350 Ign. ürban, 



5 — 20 mm longe petiolulato 3 — 5-lobo in petiolulum cuneatim protracto, omnibus acutis v. 

 obtusis sinuato - dentatis , supra setulis brevibus scabriusciilis obsita, setis nunc intermixtis, 

 subtus dense, sed minute albo-pilosa. Flores ex axillis folii alterius v. in parte caulium 

 snperiore ex utriusqne prodeuntes; peduncnlns 3 — 15 mm longus, 0,5 — 0,8 mm crassiis, plus 

 minus curvatus; prophylla anguste linearia 2 — 5 mm longa, 0,2 —0,3 mm lata integra breviter 

 pilosa; pedicelli nnlli. Calycis tubus elliptico -globosus v. globulosus, 5 — 6 mm longus, 

 4 — 5 mm crassus, setis elongatis hispidus et pilis brevissimis glochidiatis densissime obtectus, 

 strlis spiralibus sub anthesi vix conspicuis; lobi in alabastro jam patentes v. divaricati, poste- 

 rius plenimque reflexi, basi inter sese distantes, 3 — 5 mm longi, ad basin 0,5 — 0,8 mm lati, 

 pinnatipaititi, lobulis 3 — 5 linearibus. Petala alabastrum breviter globulosum pentagonum 

 formantia, sub anthesi patentia, „alba" (ex St. Hilaire et Sellow) „flava" (ex Balansa), 

 a latere subobovata saccato-cucullata, infra medium late lineari-unguiculata, lateraliter ad 

 medium non v. vix auriculato - appendiculata, infra cucullum saepius breviter apiculata, 4,5 — 

 8 mm longa, superne 1,8 — 2,5 mm lata, nervis e basi 3, lateralibus in margine ipso curren- 

 tibus, extrinsecus setulis minutissime scabriusculis, pilis brevissimis apice v. superne glochi- 

 diatis et ad marginem inferiorem pilis articulatis dense vestita, setis urentibus parcis adjectis. 

 Squamae 2,5 — 3 mm longae, 1 — 1,2 mm latae, a dorso ovato-oblongae v. oblongo-rectangu- 

 lares, inferne paullo latiores, ad basin incurvae, vertice truncatae v. levissime emarginatae, 

 subrevolutae et calloso-incrassatae, dorso „inferne luteae, apice aurantiacae" v. ex Sellow 

 „apice margine reflexo roseo, dorso farcia lata purpureo-rubra pictae; dentes dorsales sordide 

 aurantiaci", minutissime papilloso-scabrinsculae, in ' /, — 2/.^ aif ßj^ 3 filiformia squama bre- 

 viora minute scabriusculo-pilosa emittentes, nervis inferne 3 ad filorum insertionem bifurcis, 

 sed partim conspicuis, margine laterali incurvo ad apicem sensim latiore, pilis simplicibus 

 brevibus dense fimbriato-ciliatae. Staminodia 2 interiora squamam paullo superantia, 2,5 — 

 3 mm longa, quoad inclusa latiuscula falcata, basi ima paullo dilatata, dorso manifeste pa- 

 pulosa, supra squamam subito filiformi-contracta, filo valde abbreviato quam pars inferior 

 6 — 10-plo breviore. Filamenta 45 — 55, bene evoluta 3,5 — 4,5 mm longa filiformia glabra; 

 antherae juniores globuloso-snbquadratae, apice et praesertim basi emarginatae, 0,4 — 0,5 mm 

 longae ac latae, in -/-^ alt. affixae, lateraliter, sed paullo intus dehiscentes. Stylus linearis, 

 postremo 3,5 — 4,5 mm longus, fere usque ad apicem pilis patentibus minute antrorsum spinuli- 

 geris dense hirtus, in parte '/2 — ^/s snperiore striis 5 stigmatosis notatus, in fructu basi ima 

 incrassatns, caeternm marcescens. Ovarium vertice pilis minute antrorsum spinuligeris v. 

 scabriusculis erectis brevibus hirsutum. Capsula globulosa er. 15 mm diametro fuscescens, 

 pilis brevissimis glochidiatis scaberrimis densissime obtecta et praesertim inferne parce setosa, 

 spira dimidia; carpidia medio placentis 2V-2 — 3-plo crassiora, ad basin versus sensim an- 

 gustata, intus usque ad dimidium frnctus radium subcuneatim producta, ventre late sulcata, 

 sed membrana clausa et pilis superne eximie verticillatim glochidiatis inferne antrorsum 

 spinuligeris dense obsita; placentae extrinsecus inter carpidia subaequaliter prominentes, intus 

 sensim tenuiores, in parte dimidia interiore sicut carpella glochidiato-pilosae. Semina nigres- 

 centia subanguste ovata v. ovato-oblonga, eximie acuminata, 2,5 — 3 mm longa, 1 — 1,3 mm 

 lata, transversim subteretia v. paullo compressa, irregulariter gibbosa; testa exterior e fibris 

 ad apicem acuminis dilaceratis v. secedentibus constituta, intermedia plus minus gibberosa acu- 

 minata, minute nigro-punctata, interior eximie ovalis. 



Habitat in Brasiliae eiv. Minas Geraes prope Caldas in ripa amnis Rio Verde: 

 Regnell III n. 643 et 643b, ibidem in Serra de Caldas ad terram nudam silvae pri- 



