422 



umbonalum, subscrobicdatum , castaneo-l'uscum opacum. Albumen 

 sordide album subcorneum (sec. sp. cit.) 



56. Artanthe Jflartlana. Piper Kunth! olim. Schilleria 

 ejusd.! in Linnaea I. c. p. 690. Ramulis petiolis foliisque utrin- 

 que glabris, coriaceo-raembranaceis obsolete pellucido-punc- 

 tulatis, oblique ovalis longiuscule acuminalis, basi aequali vel 

 leviter inaequali rotundatis, quintuplinervi-costalis, araentis 

 rectis obtusis patulis folio quater brevioribus, pedunculo pe- 

 liolo breviore, bracteis cucuUafo-inflexis subconchaeforraibus 

 glabris. basi villosulis, sligraalibus 3 filiformi-elongatis. 



Habitat in Brasilia raeridionali (Sellow! in Herb. reg. 

 berol.) 



Frutex dichotome ramosus, nodosus, ram is teretibus tusce-griseis stria- 

 tis laevibas ramulistjue una facie plerumque planiusculis glabris, inter- 

 nodiis 3—9 cent, longis. Folia coriaceo-membranacea, obsolete pellucido- 

 punctata, supra opaca pallida viridia ad lentem atomulis albidis adspersa 

 subtus pallidiora laevla subnitidula, utrinque glaberrima, ovala, plerum- 

 que obhqua et inaequ.latera , basi aequali vcl leviter inaequali rotundata, 

 apice longmscule et angusle acuminata, acumine obtusiusculo, margini- 

 bus leviter revoluta, 9-11 cent, longa, 4-5^ lata, petiolis l-lA 

 cent, longis, glabns, antice canahculatis sustenta; e nervo medio percur! 

 rente et subtus promincnte utrinque fere e basi duae costae, quaram 

 superior lortior, et tertia in medio vel infra medium oritur, aliaeque 

 tenues magis patulae potms venuiae, prominulae; anastomoses reticulatae 

 Tix prominulae. Stipula oppositifolia baud diu persislcns, lanceolato- 

 subulata, naviculari-convoluta, glabra, 1 cent, circiter lon-ra. Amenta 

 subpatnla recta cylindrica obtusa, 2|-3i cent, longa, 2! mm. crassa 

 pedunculis tenuibus glabris 6 mm. longis suslenta. Bracteae cucnl- 

 lato-inflexae, subconcbacformes, carnosae, glabrae, vertice subrotundatae, 

 basi villosulae. Stamina quot? filamentis teretibus, antbcris ovato- 

 reniformibus, bilocularibus , sordide llavis, loculis connectivo crasso scpa- 

 ratis rima ampla biantibus. Ovarium subglobosum, glabrum, .ti-nfa- 

 tibus 3 exsertis fililormi-elongatis , sublinearibus, primum erectis*' basi 

 conniventibus, dein recnrvatis (sec. sp. cit.) 



A. xylosteoidi partinm structura valde affinis, sed fbliorum forma, 

 pedunculis, petiolisque facile discemenda. 



57. Artanthe xylosteoldes. Schillena xylostioides 

 Kunth! in Linnaea I. c. p. 677. Piper Steud. Ramulis petio- 

 lis foliisque utrinque glabris, his crassiuscule raembranaceis 



