UROSTIGMA. 



MOREAE. 679 



dunculatis globosis glabrls; involucro bilobo. '^ — Specics admodum singularis, re- 

 ceptacula tamen Iiujus generis. Folla 12 — 16 cent. longa, 4% — 5 lata, — Cresclt in 

 Demerara. 



50. V. CLUSIAEFOLIUM Miquel I. c. — Partibus junioribus tenerrime pubcrulls, adul- 

 tis plerumque glabris; foliis breviter petiolatis obovatis vel plerumque oblongo-obo- 

 vatis, apice late rotnndatis, versus basin angustatis vel subcuneatis , ipsa basi leviter 

 eniarginatis, margine laevi integerrimis, coriaceis, adultis integerrimis, costulis patulis 

 utriiique 8 — 10 tenuibus, atrinque prominulis ; stipulis ovatis acurainatis dorso puberu- 

 lis ; receptaculis gemiuis pedunculatis axillaribus, breviter pedunculatis, cum involu- 

 cro bilobo junioribus tenere puberulis. — Rami mox laevigati. Petioli 2 — 5 mm. 

 longi. Folia supra nitida, subtus pallida, utrinque in nervu medio juniora tenera pube 

 conspersa, costulis supra fere magis quam subtus prominulis remotius a margine cnn- 

 junctis, anastomosibus creberrime mlnute et tenere reticulatis haud promlnulis, 6 — 8 

 cent. longa, 3 — 4 supra medium lata. Stipulae 1 cent. longae. Keceptacula nas- 

 centla grani plperls magnltudlne, pedunculum aequantia. — Ficus clusiaefolia Schott 

 in Spr. Syst. veget. IV. 409? — Cresclt in Prov. Mlnarum Brasslllae. 



p. aculiuscula: petiolus 1%, folla 9 cent. longa obovato-oblonga, apice acutiuscula, 

 basl cuneata, ipsa subemarglnata, SVj cent. supra medlum lata. Receptacula bre- 

 visslme pedunculata obovato-globosa, matura glabra 1'^ cent. longa , basi invo- 

 lucro bllobo, apice bractels promlnentlbus clausa. — Crescit in sjivis ad Alme- 

 dam, prov. Babia. 



51. U. ENORME Mlquel I. c. 544. — Folils modice petiolatls obovatis vel oblongo-obo- 

 vatls, apice late rotundntls vel obtuse aplculatls , basi attenuata truncatis vel supra 

 petiolum levlter emarginatls , aequilaterls integerrimls tri- vel subquintupllnerviis ct 

 utrinque venulis costaIibus4 — 6 subpatulls, remotius a marglne blfidis, arcuatim con- 

 junctls, subtus vix ramulosis tenulbus albicantlbus (in sicco), supra cum venulls ana- 

 stomosibusque magis prominulls, In sicco lutescentibus , nervo medio plerumque In- 

 fra apicem terminato. t) — Petioli ^^ — 2 cent., folla 6 — 10 cent. longa, 3 — 5^2 lata, 

 supra nitida. U. clusiaefolio nlmls forsan affine, sed follis latioribus, basi evi- 

 dentlus trinerviis , colore nervorum constantia distinctum. — Ficus eiwrmis Mart. 

 mss. — Crescit in campo prope praedium Parapitinga et alibi in Brasiliae prov. 

 Mlnarum. 



52. U. FAGIFOLIUM Miquel I. c. — • Ramis glabris stipularam cicatricibus annulatis; fo- 

 llis densis brevlter petiolatis elllpticls obtusiusculis vel obtuse apiculatis , basi obtu- 

 sis vel leviter emarginatls Integerrlmis membranaceo-coriaceis, praesertlm subtus fus- 

 cescenti-nitidis qulnquenerviis et utrinque 5 — 7-costatls, costis patulo-erectis , adul- 

 tis glabris, nascentibus pracsertlm subtus in nervis adpresse hlrtis, ramulls nascen- 

 tibus, petioHs, receptaculorum involucrls externls stipullsque villosls. — Specles di- 

 stinctlssima. Petioli 1 — P/4 cent. , folia 9 — 11',« longa, 4% — 5^2 lata, costls patule 

 ascendeiitihus crassis, subtus prominentibus ad marginem conllueiitlbus, anastomoslbus 

 obsoletis, serius tantuin quidquam prominulls. Stipulae lanceolatae cm. haud aequan- 

 tes vlllosae. Receptacula nascentla gemina aslllarla gemmaeformia, involucri phyl- 

 lls extimis (ut in congeneribus deciduis) dense villosls parvis. — Crescit in ripa ca- 

 nalls Taglpurn , prov. Paraensls Brasiliae. 



53. U. FULIGINEUM Miquel I. c. 543. — Ramis glabris ; ramulis, petiolls, receptaculis 

 follisque subtus molliter hirtello-pubescentlbus, postea sparsim glabrescentibus; fo- 

 Ills densls brevlter petiolatls elllptlcls vel obovato-elllpticis obtusls vel obtuse api- 

 culatls, basi acutiusculls vel rotundatis, integerrimis coriaceis, supra in nervls sub- 

 hirtellis, demum subglabratls, subtrinerviis et utrinque circlter 4-costulatls, nervls 

 omnlbus subtus fere obtectls ; receptaculls axlllarlbus geminls , brevlsslrae peduncu- 

 latis, involucro subbllobo vel irregulariter truncato sustentis. ^ — Rami cortice sub- 

 fuscescente laevi plicato. Folia in ramulis densa, in sicco supra atro-fusca, subtus 

 fuliglneo-lilrta , costulls supra subdistinctls, subtus immersis 4'^ — 6'/2 cent. loiiga, 

 2 — 3V3 lata, petlolis % cent. propemodum longis. Stipulae ovatae acutae In gem- 

 mam ovato-conicam sericeo-liirtellara imbiicato-convolutae % cent, paulo superantes. 



