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infra | alt. ortis noveno-nerviis , amentis erecto-patulis folio 

 breviorihus, bracteis pellato-conchaeforraibus , vertice glan- 

 daloso subtriangulari vel rolundato convexo croceo-ciliatis, 

 stigmatibus 3 lineari-lanceolalis erecto-recurvis , basi in stylom 

 brevem confluenlibus , baccis obovatis. 



Habitat in Brasilia meridionali ad St. Paul (Guillerain! 

 n. 376 in Herb. De Less.), in Brasilia (Sellow ! in Herb. rag. 

 berol.) 



Frutcx dichotome ramosus, nodosus, ramis ramulisque teretiusculis 

 Tel subtrigoais, uno latere compressiusculis , striatis, internodiis If — 5 

 cent, longis. Nodi tumidiusculi griseo-marginati. Folia patula, subco- 

 riacea subtilissime pellucido-punctulata , supra glabra laevia, subobscura 

 nervis lineata, vetustiora bullosa, subtus t'uscescenli-glaucescentia, vix 

 nitidula, ad lentem glanduloso-punctata, inpriinis versus basin pilis spar- 

 sissimis patulis minutis in nervis obsita, pctiolis postice puberulis, de- 

 mum glabratis , antice canaliculatis et prope basin stipulae dorso adnatae 

 vestigio instructis 1 — tere 1^ cent, longis sustenta , oblique et pleratjue 

 panllo angastius ovata, inaequilatera , basi parum inaequali rotundata 

 vel obtusa , ima basi ipsa paullisper ad petiolum detracta , raarginibus 

 leviter revoluta , versus apicem attenuata et longius acuminata , acumine 

 acuto, superiora 12—14 cent, longa, 5^—6 lata; inleriora oblique 

 ovata acuminata 22 cent, longa, et 11 1 lata; e nervo medio percurrente 

 proxime ad basin (nee nltro f— | alt.) utrinque 4 (in interioribus 5) 

 nervi validiores oriuntur (hinc folium noveno-nervium) quorum summus 

 ad apicem percurrit, anastomosibus adscendentibus prominulis jimcti. 

 Stipula oppositifolia lanceolata, acuminata, nervosa, carinata, marei- 

 nibus membranacea 2J — fere 3 cent, longa. Amenta oppositifolia 

 juniora patula, matura crectiuscula, pedunculis birtello-puberulis eras- 

 sis 1 — 3 mm. longis sustenta, recta cylindrica obtusa 5 — 6 cent, longa, 

 florentia 5, baccifera 6—7 mm. crassa. Flores subannulatim dispositi. 

 Bracteae peltato-conchaelbrmes , vertice subtriangulari vel rotundato 

 glanduloso demum valde convexo subliemisphaerico , ambitu pilis crassis 

 brevibus fimbriato, antice ipsoque pedicello in plurimis concbaelbrmi- 

 concavae marginibns tenuibus, pedicello postice aaguloso-acutato. Sta- 

 mina an 4, exserta, filamentis glabris tereti-angulosis infra anthcram 

 pauUo incrassatis cumque ea articulatis plerisque persistentibus , antheris 

 atro-fuscis oblongo-subsagittatis, effoetis oblongis demum obovato-clavatis 

 loculis anguste oblongis rima laterali hiantibus dissepimentosis diutius 

 persistentibus. Ovarium obovatum tri-tetragonum , vertice semip^loboso- 

 protracto, in stylum brevem contracto, stigmatibus 3, rare 4 lineari- 

 lanccolatis rccurvulis, supra puberulis. Baccae immaturae obovatae, 

 tri-tetiagonae , vertice libero plerumque a latere compressac semiglobosae, 



