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usque fere duplo superantia 2,5 — 3,5 mm longa lineari-subulata, setaceo-aciiminata, supra basin 

 subrectangulariter curvata plana, pilis laevibus (rarissime hinc illinc scabriusculis) simplicibus 

 V. articulatis brevibus obsita, superne v. ad apicem papilloso-scabrida. Filamenta er. 100 

 petalis basi ima adnata et inter sese coalita, bene evoluta 3 — 4 mm longa; antherae juniores 

 subqnadratae usque rectangulari- ovales 0,4 — 0,5 mm longae, 0,3 — 0,4 mm latae, in 1/3 — 2^. 

 alt. inter crura, sed manifeste magis ad dorsum versus affixae, lateraliter, sed manifeste magis 

 intus versus dehiscentes, defloratae ovales. Stylus postremo 2,5 — 3,5 mm longus, vix 0,2 mm 

 crassns, supra basin breviter pilosulus v. hirtus, basi ima setis parcis adjectis, superne v. 

 omnino glaber, trigonus, lineis 3 stigmatosis breviter decuiTentibus, in fructu non elongatus 

 nee incrassatus. Ovarium sub anthesi supra lobos calycinos breviter eonico-produetum et 

 hoc loco pilis lougiusculis setiformibus albidis minutissime scabriuseulis dense vestitum; 

 placentae 3 lanceolato-lineares convexae medio dorso affixae, cireumcirea Ovula numerosissima 

 oblonga borizontalia gereutes. Capsula lobis calyeinis erectis coronata, basi rotundata, rare 

 acuta, 8 — 12 mm longa, 7 — 12 mm crassa, pilis apice glochidiatis scabrida, setis nunc parcis 

 nunc crebris intermixtis, flavido-brunnea, intus flavida glabraque, intra lobos calycinos usque 

 ad calycem 3-valvis, valvis triangularil)us usque semiorbieularibus margine supero incrassatis; 

 placentae 3 toroso -prominentes transversim semiorbiculari- trianguläres nigrescentes, basin 

 capsulae non, valvas vix atfingentes, funiculis subnullis orbiculo cireumcirea flavido v. pallide 

 brunneo et annulatim inerassato notatis. Semina numerosissima irregulariter pluri-(9 — 12-) 

 seriata horizontaliter disposita, ariguste ovata v. ovato-oblonga 1 — 1.5 mm longa, 0,4 — 0,6 mm 

 crassa; testa exterior brunnea v. brunneo-nigrescens elevatim et longitrorsum reticulato-nervosa 

 et praeterea vesiculis flavo -brunneis crebris vestita, interior pallide Hava; endospermium 

 mediocre. Embryo subteres oblongo-linearis; radicula cotj'ledonibus paullo longior. 



Habitat in Brasiliae austro-orieutalis civit. Rio de Janeiro: N. J. Anderssou, 

 Casaretto n. 1551, Gardner u. 51, Gaudieliaud n. 1037, Glaziou n. 193, Reguell u. 80, 

 Riedel n. 728, St. Hilaire A' n. 392, Sebott n. 5821, 5822, Widgren; prope Tocaja: 

 Mikan; ad Serra da Bica prope Cascadura in rupibus: Schwacke n. 5140; ad St. Cruz: 

 Sellow L. n. 462 et ex Vellozo; prope Praya grande: Glaziou n. 8317, Riedel 564; in 

 silvis primaevis densis et in bumidiusculis ad rivulos montium: Martins obs. n. 123, 

 Mendonca n. 185, Schenck n. 1815; prope Praya Vermelha: Luschnath; in sylvis prope 

 Tijuea: Ule n. 3787; in eivit. Minas Geraes in parte dieta Minas novas prope S. Miguel 

 ad flumen Jequitinhonha: St. Hilaire B' n. 1544; inter Vittoria et Bahia: Sellow n. 1054; 

 in civit. Bahia ad Ilheos: Princ. Neuwied n. 83; loeo non adnotato: Beyrich, Glaziou 

 n. 12025, 14856, Pohl, Sellow n. 633, Wawra et Maly; e Paraguay: Rengger. 



Floret totum per annum. — V. s. in Lerb. Berol., Boissier-Barbey, Candolle, Delessert, 

 Holm., Lips., Martii, Monac, Paris, hört. PetropoL, Schenck., Schwacke, Turicens., Vindobon. — 

 Planta olim culta in hört. bot. Berol. 



79. Loasa rupestris Gardn. eaulibus usque metralibus, superne aphyllis; foliis 

 alternis ovatis v. ovato-oblongis, basi cordatis, 5 — 12 cm longis pinuatifido-lobatis; in- 

 florescentiis in panniculam aphyllam colleetis cincinnosis 10 — 14-floris; petalis 3 — 4,5 mm 

 longis; staminibus 65 — 100; Capsula infera semiovali; seminibus elevatim spiraliter 

 striatis et praeterea vesiculosis. 



