'202 MALPIGHIACEAE iiraciiyptf.uys 



conneelivo glanduliformi , in abottivii parvo, in caoteris magis mioasve ampliato 

 el interdum difformi, locoloiqoe oblongoi disjnnclos nnnqoamne abortivos?) in- 

 Irorsom adoatoi gerenic. Ovaria 3 brevia, itaminibui majorlbos opposita, focic 

 interna in unirum trilobam coalila hiriuta, nltra itjli ortum in gibbum producia, 

 lingala aniovalata, ovulo uncinato pcndulo. Slvli tolidem stamina laperantei 

 divergentei glabrl, apice exlrorsum in appcndiculam foliaceam acutam concavarn 

 starainisque oppositi anlherac incunihenlem dilatati, introrsum sligmatiferi, llig- 

 male glanduliformi lulcsccnlc. Fruclus non suppetil. — Sligmaphyllnn Paraliat 

 Adr. Juss. in Si. IM Flor. Braiil. merid. III. 59. — In arcnosis marilimis a lacu 

 Pacuarema usque ad Cabo Frio, in prov. Rio de Janeiro in Brasilia. 

 2. B. BOBEALIS Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. d'hilt. nalur. III. 356. I. 11. fig. 16. — 

 Foliis ovalo-lanceolalis aculis, subtus pubescenlibus, peliolis apice biglandulosis; 

 umbellis lerminalihus; fruclihus hemisphaericis, alis brevissimis. 6 — Frulex 

 1-2-pedalis ercclus aul in sarmenla dehilia hinc inde propendenlia effusus el oe- 

 casione dala scandens. Ramuli in novellis plani nilido-sericei, ut el folia, quac 

 serius glahrala, crasso-carnosa, magis minusvc elongala ab ovalo fere usque ad 

 lineari-lanceolalum varianlia. Umbellae 3-4-fIorae, ramulos axillnres foliis vix 

 aequales lerminantes, foliis duobus cordiformibus rainoribus involucratae ipsis 

 interdum cx axilla ramulum hifolium el umbcllalo -quadriflorum eraillenlibus, 

 pedicelli pollicares gradatim incrassali, basi arliculati bruclealiquc cl intcrius 

 bibracleolali. Stamina non valde inaequalia, anlheris omnibus fertilihus, fila- 

 menlis basi complanalis inler se'el cum calyce coalitis. Ovaria ovoidea pube— 

 rula. Slyli stamina superanles, apice introrsum stigmatiferi, sligmalc luleo he- 

 misphaerico, cxlrorsum in appendiculam longiusculam unciformem eompressam 

 producti. Carpella duplo triplove ac in praecedente majora, transverse aeuleque 

 coslala, apice in cristam brevem eompressa, pericarpio lignoso crasso. Scmen 

 subglohosura, hilo infra apiccm laterali, e quo utrinque sulcus desccndil cum 

 macula chalazae circumfusa, inlegurnentum duplex merahranaceum in ehnlazr» 

 crasssius, radicula hrevissima supera cotyledones admodum inaequalcs, altera 

 scilicet fere totam embryonis massam conslituente crassa carnosa, conduplicata, 

 allera minima vix conspicua, orbiculari, priori incumbenle inque ejus plica la- 

 lilanle, plumula cotyledone minore paullo minor corapresso-conica, apice bilo- 

 bulata. — Banisteria nvata Cav. Disscrt. VIII. 429. t. 257. — DC. Prodr. 1. 590. 

 no 39. — Vent. Choix des pl. t. 51. A. — B.? maritima Rich. in Act. soc. Linn. 

 Par. — B. picta H. B. Kih. Nov. gen. el spec. plant. V. 160. — DC. I. c. no. 33. — 

 B. Calcitrapa Dsvx. in Hamilt. Prodr. fl. Ind. occid. 40. — B. ? brachyptera DC. 

 I. c. 591. no. 43. — B. brachiata Willd. — B. umbellulata Sieb. Herb. fl. Trinit. 51. 

 — Ii. allnphila Sieb. I. c. 52. — Crescit in Guiana, Brasilia boreali, Columhia cl 

 in insulis Anlillis. 



XVII. STIttMAPIIYLLOX Adr. Juss. 

 fAdr. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor. Brasil. merid. III. 48. et in Archives du Mus. dhist. 

 nalurelle III. 357. t. 12.) 

 Calyx 5-parlitus, laciniis quatuor biglandulosis. Pctala 3-4 longiora, 

 unguiculata, plcrumque denticulato-ciliata inacqualia glabra. Stamina 10, 

 dissimilia inaequaliaquc, 4 subinteriora, laciniis calycinis glandulosis op- 

 posita, sterilia aut minora 6, subexteriora, semper fertilia, alterna crassiora 

 et majora eademque slylis opposita, fllamenta basi connala, antherae gla- 

 brae aut introrsum villosae, connectivo crasso glanduliformi, loculos in 

 4 subinterioribus aut nullos aut subabortivos gerente. Slyli 3 divaricati, 

 apice introrsum papilla stigmatica instructi, extrorsum in appendiculam 

 foliiformcm vel rarius unciformem expansi, rarissime tantum comprcsso- 

 dilatati. Ovaria tria in unum inter se coalita, dorso gibbosa. Samarae tres 

 aut abortu pauciores, saepe latcre cristatae, supra in alam expansac marginc 

 antico superiori cfassiorcm nec raro appendiculatam. — Fruticcs Americani 

 scandcntcs, radicibus sacpius tubcrosis. Folia opposita (nonnumquam in 



