byrsonima. auctore Adr. de Jussieu. 163 



riacea, peliolo lin. 2 longo, tomentoso vel pubente, braclea concolori paulloque 

 breviori. Racemi 2-3-pollicares, inferne subcompositi, pedunculis diversorum 

 ordinum fulvo-tomenlosis, pedicellis subsessitibus, lin. 3 longis, bracleis brac- 

 leolisque multo brevioribus, late ovatis. Calyx 10-glandulosus, laciniis exlror— 

 sum fulvo-hirsutis. Petala duplo longiora (lin. 2 longa) unguiculata, limbo orbi- 

 culari cordato, primum alba, tandem rosea. Staminum filamenta calyce breviora, 

 inferne pilis ruQs dense hispida inque annulum coalila, anlhcrae (vid. Tab. V. 2.) 

 oblongae, conneclivo duplo loculis longiori et ullra in appendicem clavalam pro- 

 ducto, loculis linearibus, ipsis apice in apiculum liberum inlroflexura filiformem 

 produclis glabris. Slyli rosei. Ovarium viride ovato — conoideum, pilis nonnullis 

 adpressis fulvis, superne inspersum, caeterum glabrum. Drupa globosa. — Cres- 

 cil in Brasilia. 



24. B. VARIABILIS Adr. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor Brasil. merid. III. 78 et Archives du 

 Mus. III. 285. — Foliis ovatis, subtus ferrugineo— vel cinereo - tomentosis, inter- 

 dura glnbralis coriaceis, brevissime petiolatis; antheris ovarioque glabris. i> — 

 Rami juniores tomentosi, adulti tomenlo ferrugineo vel rarius cinerasccnle gla- 

 bniti. Folia poll. 3— 1'/« longa, 2-% lata, ovata inlegerriraa, supra pube brevi 

 (quasi pulvere) conspersa aut eadem excussa glabrata, subtus tomenlo ferrugineo 

 vel cinerescente velutina nervoque medio crasso et prominenle instructa coriacea 

 petiolata, peliolo brevissime lato crasso, slipulata; slipula (e geminis coalita) pe— 

 lioli faciei superiori basi adnala et inde quasi axillaris, ipso latior, extrorsum 

 tomentosa, introrsum glabra laevis concavaque, apice subtruncata coriacea. 

 Racemi terminales 2-3-pollicares, in quibus pedunculi ferrugineo-loraentosi, 

 secundarii brevissimi, bractea ipsis longiori lineari acuta stipati, singuli cum 

 pedicello arliculati et infra articulum bibracleolali, bracteolis bracleam aemulan- 

 tibus cumque ipsa quasi fasciculatis, pedicelli primo brevissimi, serius elongali 

 et fere semipollicares nulantesque. Calyx alte 5-fidus, laciniis ovatis, apice 

 exlrorsum revolulis, basi biglandulosis, glandulis obovalis prominulis geminatim 

 approximatis, lin. 1% longus (post anthesin persistens el paulisper ampliatus 

 exlrorsum tomentosus. Pelala calyce duplo longiora unguiculala, ungue filiformi 

 calycem subaequante, limbo suborbiculari, basi cordato inlegro concavo, reflexa, 

 inler se dissimilia (quinti in praefl. interioris, in anlhesi erecti unguiculus cras- 

 sior longiorque, limbus minor corrugalus). Slamina 10, 5 pelalis opposila alternis 

 breviora; filamenta calyce breviora crassa, basi coalita in annulum introrsum 

 pilis longissirais simplicibus villosum; anlherae inlrorsae biloculares, loculis 

 connectivo oblongo filamentum lerminanli adnatis linearibus, pollen globosum 

 3-papillosum pellucidum. Ovarium conicum trisulcum glaberrimum, dense car- 

 nosum triloculare, loculis 1-ovulatis; ovula infra apicem in acumen longiusculum 

 productum suspensa. Styli 3 glabri , slamina superanles, fasciculatim approxi- 

 mali, apice in stigma aculum desinentes. Fructus Pisi majoris magnitudine glo- 

 bulosus, stylis acuminalis, sarcocarpio carnoso tenui, endocarpio in pulamen 

 incrassato dense osseum, exlus rugosum et Irisulcum, intus 3-locuIare. Semen 

 funiculo ex apice loculi sublateraliter pendenli brevique appensum, supra in 

 acumen incurvum produclum, cbalaza fusca juxla el infra hilum nolalum, inte- 

 gumenlo membranaceo ; embryo (nondum perfectus) curvus, cotyledonibus an- 

 gustis oblongis complicalis, radicula ipsis breviori tereli, acula, acumen seminis 

 occupanle. — Crescit in Brasilia. 



25. B. CORREAEFOLIA Adr. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor. Brasil. merid. III. 78. — Foliis 

 ovalis, basi subcordatis, sublus ferrugineo-tomenlosis, coriaceis subscssilibus; 

 antheris villosis; ovario glaberrimo. 6 — Frutex 3-4-pedalis raulticaulis dumosus. 

 Rami juniores ferrugineo-lomentosi, adulli glabrati. Folia poll. 2-1 longa, !'/»-*/< 

 lala, ovata, basi subcordata, margine subtus (in siccis) revoluto inlegerrimo, supra 

 pube brevi quasi pulverulenla conspersa vel demum nervis exceplis glabrata, sublus 

 lomento ferrugineo dense velulina, nervo medio prominente, coriacca vix pcliolata 

 stipulata, stipula (c gcminis coalila) petioli basi adnala, ipso multo longiori 

 laliorique, extrorsum tomentosa, introrsum glabra et concava. Racemi tcrminales, 



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