I?s MALPIGHIACEAE 



RUtDACIHA. 



Blamenlli glabris brevibus, basj in aonulam coalilis, allernis calyci opposilis 

 1 1 r « ■ % ioribus; aniberae glabrae oblongae cuoeaiae, connectivo oraaaissimo, a basi 

 dilatalo el apioe in acumeo exlrorsnm produclo, locnlis linearibug adoatis. Ova- 

 i iiiin hexagono-pyramidalum, angnlis allernis magis prominenlibus, aliernis cana- 

 licnlatis, hirsutum iriloculare, loculis nniovnlalis, ovnlo infra apicem obllqne pen- 

 dulo. Styll ;i Blamina superanles glabri, a basi ad apicem acnlum allennati slriali. 

 Fructus irregulariter pyramidato-O-gonns (poll. '/, allus et '/* laloa), angnlis he- 

 betibus, inferne niagis prominenlibus inquc lolidem Kil»l>'> s desinenlibu», basi 

 subconvexus, apice trilobus, pericarpio dcnsc lignoso (an dcinum in valvas 3, 

 quae facilc divelluntur, sponte solubili?) abortu unilocularis monospermus. Se- 

 iniii ovalum, infra apiccm funiculo lalo breviquc pcndulum, integumcnto cras- 

 siusculo ruguloso; embryo (nondum perfecle maturus) radicula supcra conica, 

 colyledonibus radiculam basi partim occullantibus, ipsi pcllatim adnexis, inae- 

 qualibus, allera breviori latiorique ovala, aliera longiori, apice priorcm ample- 

 clenle. — Bunchosia palmlris Poepp. Coll. plant. exsicc. 2911. — Crcscit in 

 Brasilia boreali. 



* * Carusia Marlius mss. — Fruclus sphaeroidei indehiscefttet. 

 2. B. (CARUSIA Marlius mss.) SPHAEROCARPA Adr. Juss. I. c. 313. t — Poliis 

 lanccolatis vel lanceolato-ovalis; fruclibns sphaeroideo-conicis. 5 — Rami ju- 

 niores compressi, adulti lereles glabrati. Folia lanceolala vel lanceolato-ovala 

 magna (poll. 8-4 longa, 3'A -2 lala) glaberrima, supra lucida, subtus punclulis 

 minutissimis (sub lenle lanlum conspicuis) squamuloideis discoloria reliculato- 

 venosa, nervo marginali inslructa, medio admodum promincnte, basi obscure 

 biglanduloso, petiolo semipollicari crasso , stipula axillari dimidium petiolum 

 aequanle, canaliculata acuta crassissima glabra. Racemi terminalcs triparlili, la- 

 lerales vulgo ccnlrali (C-4 poll. longo) paullo brcviorcs; pedunculi communes 

 angulosi glabrati, floriferi lin. 1-2 longi, basi braclcati et supra basin bibracleo- 

 lali, bracteola altera dorso glandulifera, apice arliculati cum pedicello triplo 

 longiori. Fruclus basi ealyce persislente 10-glanduloso suffullus, junior olivae- 

 formis, adullus sphaeroidco -conicus (lin. 9 altus, 7-8 lalus) glaberrimus nitidus, 

 pericarpio dcnse lignoso, unilocularis monospermus; semen late ovalum, infra 

 apicem in funiculo brevi pcndiilum, inlegumenlo crassiusculo carnoso; embryo 

 radicula supera conica, cotyledonibus carnosis inaequalibus, altcra triplo laliore 

 alteri parlim circumvoluta , basi biauriculata, ulraquc radiculam cui pellatim ad- 

 necluntur parlim occullanle. — Crescit in Brasilia in provincia Rio Negro ad Barra 

 di R. N. et prope Coari. 



IV. COLEOSTACIIYS Adr. Juss. 

 (Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. d'hist. nalur. III. 313- t. 5.) 



Calyx 5-parlitus eglandulosus, post anlhesin ampliatus. Pelala 5. Sta- 

 mina 10, filnmenlis glabris, basi in annulum pilis longis dcnse barbatum 

 coalitis, antheris exappendiculatis. Ovaria 3 fere distincta glabra, introrsum 

 juxta medium stylifera, slylis oblongis gracilibus, apicc atlenuatis et aculis. 

 Fructus conllatus e carpcllis 3-1, indehiscentibus? — Arbor? Guianensis, 

 foliis opposilis maximis oblongis intcgcrrimis; stipulis axillaribus longissi- 

 mis oppositis, basi inter se connatis. Spicae axillarcs inferne stipulis 2 abs- 

 que folio concretis vaginatae; floribus subsessilibus, singulis bractcatis 

 ct bibracleolatis. 



1. C GEMPAEFOLIA Adr. Juss-. 1. c. 314. t. 5. fig. 4. — Foliis longissimis lanceo- 

 lato-ohovalis, brevissime acuminatis glabris subsessilibus. 3 — Rami summi 

 rufo-tomentosi. Folia oblonga lanceolato- obovata (l-l'/>-pedalia, pollic. 4-4'/. 

 lala) sive a basi anguslissima ad apicem breviter acuminatum sensim dilatata (si 

 ncrvos praesertim supra puberulos excipias) glabra, subtus nervis prominulis re- 

 ticulata, breviter aut vix petiolata. Stipula e geminis coalita axillaris, circiter 

 pollicaris lineari-lanceolala, extrorsum tomentoso-pubescens, cum opposila basi 



