112 MONANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



dens, lutescenti-viridis, glabra. Pedunculi subYertlcillatf, 

 terni, uniflori. Bracteae solitariae siibiilatae deciduae. Flo- 

 res parvi. Calyx glaber, lacinia summa raultoties longior, 

 lata obcordata, lutea; calcar sursum recurvatum, post anthe- 

 sim incurvatiim, Corolla lutea, petaliim inferiiis maximum, 

 obovatum, naviculari-concavura. Germen pilosum. 



23. VocHYSiA pyramiclalis, 



V. foliis opposilis quaternisve e basi subcordata vel ro- 

 tnndata oblongo -lanceolatis acuminatis subtus costato- 

 venosis aeque ac rami, petiolis pedimculisque tenniter 

 cincrasccnti- tomenlosis, racemis tcrminaUbus solita- 

 riis pvratnidatis, germinibus glabris. 

 V^ pvraniidalis Mart. nov. gen. et sp. p. 148. t. 90. De 



Cand. Prod. 3. p. 27. 

 Cucullaria pyramidata 8preng. syst. veg. cur. post. p. 9. 

 Habitat in Brasilia "f). 



Arbor 20 pedalis et major, cortice ]aevIgato crnereo- 

 fuscescente, ramiili ullimi subflexuosi, teretiusculi vel obso- 

 lele subtetragoni , cinnamomeo- fusci, juniores pilis mi- 

 nutis adpressis cinereo-fuscescentibus dense tomenlosi, ad- 

 nllitiores calvescentes. Foiia 4-6 poll- longa, duos circiter 

 lata, subtus subpulverulento-tomentosa; petioli unguiculares, 

 canaliculati. Stipulae lineari-subulatae, integerrimae, utrin- 

 que tomeiitosae , membranaceae, diciduae. Racemi compo- 

 siti, 4-8 poU. longi, rachis basi teretiuscula, sursum angu- 

 lata, erecta ; pedunculi 6-10 flori , angulati. Caljx pubes- 

 cens, lacinia summa multoties longior, lineari-oblonga , na- 

 viculari-concava; calcar rectiuscuhim. Corolla flava , peta- 

 lum iuferius majus, lineari-oblongum, naviculari-concavum. 



24. YocHYSiA florihunda, 



V. foliis oppositis ternis quaternisve oblongis cuspidatis 



subtus eostato-venosis et ad venas strigulosis sca- 



brinsculis, racemis terminalibus aggregatis , calycis 



calcare brevi rccto conico , germinibiis glabris. 



V. Uoribunda Mart. nov. gen. et sp. p. 149. t. 91. De 



Cand. Prod. 3. p. 28. 

 Cncullaria floribunda Spreng. syst. veg. cur. post. p. 9. 

 Habitat in Brasilia "f). 



Arbor 30 pedalis et altlor. Ramuli ultiml oppositi vel 

 verticillati, teretiusculi, erecti, stricli, cortice cinero-fusces- 

 cente glabro unito vestiti; novelli obsolete tetragoni, pilis 

 adpressis substriguloso-pubescentes. Foh'a breviter petiolata, 

 mucronata, 4-6 poll. longa, duos et quod excedit lata; 

 petioli vix tres lineas longi, semiteretes, subtillter pubescen- 

 tes. Stipulae subulatae, corlaceae , extus pubescentes , solito 

 longiores, subpersistentes. Racemi cylindrici, densiflori, 3-6 

 poU. longi; rachis subtetragona, peduncull pubescentes, 2-3 

 flori, summi uaiflori. Bracteae solitariae deciduae. Flores 



conge- 



