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^inoris, s«bn,tundus, n.ger, hirsatiusculo-hispidus (Circaeae). Floret 

 nrimo vere. Sapor amarus nee aromaticus." Swartz. 1. c. - in sp. 

 Hb Wind. cauUs subglaber succulentus , folia alterna saturate vxruba, 

 Ldula, supra glabra! juniora piUs albis hispidula, ^^^^^f^^^^^ 

 diora, niprc^punctata, triangulari-rotundata qu.nqucnervia basi truncato 

 ^rd, 8-10 mn.. longa, 9-12 lata, petioli glabn, jumores h.- 

 piduli 8-7 mm. Amenta juvenilia 2 mm. longa. 



5 Acrocarpidium sellovlanum. Erecliusculum di 

 chotome ramosum tenerriraum, caule ramisque subglabris, 

 foliis allernis petiolalis utrinque setis albis brevi arliculalis 

 inslructis, triangulari- vel subreniformi-rotundatis vel semior- 

 |,icularibus quinque- vel quintuplinerviis , amentis axillanbus 

 ft terminalibus filiforraibus longe pedunculatis reraoUflons, 

 ovario oblongo glabro stylo brevi sligmaleque capitellato , baccis 

 breviter pedicellatis ovalo-oblongis laevibus rostellatis. 

 Habitat in Brasilia (Sallow.! in Herb. reg. berol.) 

 A. hispid ulo proximum, sed ovario baccisque glabris 

 aliisqae notis abunde diversum. 



Plantaelcgans, P. bymenophyllae , P. pellucidae speciminibus minori- 

 bus baud absimilis, e radice tenui tasciculato-fibrosa caulcs plures 

 dicbotome ramosos erectos 10—18 cent, altos succulentos in sicco glabros 

 vel glabriusculos pellucidos tenuibus vasorura fibris percursos cmittens , 

 baud nodosos, internodiis 2—6 cent, longis. Folia in sicco tenuissime 

 pellucido-membranacea , supra laete, sublus palHdc viridia, utrinque 

 setis sparsis albis pro specie crassis brevi- articulatis instructa , infcnora 

 minora quam supcriora, petiolis tenuibus antice canaliculatis sparse 

 setosis vel glabralis 2-10 mm. longis sustenta, triangulari- vel rcniformi- 

 rotuRdata, quaedam omnino rotundata, alia fere semiorbiculana , mmora 

 6-7 mm. longa, 7—8 late, majora 10 longa et 12 lata, tcnuiter qum- 

 que- vel quintuplinervia, nervo medio pcrcurrcnte simplici vel parce ra- 

 muloso, anastomosibus fere nullis, ncrvulo saltern tenm circum lolu 

 margines decurrente. Amenta axillaria vel plerumque lolio termmah 

 ramulorum opposita , solitaria, filitormia, demum valde remotiflora 

 1—1 J cent, longa, pcdunculis If— 2 cent, longis patenti-setosis (setis 

 articulatis, arliculis cylindricis in sicco altcmatim Confcrvarum ad instar 

 contractis) sustenta. Braetcae mcmbranaceac subsessiles oblongo-rotun- 

 datae , marginibus deflcxae. S t a m i n a 2 lateralia , f i 1 a m e n t i s bre vibus 

 cylindricis, antberis subglobosis dilute subalbicanti-flavis, loculis a^v 

 positis. Ovarium sessile oblongum glabrum patens, stylo brevi, stig- 

 mate capilcllalo iusco subtilissimc pubcrulo cito glabrato. Bacca brevi- 



