

298 STIRPES EXOTICjE NOVjE. 



germine semi-infero ovuloque Soroceœ. — Spec. cum praeceden- 

 tibus 3 florem fœmineum praebet Soroceœ (ad cujus sect. forte 

 olim reducendsesunt).Inflorescentia antem non racemiformis, sed 

 flores sexus utriusque receptaculi elongati marginibus inserti 

 ibique glomerati sessilesque observantur. Gen. unde (suadente 

 cl. Bureau) quasi médium est Soroceam inter etSoaresiam cujus 

 amenta mascula stamina gerunt calyce proprio destituta et fœminea 

 flores pedicellatos. Oritur in Brasilia boreali, ubi leg. Pœppig 

 absque numéro (Herb. Mus. par.). 



145. Lanessania turbinata. 



Arbor (ut videtur), ramulis inœquali -angulatis, junioribus pal- 

 lide fuscescenti-tomentosis, cicatricibus slipularum occasarum no- 

 tatis. Folia alterna, breviter (ad 1 cent.) petiolata, elliptico-lan- 

 ceolata (ad 15 cent, longa, 5 cent, lata), basi subsequali-obtusata, 

 apice acuminata, subintegra v. repando-sinuafasubcoriacea, supra 

 nisi ad costam ferrugineo-tomentosam dense viridia, subtus palli- 

 diora tenuissime villosula ; nervis pinnatis valde reticulatis, subtus 

 prominulis luteo-fuscescentibus. Stipula latérales libérée (ad | cent, 

 longée) incequali-3-angulares tomentosse. Flores monœci axillares 

 in receptaculo longiuscule (1 cent.) pedunculato insequali-obpy- 

 ramido angulato (ad \\ cent, longo, 1 cent, lato) congesti; mas- 

 culi crebri glomerulati basi superee receptaculi impositi ; fremi- 

 neus 1, centralis ; germine interiore et centro receptaculi intus 

 adnato; stylo apicali iutra canaliculum centralem verticalem erecto, 

 mox in lacinias subulatas ultra flores masculos exsertas 2-fido; 

 ovulo \ , paulo sub apice loculi inserto, descendent; micropyle 

 supera. Flores rnasculi in alabastro ovoidei ; calyce gamophyllo, 

 apice 3, A-fido, imbricato. Stamina, 2, 3, subcentralia, nunc 

 gyngecei rudimento minimo subulato exteriora ; filamentis crassis 

 compressiusculis ; loculis anlherse 2, intus ad apicem filamcnti 

 adnatis obliquis, rimosis. Squamulae involucri brèves crassse 

 obtusse, circaflor. masc. (scil. circa basin superam receptaculi) 00, 

 pauciseriatae, nonnulloeque paulo longiores summo pedunculo in- 



