282 MALPIGHIACEAE hkteropterts. 



poll. r»—^ longi, lalerales opposili, vulgo gemioali, Doriferi semilineam longi, sin- 

 guli (-iiin pedicello longiori graoilioriqne arlicalati ct infra arliculnm bibractee- 

 lali, bracleae roliis rere conformes; bracteolae brevissimae ovalae. Calyi pro— 

 funde quinqueparlilus, lacioiis lineam l • ■ 1 1 l; i ^ ovalis conniventibus, Inlrorsum gla- 

 bris, exlrorsum pnbernlis pnbe adpressa ferrugiaes basique praeter nnam) bi- 

 glandulosis, glandnlis parv is prominenlibus orbiculalo— sculelliformibus, medio 

 ezcavalis. Pelala calyce duplo longiora unguiculala, ungue calyce breviori, limbo 

 obovato , in quibusdam Bagiltalim bidenlalo, nervo medio exlrorsum prominenle 

 subcarinala glaberrima subinlegra reflexa, inler se dissimilia el inaequalia [quln- 

 lum in pracfloralionc inlcrius ereclum crassius longiusqne pt-tiolalum fim- 

 brialo- denlicul3lum), rosea. Stamina 10, calycem supcranlia, 5 pelalis opposila 

 alternis brcviora ei subcxtcriora ioaequalia (nempe tria petalo inleriori opposita 

 caeteris minora), filamenta glabra subulata, basi dilatata inter se coalita, anlberae 

 suborbiculalae glabrae, loculis linearibus llavis, conncclivo discolori glanduli- 

 formi adnatis discretis, quinque staminum breviorum paullo crassiores. Ovaria 3, 

 in unum brcve depresso — obovatum sublrilobum hirsulum coalila, singula dorso 

 subgibbosa uniovulata, ovulo uncinato pendulo. Slyli 3 stamina superanles di- 

 vergentes rigidi glabri, apice Iruncalulo inlrorsum stigmaliferi. Fructus non 

 suppelebat. — Crescit in sylvis primaevis ad ripas fluminis Parabyba in Brasiliac 

 provincia Rio de Janeiro. 



70. H. CAMPESTRIS Adr. Juss. in St. Hil. I. c. 32. - Foliis ovatis aculis, supra 

 puberulis, subtus tomentosis subsessilibus; paniculis brevibus axillaribus termi- 

 nalibusque strictis; calyce 8-glanduloso; petalis roseis; samaris parvis ferrugineis, 

 ala basi latiori. 6 v. 2J-? — Suffrutex? r/.-2'A-pedalis, rami tcretes, spurce lomen- 

 tosi. Folia (poll. 1-2 et amplius longa, '/>-T/ 2 lala) ovato-acula eliiplica obova- 

 tave (superiora scilicet gradatim imminula absque ovato ad obovatum transeuntia) 

 subapiculala inlegerrima, pilis brevibus supra pubcscentia, sublus densius lomen- 

 tosa nervisquc prominulis reticulala el glandulis parvis aegre conspicuis nec raro 

 deficientibus notata, subsessilia, suprema mire abbreviala inque bracleas demum 

 omnino transeunlia. Inllorescenliac foliorum supremorum aborlu in paniculas 

 pollicares densifloras terminales lateralesque quasi dispositae, re vera singulae in 

 ramulis lerminalibus laleralibusque aphyllis umbelliformes, umbellis quadrifioris, 

 pedunculi inaequales, vix lineam longi, bracteis tolidem brevibus crassiusculis 

 stipati ferrugineo - tomentosi, singuli articulali cum pediccllo paullo longiori et 

 infra articulum bibracteolali , bracleolis ovalis. Calyx quioqueparlitus, laciniis 

 lineam longis lineari-ovatis, extrorsum pube adpressa ferrugineis basique (praeler 

 unam) biglandulosis, glandulis subrolundis prominenlibus approximalis. Pelala 

 calyce duplo longiora unguiculala, limbo suborbiculari vel ovato subintegro, 

 nervo medio prominente extrorsum carinata, rellexa inaequalia, inter se dissimilia 

 rosea. Slamina 10 calycem superanlia, 5 petalis opposila alternis breviora, fila- 

 menta inferne coalita glabra, antherae cordiformes inlrorsae glabrae, conneclivo 

 parvo glanduliformi. Ovaria 3, in unicum trilobum coalita hirsula, dorso cari- 

 nata, carina supra styli ortum in gibbum producta, singula uniovulala, ovulo 

 pendulo uncinalo. Styli tolidem, slamina superanles, divergentes glabri, apice 

 truncato introrsum stigmatiferi. Samarae 3 (quarum una aut altera vulgo abortiva) 

 receplaculo brevi trigono facie interna oblique accumbenles, laleralibus convexae 

 el rugulosae, supra el exlrorsum productae in alam cultriformem semipollicarem, 

 lin. 3— */j Iatam (basique summo loculo laliorcm), margine anlico tenui superne 

 curvilineam, reclilineam postico crassiori, fcrrugineo-rubenles, cavilas loculi 

 irregulariler cordiformis, endocarpio inlrorsum prominenle. Semen loculo con- 

 forme, medio appensum juxtaque hilum chalaza fusca notatum, inlegumento 

 membranaceo. — Frequens in campis prope locum Tacaramby, non procul a pago 

 Nossa Siira. da Penha, in Rrasiliae prov. Minas Geraes. 



77. H. DISCOLOR Adr. Juss. in St. Hil. 1. c. 32. — Foliis brevibus obovalis ellipti- 

 cisve apiculatis, supra puberulis, subtus tomenlosis pallidioribus, margine revo- 



