278 MALPIGHIACfiAfi betmomwiys 



cl strialum cxappcndiculatum, vallccula vcnlrali nulla, dorso in alam iranscunlc, 

 tori proccssus brevis pyramidalis, alac adscendcntis margo intcrior lcnuis cxcisus, 

 apei obtusus, margo extcrior crassus sursum arcuatus, venis ci parallelis, loculus 

 triangularis, marginc interiori tamen per processum endocarpii oblusum intror- 

 sum prominentem gibbo, semen loculo conformc curvalum, radicula supcra. — 

 Heteroplerys australis Adr. Juss. mss. — Banisteria Pragua Vell. Flum. I. c. I. 

 138? — Crescit in Brasilia meridionali. 

 G5. II. IIVPERICIFOLIA Adr. Juss. in St. Ilil. Flor. Brasil. merid. III. 24. - Foliis 

 brcvissimis cordatis oblusis glaberrimis, sublus pallidioribus et biglandulosis, 

 brevissime peliolalis; umbellis terminalibus quadrifloris ; calyce 8-glanduloso; 

 pelalis luleis; samaris parvis glabris. 2J.? 6? — Caulcs diffusi, ramuli graciles, 

 novelli pilis raris adpressis puberuli, mox glabrali. Folia (poll. l-'/i longa, lin. 

 5-2'A lata) oblongo-cordala obtusa integcrrima glaberrima, sublus juxta basin 

 glandulis duabus sccundum nervos notata, breviler peliolala. InfJorescentiae ler- 

 minales umbelliformes, umbella quadriflora (pseudo-umbella c pedunculis 4 ge- 

 minatim et distiche opposilis, cum gemma centrali), pedunculi floriferi basi toli- 

 dem bracteis in involucrum verlicillalis ovalis stipali, lin. 2 longi, arliculali, cum 

 pedicello paullo longiori crassiorique , infra arliculum bibracteolati, bracleolis 

 ovatis, pilis adpressis puberuli. Calyx quinqucparlitus, laciniis lineam longis 

 ovatis glabris, basi (praeter unam) biglandulosis , glandulis orbicularibus promi- 

 minenlibus contiguis. Petala calyce triplo longiora, intcr ejus lacinias reflexa 

 unguiculata, limbo obovato, nervo medio extrorsum in carinam prominulo, in- 

 aequalia (quintum paullo majus, lalius unguiculalum idcmque suberectum). Sla- 

 mina 10 calyce fere duplo longiora, 5 pelalis opposila alternis paullo breviora et 

 subexleriora, filamenta complanata subulata glabra, inferne inter se coalila, an- 

 therae introrsae biloculares, loculis conneclivo dorsali glanduloso discolori ad- 

 natis, caeterum distinctis ipso longioribus, pollen globosum laeve undique poris 

 ampullam emiltentibus perlusum. Ovaria 3, inter se facie inlerna in unum tiilo- 

 bum cohaerentia, dorso carinala, carina supra orlum styli in gibbum breve pro- 

 ducta, hirsuta, singula uniovulata, ovulo pendulo uncinato. Styli tolidem glabri, 

 introrsum sub apice truncato sligmatiferi. Samarae 3 magnitudine pisi minimi 

 obcordalae, facie inlerna plana cohaerenles, lateralibus convexae et oblique ner- 

 voso-rugosae , supra productae in alam cullriformcm lin. 5 longam et 2 latam, 

 glabrae. Semina loculo conformia, suppclentia immalura, in quibus inlegumen- 

 mentum membranaceum duplex, chalaza juxta et infra hilum, embryo cotyledo- 

 nibus uncinalim plicatis, radicula supera seminis irrcgulariter cordati acumen 

 minus idemque inlerius occupante. — Crescil in Brasilia supcr lapides ad Corro 

 de Chapiaci in Missionibus. 



§. 4. Pedunculi floriferi apice bibracteolati. Petala rosea vel rarius alba 

 plerumque dorso carinato-angulata. Folia glabra aut pubescentia, reti- 

 culo nervorum vix prominente. 



66. II. BICOLOR Adr. Juss. in St. Hil. Flor. Brasil. merid. III. 23. (nec Marlius.) — 

 Foliis lanceolalis vel ovato-lanceolatis, saepe inaequilateris glabris vel parcissime 

 puberulis, sublus ibidemque 2-6-glanduliferis membranaceis breviter peliolatis; 

 umbellis lerminalibus 4-6-floris; calycc oblique 8-glanduloso; petalis 4 albis, 



quinlo purpureo; samaris ? 6 — Frutex 2-3-pedalis, caulc gracili, rami len- 



licellis crebris discoloribus punctalo-scabri , juniores compressi puberulique, 

 adulti teretes et glabrali. Folia (poll. 2'/i-l'/i longa, lin. 10-6 lata) lanceolata vcl 

 oblique et oblonge ovalo-lanceolala acuta integerrima, margine sublus revoluta, 

 supra glabrata (juniora sericeo-puberula), sublus pallidiora pilis raris adpressis 

 conspersa glandulisque 2-6 reticulatis in nervis nolata, membranacea petiolata, 

 petiolo lin. 2 longo, supra basin bislipulato , stipulis glandulaeformibus. Inflo- 

 rescentiae lum in apice ramorum, tum in ramulis lateralibus terminales umbelli- 

 formes, umbellis brevibus 4-6-fIoris, pedunculi puberuli, lineam longi, cum pe- 



