SOLANAGBAE 1G1 



3853/ 3 . BRACIIISTUS Wers. 



(Miers in Jardinc and Selby, Annals of natural hisiory [Scr. 2.1 III. pag. 262.), 



Calyx parvus urceolalus, margine integro, vel rarius 4 — 5-dentatu, 

 persistens et non augesceus. Corolla subrotata, tubo brevi, limbo 4 — 5- 

 partito, lobis oblongis acutis, aestivatione valvatis. Stamina 4 — 5, 

 erecta; filamenta imo subdilatafa, paulo supra basin corollae adnata: 

 anlherae oblongae submucronulatae bilobae, Jobis arcte adnatis, margine 

 exteriore dehiscentibus. Ovarium ovatum, disco annulari imo cinctum 

 biloculare, dissepimento lenui utrinque m placentam membranaceam 

 l)ifidam ovuligeram producto, ovulis plurimis. Stylus simplex, longi- 

 tudine staminum. Stigma clavatum subbilobum. Bacca parva globosa, 

 calyce parvulo suffulta bilocularis. Semina compressa, in pulpa aquosa 

 nidulantia sublenticularia, testa aspero-scrobiculata, caetera ignota. — 

 Arbores vel frutices Americae aequinoctialis: folia alterna vel saepius 

 gemina, altero multo minori et heteromorpho, subintegra vel angulato- 

 dentala; tlores axillares fasciculato-congesti, perpauci vel rarius soli- 

 tarii, pedicellis unifloris gracilibus erectis, demum cernuis. 



1. *BR. STRAMONIFOLIUS Miers I. c. pag. *63. — Witheringia stramonifolia H. B. Knth. 



— Wlprs. Repert. III. 30. no. 2. — Habitat in Mexico. 



2. * BR. MACROPHYLLUS Miers I. cit, pag. 263. — Witheringia macrophylla II. B. Knth. 



— WJprs. 1. c. no. 7. — Habitat in Nova Granada. 



3. 'BR. CILIATUS Miers 1. cit. pag. 263. — Witheringia ciliata H. B. Knth. — Wlprs. 

 I. c. no. 8. — Habitat in Nova Granada in Andibus excelsis. 



4. *BR. MOLLIS Miers I. cit. pag. 264. — Witheringia mollis H. B. Knth. — Wlprs. I. c. 

 no. 9. — Habitat in Cachamarca Peruviae. 



5. *BR. RHOMBOIDEUS Miers 1 cit. pag. 264. — Witheringia rhomboidea H. B. Knth. — 

 W 7 lprs. 1. c. 31. no. 10. — Habitat in Nova Granada. 



6. *BR. DUMETORUM Miers 1. c. pag. 265. — Witliermgia dumetorum H. B. Knth. — 



Wlprs. 1. c. 31. no. 11. — Habkat in Nova Granada. 



7. *BR. RIPARIUS Miers. 1. cit. pag. 265. — Witheringia riparia H. B. Kntli. — Wlprs. 

 1. c. 31. no. 12. — Habitat in Nova Granada (Andibus Quinduensibus, alt. 6300 ped.) 



8. BR. HEBEPHYLLUS Miers 1. c. p. 266. & 111. of S. Am. pL tab. 36. — Fruticosus: rainu- 

 lis teretibus; foliis elliptico-lanceolatis attenuato-acuminatis, basi subcuneatis, integris. 

 utrinque molliter incano-pubescentibus; floribus plurimis parvulis 4- meris axillaribus 

 fasciculatis; pedunculis filiformibus, petiolo subaequalibus, pilosis ; calyce piloso ur- 

 ceolato, margine integro ciliato ; corolla rotata . laciniis quatuor oblongis acutis, 

 margine ciliatis, tubo brevi, intus pilosulo ; staminibus brevibus ercctis ; ovario ovato. 

 disco annulari insito ; slylo stamina superante subincurvo; bacca parva , calyce 

 rainimo suffulta. — Habitat in Nova Granada. 



9. BR. OBLONGIFOLIUS Miers 1. cit. pag. 266. & 111. of S. Am. pl. t. 37 A. — Fruticosus : 

 ramulis teneris teretibus glabris ; foliis oblongis, utrinque acuminalis, omnino glabris. 

 breviter petiolatis , inferioribus subcoriaceis rugoso-venosis, superioribus planiusculis 

 submembranaceis geminis, altero tertio vel quarto minore, rhomboideo-ovato, breviter 

 petiolalis; floribus pentameris paucis , fasciculatis (2—4); pedunculis subcernuis, 

 petiolo aequilongis; calyce urceolato brevissime quinquedentato glabro; corolla tubn- 



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