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teuuiasculis l§-ferc 3 cent, longis sastenta, rectiuscula, cylindrica acn- 

 tiuscula, baccitera 9-10 cent, longa, basi 3mm. crassa. Bractcae pedi- 

 cellatae peltatae, pelta triangular! medio glabra glandalosa ambita flavo- 



ciliata. margins superiore juventute subinflexa. Stamina , antherae 



sordidc flavae renitbrmes. Baccae obovato-triangulares, angulis verticis 

 rotundatis, vertice ipso concaviusculo , in junioribus stigmatibus 3 ab- 

 breviatis in adultis eorum cicatrice umbonatis, verruculosis. Semen con- 

 ibrme angulis acutatis, faciebus concaviasculis, nigrum nitidulum areola- 

 tum, 1 mm. pauUo longius (sec. sp. cit.) 



Habitu Peltobryis baud absimilis, sed ob genitalium structuram buc 

 coUocata. 



169. Artanthc rlvlnoides. Piper Kunth! olim. Schil- 

 leria Kunth! I, c. p. 682. Ramulis petiolis foliisque utrinque 

 glabris, his raembranaceis opacis subtilissime pellucido-punc- 

 talis, oblique elliplicis vel subovato-ellipticis , basi subaequali 

 aculis, apice satis subito et suboblique acaminatis, costis pri- 

 mariis' utrinque 4—5, araentis rectis folio vix brevioribus, pe- 

 dunculo petiolum subaequante, bracteis apice cucullato-innexis 

 ibique subrhoraboideo-conchaeformibus glabris, stigmatibus 3 

 recurvatis, baccis obovato-cuneatis trigonis vel subtriquetris 

 umbonatis, seminibus tri-rarius telraquetris. 



Habitat in Brasilia meridionali, prope Rio Janeiro (Gau- 

 dich.! n. 1109 in Herb. Da Less.), in monte Telegraphico et 

 prope St. Christovar (Luschnath! in Herb. reg. berol.) 



Frutex dicbotome ramosus, nodosus; rami teretes ramulique sulcati 

 anrulosi glabri; internodiis 3-3i cent, longis. Folia patula, membra- 

 r>acea, snbtilitcr pellucido-punctata, obscura, supra grammeo-vmdia, sub- 

 tus parumpallidiora, utrinque glabra, petiolis glabris teretmscub. antice 

 canaliculatis U cent, circiter longis sustenta, oblique elbpt.ca ahquando 

 .ubovato-elliptica, basi subaequali acuta rarissime obtusmscula , apice 

 subito longiuscule et oblique acuminata, acumine acnt.usculo, margmibus 

 plana, 11-13| cent, longa, 5^-6 lata. E nerve medio percurrente 

 subtu inprimis prominente utrinque 4-5 costae majores adscendentes (pla- 

 resque multo tenuiores magis patulae) quarum summa ad | alt. a bas. 

 orla ad apicem per^urrit; infima subtilissima marginal, et duae sequen- 

 tes remotius a basi ortae tortiores ultra medium parallele adscendunt; 

 omnes prominulae anastomosibus transversis conjungunlur. Slipula op- 

 positiMia serius decidua, lanceolata, subulata, glabra, parum curvata, 

 l.-fere 2 cent, longa. Amenta erecto-patula , pedunculo glabro tere 

 IX cent longo petiole paullo crassion. sustenta, cylindrica, recta, bacci- 

 tia 8-10 Jt. longa, Fn««™ columbinam crassa. Bractea camasa 



