the filaments are united upon a somewhat 
membranous perigynous ring, and although not fleshy, are 
dilated and expanded in a bilobed form below the anthers: 
the connective is thin, flat, tapering above; the anther cells 
are turgid, burst longitudinally, and as in P. floribunda are 
constricted near the summit by a collar, which is surmounted 
by an emarginate globular apex, that opens by two distinct 
pores. The ovarium is smaller, and together with the style 
and stigma, is quite glabrous: the style is rather slender, 
thickening toward the summit, and is as long as the stamens ; 
the stigma, though much smaller, resembles that of the 
before-mentioned species.* : 
13. Pionandra divaricata. Witheringia divaricata Mart. Nov. 
Gen. et Sp. 3.75, tab. 228 :—suffruticosa, tota subtiliter 
pubescens : foliis ovato-lanceolatis ovatisve, acuminatis, 
basi subrotundatis, racemis e. bifurcatione alaribus, sim- 
* A figure of this species with details is given in Tab. Ix. 
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