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2. S. parvijiora, foliis cuneato-lanceolatis, floribus paniculatis, 

 rlosculis definitis. 

 Augusta parviflora. Leancl. I. c. 

 Plazia parviflora. Spreng. Syst. 4. pars 2. p. 301. 

 Jn Brasilia ad Campos Novos et ad Rio das Contas. Martins, f? . 



Frutex erectus, frondosus. Rami cylindrici, cortice cinereo laevi 

 obducti. Folia alterna, brevissime petiolata, spathulato- 

 oblonga, nunc rar6 lanceolata, integerrima, coriacea, uni- 

 nervia, venis obscurioribus, utrinque glabra, viridia, basin 

 versus attenuata, 5-pollicaria, unciam v. sesquiunciam la- 

 titudine a?quantia. Peiioli semicylindrici, glabri, supra 

 plani, 3 lineas longi. Flores parvi, copiosissimi, panicu- 

 lati. Panicula terminalis, diffusa. Pedunculi teretes, gla- 

 bri, apicem versus crassiores, squamis nonnullis ovalibus 

 obtusis concavis muniti. lnvolucra globosa : squamis ova- 

 libus, obtusissimis, concavis, membranaceis, laevibus, tri- 

 plici ordine imbricatis, adpressis ; intimis oblongis. Re- 

 ceptaculum nudum. Flosculi definiti (12) hermapbroditi, 

 infundibuliformes, basi coriacea, limbo 5-partiti : segmentis 

 linearibus, acutis, glabris, revolutis. Stamina sinubus limbi 

 inserta : jilamenta e limbo superne libera, capillaria, gla- 

 bra, inferne nervis primariis longitudinaliter adnata ! an- 

 tlierce in tubum coalitae, exserta\ basi calcaribus 2 lineari- 

 bus, acutis, complanatis, ipsa anthera 4-plo brevioribus or- 

 natoe, appendice lanceolata mucronata coriacea rigida ter- 

 minatse. Stylus filiformis, glaber. Stigma bilobum : lobis 

 lingulatis, truncatis, pruinosis, revolutis. Achenia angusta, 

 hinc convexa, inde angulata, glabra, 3 — 4 lineas longa. 

 Pappus capillaris, persistens, rlavicans : radiis triplici cir- 

 citer serie dispositis, inaequalibus, undique puberulis, apice 

 penicillatis, semipollicem longis. 



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