7.5 mm wide, pedicel 3 - 5.5 mm long, 0.9 - 1.2 mm wide, tepals usually deciduous for the most 
part, leaving just the base at the hypanthium rim, rarely deciduous as one piece. 
Flowers present from September through December; ripe fruits in March. This species 
grows in Araucaria forests, but it has been recorded (undoubtly by mistake) also in Varzea 
forest, at an altitude between 200 and 1000 m. This species is rather common in the forests of 
southeastern Brazil, from Sado Paulo to Rio Grande do Sul. 
Paratypes. BRAZIL. Parana: Rio Negro, Doce Grande, (fl), G. Hatschbach 3644 (MBM, 
RB); Irati, March 1916, P. Dusén s/n (S); Ponta Grossa, 22 September 1911, P. Dusén s/n (S); 
Morretes, (fr), P. Dusén 4460 (S). Rio Grande do Sul: Sao Francisco de Paula, Faz. Englert, 
(fl), B. Rambo 546/12 (RB). Santa Catarina: Florianopolis, Morro do Ribeirao, 400 m, (fl), R. 
Klein 6921 (RB); Florianopolis, Morro do Ribeirao, 300 m, (fr), R. Klein 8208 (RB): 
Florianopolis, Saco Grande, 200 m, (fl), R. Klein 6897 (RB); Florianopolis, Morro Costa da 
Lagoa, 350 m, (fl), R. Klein 7970 (RB); Ibirama, Horto Florestal I.N.P., 350 m, (fr), R. Klein 
1924 (B, G, RB, SP); Ibirama, Horto Florestal I.N.P., 350 m, (fr), R. Klein 26/0 (RB, SP); 
Ibirama, Horto Florestal I.N.P., 250 m, (fr), R. Klein 1882 (RB); Imarui, Rio Novo, Aguas 
Mornas, 500 m, (fl), R. Klein 10538 (MBM, RB); Lajes, Encruzilhada, 900 m, (fl), R. Klein 3195 
(RB, SP); Papanduva, Serra do Espigao, 1000 m, (fl), R. Klein 3990 (RB, SP); Porto Uniao, Pdco 
Preto, 750 m, (fl), R. Klein 3738 (RB); Rio do Sul, Matador, 350 m, Reitz & Klein 7574 (RB); 
Sabia, Vidal Ramos, 750 m, (fl), R. Klein 2265 (RB, SP); Sao Paulo: Sao Paulo, Serra da 
Cantareira, J. Baitello 369 (SPSF); Sao Paulo, Serra da Cantareira, (fl), 21 October 1979, /. 
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