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biculari vel Bculellala nigra notalo, ilipulii inconspicuis. Panicula in ramia ter- 

 mioalis coryrobiformis, trichotomia ilerata [ormals, axii alhido-puberulus, pedi- 

 celli exlimi 3-5, baii bractea minuta ovala obluaa suffulli, lupra baain brac- 

 teolis liiuis simillibui instructi ct articulali, ipii 3-4'" longi, apico crassiusculi. 

 Sepala biiui incana ovata obtuia, %'" longa, apicc revoluta, qualuor basi glan- 

 dulis liinis parvii oblongii ioilructa. Pelala lutea, limbo subrotundo 2'" longo 

 subintegerrimo palmalinervi unguem extus convexum aeqoanle. stamina 10 gla- 

 bra, omnia ferlilia, Glamenla allerna majora linearia, in tubum brevem basi con- 

 nata, coimcciivum ovoideum erectum loculoi lincarcs intus adnaloi aequans. 

 Ovarium ovoideum, pilis longia albjdii selosum, sligmata tria linearia, apice 

 uruncata subaequans, carpopbylla tria, arcte conncxa, dorso convexa exappen- 

 diculata, ovulum cujusiiue pcndulum lycolropum, partc descendenle craisiuscula 

 ascendcntcm mucroiialain subaequante. Fruclus non suppelit. — Crescil in Bia- 

 silia propc Uio de Janeiro. 



13. H. CATINGARUM Adr. Juss. Arcbives du Mus. III. 441. — Foliis obovatia, basi 

 acutis, supra glabralii, lublus pubescenlibus et obscure mulliglandulosii, peliolo 

 longiusculo juxla mcdium obscure uniglanduloso; umbellis in paniculas breves 

 terminalcs digeslis ; pedicellis sessilibus ; calyce eglanduloso ; petalra Davis; 



fruclu ? 5 — Arbor triorgyalis, ramulis junioribus fcrrugineo-lomcnlosis, 



adultis glabratis cinereis. Folia obovala (poll. 2-1 longa, 1-'U lata), basi acuta, 

 apice oblusa vcl cum mucrone paullisper acutata, sujira glabrata, sublus breviter 

 pubcsccntia, nervis, mcdio exce()lo, non prominulis, glandulis nonnullis scutclli- 

 formibus a basi ad apicem impressa, peliolo lineas 4-3 longo pubescente, juxla 

 medium parum conspicue uniglanduloso , stipulis inconspicuis. Paniculae in ra- 

 mis ramulisque laleralibus terminales foliisque breviorcs pauciflorae, pedunculi 

 diversorum ordinum fcrruginco-hirsuti , pedicelli lineas 3 longi graciles scssiles, 

 vulgo 3-4 umbcllatim approximali, basi braclea braclcolisque conlerminis ovatis 

 brevibus dense hirsutis involucrali. Calyx brevis cupulaeformis profunde quin— 

 quefidus, laciniis ovalo-acutis, nervo mcdio extrorsum coslalis, eglandulosus 

 ferrugineo-hirsutus. Petala calyce duplo longiora (lineas 2 longa) unguiculata, 

 limbo obovato concavo subinlegro, fiavescentia cito decidua. Stamina inler se 

 inaequalia, filamenlis calyci subacqualibus glabris, inferne in lubum coalitis, an- 

 tberis ovatis glabris, connectivo glanduliformi prominente rubente, caeterum pal- 

 lide fiaventibus. Ovaria in unum pilis longis densis ferrugineo-hirsutum coalita. 

 Styli breves glabri, apice oblique truncati introrsum stigmatifcri. Fructus non 

 suppetit. — Crescit in Brasiliae sylvulis (vulgo Catingai diclis) in prov. Iiahicnsi. 



14. H. TERNSTROEMIAEFOLIA Adr. Juss. I. c. 444. - Foliis obovalis, saepius 

 apice emarginalis el mucronulalis glabralis, subtus laevissimis (junioribus aureo- 

 tomentosis), petiolo basi biglanduloso; umbellis in paniculas lcrminales digeslis; 



pedicellis subsessilibus; calyce 8-glanduloso ; pelalis fiavis; fructu ?6 — 



Frulex erectiusculus, ramis oppositis vagis, bumanae altitudinis, corlex cinerens 

 verruculosus glaber. Folia (r/--3-poIlicaria, :, / 4 — 1 'A poll. lala) opposita petiolala 

 obovato-oblonga vel oblonga, versus basin solummodo paullo altenuata crassius- 

 cula, supra glabra, subtus uii petioli basi biglandulosi leretiusculi , lomcnto 

 aureo-fusco detergibili, apex foliorum rclusus submucronalus, mucrone deorsum 

 spectante. Racemi terminalcs, racemuli oppositi 4-C-fiori, pedunculis propriis 

 ^iv ultra 3 lineas longis, rachis uti folia lomcntosa, braclea minula lanceolala, 

 pedunculos parliales cmitlens, utroque latere glandula viridi vcrrucacformi, 

 pctiolaribus simillima. Calyx tomentoso-fuscus, laciniae ovatae, glandulae 

 oblongae binae virides. Pelala tenuissime ciliala parva fiava, ungue rubente. 

 Slamina 10 brevia, anlherae ovalae albae. Ovarium pubescens. Styli tres. Ovula 

 solilaria. — Crescit in Brasilia in sylvis prope Sebaslianopolin. 



15. H. RACEMOSA Adr. Juss. 1. c. 445. — Foliis oblongis ovalo-lanceolatis glahris, 

 supra lucidis, subtus rcticulato-venosis et serie glandularum impressis, peliolo 

 supra basin biglanduloso; racemis lerminalibus; calyce 8-glanduloso; petalis 



