•2'M) MALPIGHIACEAE banistbiia 



braoleia bracleolisque brevibus ovalo-acnlis concavis lanalis. Plorei fere ae- 

 (|iicniis, peialia magii Gmbriatia, conneclivd brevina appendiculalo. Proelna fere 

 n. angtutifoliae. Creacil in Brasilia ad apieem montia vulgo Horro <lo Momlo 

 Velho ni parli orienlali prov. Uinai Geraea dicla Minai Novas. 



19. it. CAMPESTRIS Adr. Jnss. in Si. Hil. I. c. 36. L 168. el Arehivei <l<> Mus. III. 

 t. 13. — Poliii <i\.iiis vel obovatis apiculatia rngosis, budIui tomenloso— albidia el 

 reliculalo— nervosis, basi biglandulosis; lloribos roseis; anlberia glabria; tamaris 

 pubescentibus, dorso in alam brevem produclis, lalere rugosis. t| \. .," Caulia 

 l'/,-2'/j-pedalia simplei \H parce ramosus. Rami juniorea lomento denso spurce 

 albidi, sub ipso scrius excusso rubcntcs. Folia opposita, inii-rdum lernatim ver- 

 licillala [poll. 2'/i— 1% longa, 1 '/»—"/• ' ala ) ovata vel sac|)ius obovala apicnlala in- 

 legerrima, supra pilis crispis pubescenlia, snblus iisdem ilensissimis tomenioso- 

 albida ct nervis prominenlibns reliculala, me<li<> a<l basin biglandnloso, glandnlis 

 orbicularibus scuteiliforniilius prominnlis, snbsessilia bistipulala, sti|>ulis brcvis— 

 sisinis ct sub tomento occuliis apiculiformibus, snprema sensim mire abbreviala 

 bractcasque menticntia. Inflorescentiae foliorum supremorum abbreviatione in 

 paniculas lerminales subterminalesque magnas quasi disposilae, singnlae revcra 

 in ramnlis lerminalibus lateralibusque umbelliformes, ombella qoadriflora, pedi- 

 celli iin. 4 longi, ramulis similes, basi articulati, infra arliculnm eztrorsom bractea, 

 laleribus bracteola dnplici slipati, bracleis bracteolisquc ovatis villosis ad involu- 

 crum verticillatis. Calyx quinqueparlilus, laciniis conniventibns, lin. -21ongis ova- 

 tis, exlrorsum pube brevi albicantibus adque basin biglandulosis, glandulis dis- 

 crclis, vix prominnlis, brevibus linearibns, praelloraiio quincunciala. Petala 

 cahce duplo ct amplius longiora rellexa ungnicnlala, unguc brevi, limbo orbicu- 

 lari lacerato-ciliato concavo, inler se dissimilia qninlum subereclum, crassius el 

 longins nngniculatum] rosea. Slamina 10, calycem paullulum superanlia, qninqne 

 pelalis opposita allernis breviora, Glamenta glabra, inferne inler se coaliia, anlhe- 

 rac glabrae, connectivo dorsali glanduliformi. Ovaria 3, iu unicum profunde tri- 

 lobutn, facie inlerna coalila, dorso gibbosa, dcnsc hirsula uniovulala, ovulo unci— 

 nato pendulo. Stjli tres Glamenta superantes, ab apice ad basin incrassati glabri, 

 sligmate discolori capilcllaio lerminali. Samarae 3 (c quibus nna aul altera non 

 raro abortiva) receptaculo cenlrali brevi trigono— pyramidali facic inlerna concava 

 oblique accumbentes, laleribus rugosae, supra et extrorsum productac in alam 

 Iin. 4-6 longam et 4-5 latam, margine antico incrassato-reclilineam, curvilineam 

 subsinuatamquc poslico tenui, pube brcvi infra dcnsiori albicanles, loculus pcri- 

 carpio dense lignoso, oblongus glaber orbiculatus, introrsum planus, convexus 

 extrorsum. Semen loculo conforme, medio appensum per funiculura brevem cras- 

 sumquc acuminatum, acumine in lilum allenuato, inlegumcnlum duplex, utrumque 

 liicmliranaceum, externum coloratura, intcrnuin album, chalaza atra, hilo continua 

 <'l inferior, embryonis radicula brevi conica supcra, cotyledonis oblongac infra 

 plicatae, plica membranae inlernae inlerposita. — Crescit in Brasilia in campis 

 siccis lapidosisque prope Barbacena provinciae Minas Geraes locis. 



•20. B. MEGAPHYLLA Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. III. 399. — Foliis magnis ovatis 

 vel subcordato-orbiculatis, supra velulinis, subtns albido — lanatis et rciiculato— 

 vcnosis, petiolo biglanduloso; slipulis basi dilalalis; calyce 3-glanduloso; anlheris 

 glabris vel parcissirac pilosis, connectivo in alternis excrescenle; stylis glabris ; 

 samarae puberulae latere Iransverse coslalae ala lala. 5 — Rami juniores seri- 

 ceo-lomenlosi, primum comprcssi et cliam decurrentibus petiolis ancipiles, serius 

 tereles. Folia magnitudinc et forma varia, nunc ovala et apice aculiuscula nunc 

 subcordato-oibiculala (poll. 0-3 longa, 6-2% lata), supra vircntia ct velutina, 

 subtus densius albido-lauata , ncrvis prominenlibus reticulata, marginc revolulo, 

 peliolo poll. 9-4 longo crasso, supra canaliculalo tomcnloso, ad apicem subtus 

 biglanduloso, slipulis brevibus, apice subulatis glabris fuscis, basi dilatata to- 

 mentosis el fere in annulum inlrapeliolarem confluentibus. Karai surami floriferi 

 confcrti ramosi, foliis minulis aut ad bracleas reductis instructi, ad axillas sacpe 

 raraulos 2-3-natos eraittenlibu.s, unde paniculae tcrminalcs amplissimae et prac- 



