stigmaphyllon. auciore Adr. de Jussieu. 213 



abortivi pedunculo 1'/- pollicari stipitatas, nonnumquam deflcientes, pedunculi 

 parliales fere pollicares graciles tomentoso-albicanles, cum pedicello concolori 

 duplo breviori crassiorique arliculali, infra articulum bibracteolati, basi bracteali, 

 bractea brevi acuta, pedicelli ante anlbesin breviores et introrsum recurvi, poslea 

 elongali rectique. Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis sesquilinearibus obluse ovatis, ex- 

 trorsum pubescenlibus basique (praeter quintam in umbella extrorsum spectan- 

 tenr.) biglandulosis, dorso inter glandulas magnas prominenles ellipsoideas cari- 

 nalim excurrenle. Pelala calyce quadruplo longiora unguiculata, ungue gracili, 

 calycem superante reflexo, limbo orbiculari vel obovalo denliculato, inter se in- 

 aequalia dissimiliaque. Stamina 10 calycem vix superantia, inter se inaequalia 

 dissimiliaque, quinque scilicet laciniis calycinis glandulosis et petalo interiori 

 opposita caeteris minora, tria (laciniae eglandulosae opposilum et duo ab allernis 

 remotiora) majora, filamenta inferne in annulum obliquum coalita, anlherae con- 

 neclivo crasso loculos in staminibus majoribus oblongos, in minoribus breves cl 

 fere abortivos (polliniferos tamen) gerente. Ovaria 3 staminibus majoribus sub- 

 opposita, in unicum trilobum facie inlerna coalila hirsuta, ullra styli ortum in 

 gibbum (serius, maturitate magis provecta, in alam) producta, singula uniovulata, 

 ovulo uncinato pendulo. Styli lotidem slamina superantes divergentes glabri, 

 apice exlrorsum in appendiculam foliaceam suborbicularem concavam dilalati, 

 inlrorsum stigmaliferi, stigmate parvo discolori crislulaeformi. Fructus non sup- 

 pelil. — Banisleria Bonariensis Hook. et Arn. in Hook. Bot. Misc. III. 157. — 

 Ad Iillora fluminis Rio de la Plata, prope urbem Colonia del Sacramento, in 

 parle auslrali prov. Cisplatinae. 



27. ST. HYPOLEUCUM Miquel, Linnaea XVIII. 51. f — Ramulis, peliolis, pedun- 

 culis foliisque supra in nervis adpresse puberulis, sensim glabralis, bis opposilis 

 modice petiolatis lateovatis, apice oblusiusculo cuspidato-mucronatis, versus 

 basin profunde cordatam repando-angulatis, Iobis divergenlibus subrectangulis, 

 subseptuplinerviis , subtus argenteo — sericeo — tomenlosis; pedunculis axillaribus 

 folio fere longioribus tri- vel quadrifidis; ramis in umbellas 1-3 (mediam sessi-» 

 lem lalerales pedunculalas) partilis; umbellis 5-plurifloris ; calyce octoglanduloso, 

 petalis inaequalibus lacerato-denlatis; antheris glandulosis glabris; slylis filifor- 

 mibus, stigmalibus foliaceo-appendiculalis. 5^ — Crescit Surinami juxta flumina 

 Boven-Cottica. 



28. ST. ALTERNIFOLIUM Adr. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor. Brasil. merid. III. 54. — Foliis 

 allernis subcordiformibus inlegerrimis apiculatis, subtus dense pubescenlibus, 



breviter petiolalis, petiolo apice biglanduloso ; samaris ?iu — Rami flexiles 



pube brevi spurca demum excussa conspersi. Folia alterna (poll. 2-l'/ 2 longa, 

 l'A-1 lata) subcordiformia integerrima apiculala, supra pube juniora teguntur qua 

 excussa glabrata, subtus dense pubescentia petiolata, peliolo similiter pubescente, 

 lin. 4 longo, supra canaliculato, ad apicem biglanduloso, glandulis discoideis, 

 bistipulala, slipulis minimis rigidis acutis. Pedunculi communes (ramuli) axilla- 

 res, petiolis duplo longiores crassioresque, bracleis opposilis biglandulosis in- 

 structi, apice umbellatim floriferi, umbella 7-5-flora (in qua flores revera gemi- 

 natim opposili inferioresque cilius superioribus evoluli) lomentosi, partiales 

 simililer tomentosi, lin. 3 longi, singuli cum pedicello articulati et infra arlicu- 

 lum bibracleolali , basi bracteati, bractea biglandulosa, pedicelli concolores 

 erassiores obconici, anle anlhesin recurvi, postea elongati et erecti. Calyx 5-par- 

 tilus, laciniis sesquilinearibus, acute ovatis, medio extrorsum hirsulis, basi (praeter 

 unam) biglandulosis, glandulis ovatis prominentibus, dorso infra carinatim inter 

 glandulas excurrenle. Petala calyce quadruplo longiora, breviter unguiculata, 

 limbo suborbiculari , basi biauriculatn ciliato-denlalo , inaequalia dissimiliaque 

 reflexa lulea. Stamina 10 calycem vix superantia, quinque petalis opposita bre- 

 viora, quinque alterna subinteriora, omnia inaequalia dissimiliaque, quaedam 

 fere aut omnino effoeta, filamenta glabra, inferne in tubum coalita, 3 caeteris 

 crassiora, antberae connectivo glanduliforrai crasso loculos, in tribus staminibus 



