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imminutis ombelliformes, nmbellae uti diversorum ordinum lerminantes quadri- 

 florae, Junfores sUpolis valvalim eonnirenlibns inclasae, seriin liademdaplo lon 

 Bjiores, pedicelli breviler hispidl, basi arliculali, extrorsnm braclea, lalere brac- 

 imiis dnabus oppositis slipati, bracleae bracteolaeqae minimae, \ i \ conspicuae 

 glanduliformes rubentes. Calyx quinqneparlitus, laciniis lin. 2'/i longis ovnto- 

 lanceolatis, extrorsum tomentoso-hispidis, inlrorsnm glabrii el carnoais, apice 

 revolutis, basi praeter unnm) biglandalosis, glandulii ovato-linearibus promi- 

 nentibus discretis, praefloralione ralvata. Pelala catyce fere Iriplo iongiora, inlei 

 lacinias eju- reflexa angaiculala, ungue calyce paollo breviore, iimbo inborbicu- 

 lari, dentibui minulii quasi cillalo andulalo concavo membranaceo. Sinminn 10 

 calyci subaequalia, quinquc laoiniis ejus opposita slerilia, anlhera difforml ef- 

 foela, Blamenta ima tnntum bnsi conlitn glabra, sterilia tenuiora, anlberae 

 fcrtilcs orbiculatae biloculares, loculis conncclivo prominenlc glanduliformi ad- 

 natis, inlrorsum rlchisccnlibus, stcrilcs loculis omnino nbortienlihus, COnnectivo 

 persislente el in massam obovoideam didymo— salcalam grnnulosnm nmplificnlo, 

 pollen globosum laeve undique poris pcrtusum ampullam in dehiscenlia emit- 

 lenlibus. Ovaria 3, inlcr se in unum Irilobum coalita lomenlosa, dorso Iricrislntn, 

 singuln uniovulaln, ovulo pcndulo uncinnto. Stvli Lotidem hnsi bispidi, oaelerum 

 glabri erecti, vix slamina supcranles, siigmntc cnpitcllato lerminati (in alabaslro 

 stigmata capitata liquorc viscido turgent, eodem emisso in flore IruncanlurV 

 Snmarae 3 pisi vulgaris magniludine pubcnles, facic inlcrna concava cordaln, 

 axi communi cohaerenles, dorso Irialatae, alis rubenlibus, media lin. 6 longa cl 

 5 lata, sursum et exlrorsum vcrgente, margine anlico crassiori vix curvilinea, 

 mullo magis autem poslico, laleralibus cristaeformibus multo anguslioribus (li- 

 neam lalis). Semen ovalum, apice acuminatum, infra apicem pendulum, inferne 

 sulco ulrinque exaratum, inlegumenlum duplex, utrumque membranaceum, inle- 

 terius inlra caviiatem seminis sub forma laminac plicae colyledonum intertensae 

 demissum, chalaza juxla et infra hilum crassior. Embryo radicula brevissima 

 supera, cotvledonibus carnosis oblongo-cllipticis, infcrne uncinatim curvalis, al- 

 tera alteram amplexa, commissura axin oblique speclanle. — Crescit in Brnsilia, 

 in pascuis juxta Tijuco in provincin Minns GernOs. 



2. P. HISPIDULA Adr. Juss. Archives du Mus. III. 429. — Foliis ovalis, basi sub- 

 cordntis, snepius npiculatis, subtus laxe hispidulis aul nisi ad ncrvos glabralis 

 tenuibus; umbcllis lcrminnlibus qundritloris, solitnriis aut ternis; snmarae fere 

 glnbmtae ala oblonga, margine nnlico curvn, rectn poslico. 5^ — Itami pilis basi 

 tuberculosis, apice bifurcatis hispidi, serius glabmti Ineves rubenles. Folia ovala 

 (poll. 3-2 longa, V/,-1 lata), basi subcordaia, npice obtusa vel brevissime acu- 

 minaln, juniora pilis furcalis laxe hispiduln, adulla (nervis cxceptis) glabrnln e! 

 tcnuissimn, petiolo (lin. 3 longo) similiter bispidulo, slipula paullo longiore Inla 

 hispidula glabralave. Umbella in ramis ct in rnmulis nxillnribus terminnlis qun- 

 driflom, slipulis foliorum 2 aborlivorum involucrata, saepc tcrnala, pedicelli (lin. 

 10-9 longi) puberuli. Flores generis, pctalis semipollicaribus el ultra flavis. Sa— 

 marac tenuissime puberulae rubro-virentes, latere ulroquc crisla quadruplo ala 

 breviori Iruncata inlroflexa marginatae, supra in alnm produclne subereclam, poi— 

 licem circiler longam el '/., Inlnm, mnrgine nnlico crassiori curvilineo, poslico 

 tenuiori fere reclilineo. — Crescit in Brasilia circa Sebaslianopolin. 



3. P. RETICULATA Griseb. Linnaea XIII. 213. - Adr. Juss. 1. c. — Foliis lale ob- 

 ovalis ovatisve, basi vix cordalis, apice acutis, junioribus cinereo-pubescenlibus, 

 adultis glabratis el lalerilio-rubentibus, subtus rcticulo nervorum admodum pro- 

 minenle, cnlloso-mnrginntis coriaceis; umbellis qundrilloris, in panicula lermi- 

 nali nmpla hreviler slipitatis, ternatim approximalis, caeterum dislantibus; sa— 

 marae inferne tomenlosae rubentis ala oblongn, mnrginc utroque, sed mngis 

 postico, curva. i^ — Rnmi ndulti glnbrati rubenles. Folia poll. 3'/j-2 longa, 

 2'/i-l lata, juniora pube densa, supra velulina el subtus cinereo-lomenlosa, 

 adulla eadem parlim delersa magis minusve glabrala lateritio-rubentia. Samarae 



