298 STIRPES EXOTICA NOV^. 



germine semi-infero ovuloqiie Sorocea. — Spec, cum prseceden- 

 tibus 3 florem foemineum praebet Soroceco (ad cujus sect, forte 

 olim reducendsesuntj.Inflorescentia antem non racemiformis, sed 

 flores sexus utriusque receptaculi elongati marginibus inserti 

 ibique glomerati sessilcsque observantur. Gen. unde (suadente 

 cJ. Bureau) quasi medium est Soroceam inter et Soaresiam cujus 

 amenta mascula stamina gerunt calyce proprio destituta et foeminea 

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

 absque numero (Herb. Mus. par.). 



145. Lanessania turbinata. 



Arbor (ut videtur), ramulis insequali-angulalis, junioribus pal- 

 lide fuscescenti-tomentosis, cicatricibus stipularum 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-sinuatasubcoriacea, supra 

 nisi ad costam ferruerineo-tomentosam dense viridia. subtus nalli- 



quali 



; nervis pinnalis valde reticulatis. 

 iitibus. Stipulse laterales liberae (ad 



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in receplaculo longiuscule (1 cent.) pedunculate insequali-obpy; 

 ramido angulato (ad 1^ cent, longo, 1 cent, lato) congesli; mas- 

 culi crebri glomerulati basi superae receptaculi impositi ; foemi- 

 neus 1, centralis ; germine interiore et ccntro receptaculi intus 

 adnato; stylo apicali intra canaliculum centralem verticalem erecto, 

 mox in lacinias subulalas ultra flores masculos exsertas 2-fido: 



ovulo \ , paulo sub apice 



micropyle 



supera. Flores masculi in alabastro ovoidei ; calyce gamophyllo, 

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

 gynaecei rudimento minimo subulate exteriora ; filamentis crassis 

 compressiusculis ; loculis antberge 2, inlus ad apicem fdamenti 

 adnatis obliquis, rimosis. Squamulse involucri breves crassse 

 obtusse, circa flor. masc. (scil. circa basin superam receptaculi) co, 

 pauciseriatae, nonnullseque paulo longiores summo pedunculo in- 



