510 Ign. Urban: 



(12.) Meliosma SelloAvii Urb. foliis nlternis, nunc per paria ap- 

 proximatis, 10 15 mm. longo petiolatis, obovato-oblongis v. elliptico- 

 oblongis, breviter v. mcdiocriter acuminatis, inferno sensim angustatis, 

 basi acutis, 18 25 cm. longis, G 9 cm. latis, 21/2 3-plo longiori- 

 bus quam latioribus, integris planis, supra juxta nervum medium con- 

 vexum paullo impressis, nervis lateralibus supra parum prominulis v. 

 perpaullo impressis, subtus valde prominentibus, chartaceo-coriaceis; 

 petalis exterioribus 2 2,5 mm. longis, interioribus superne bilobis, lobis 

 divaricatis margine brevissime papilloso-pilosis; cupula antherifera apice 

 rotundata, loculis breviter ovali-globulosis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, 

 fissuris ad basin convergentibus; disco evoluto; stylo apice integro; fructu 

 20 mm. longo, 17 mm. crasso. 



Meliosma Selloivii Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. XIII (1895) 

 p. 212 in ohs. 



Eami vetustiores teretes, liornotini in sicco obscure brunnei lenticellis 

 oblongis V. lanceolatis hinc illinc notati, superne obtiise v. vix angjati glabri; 

 gemmae breviter ferrugineo-pilosae. Folia petiolis supra anguste canaliculatis, 

 nervis lateralibus 9 12 sub angulo 50 GC abeuntibus, margine piano 

 V. paullo recurvo integra, nervis utrinque dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, 

 prima juventute dorso ferrugineo-pilosa, sed cito glabrescontia ; folia spe- 

 ciminis juvenilis oblonga 15 20 cm. longa, 3,5 5 cm. lata, ca. 4-plo 

 longiora quam latioi-a, margine dentibus nonnullis brevibus linearibus notata. 

 Panuiculae axillares 10 15 cm. longae; bracteao triangulres 1 0,5 mm. 

 longae; rhachis glabrescens, ramuli inflorescentiae pilis brevissimis adpressis 

 ferrugineis parce tomentosuli v. glabrescentes ; propliylla 2 triangularia 

 obtusa 0,7 0,8 mm. longa margine minute pilosa, Sepala exteriora tri- 

 angulari-orlticularia v. suborbicularia, ca. 1 mm. diametro, interiora triangulari- 

 semiorbicularia, 1 1,2 mm. longa, 1,5 1,8 mm. lata, margine pilis bre- 

 vissimis papilliformibus simplicibus obsita, chartaceo-coriaeea. Petala exteriora 

 suborbicularia coriacea margine tenuiore minutissime papilloso-exasperata, dorso 

 in sicco dense crassiuscule nigro- striata, interiora sublinearia, 1 1,2 mm. 

 longa, 0,3 mm. lata. Staminodia 1 mm. longa, in Y3 alt. petalis adnata, 

 apice subemarginata v. truncata. Filamenta petalis basi adnata, linearia 

 0,8 mm. longa, apice parum geniculata; cupula antherifera ambitu orbiculari- 

 reniformis, 0,5 mm. longa, 0,7 mm. lata, lobulis apicalibus perbrevibus. Dis- 

 cus quoad integer perbrevis v. subnuUus in dentes nonnullos lineares ovario 

 dimidio aequilongos excurrens. Ovarium ovatiun transversim subteres in 

 stylum aequilongum sensim attenuatum; stigma minutum. Drupa globulosa 

 supra basin contracta. 



Hab. in Brasiliae civit. Minas Geraes aut S. Paulo: Sellow n. B. 

 2205 c. 2217. 



(13.) Meliosma Itatiaiae Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 6 3 mm. longe pe- 

 tiolatis, obovato-oblongis, brevissime v. obsolete acuminatis, inferne sen- 

 sim angustatis subcuneatis, basi ima rotundata v. subtruncata in petiolum 

 contractis, 20 40 cm. longis, 6,5 15 cm. latis ca. 3-plo longioribus 



