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hus i liiiearil>iis, cxteiiiirilnis inagis ilil.il.itis apirc s.i'pe siibemarginatis. AnthersB 

 oblong», glabr.TD, (|uaiii lil.iMiiiit:i NIm'im [laiilo lunginres. Ovariiiiii rotundatum. 

 Stylus htevis. Sligiiia sii|ii;i'iiis apico iii appemiiciiluiri apice crislalura prolongatiim. 

 Capsula |»arva cca I mm. longa, I mm. lata, serainibus inllata. Semina nigra, parce 

 et brevlter pilosa, appendiculis linoaribus, membranaceis apice obtusis, semine 

 pauld iirevioribus muiiita. 



Habitat lu Brasilia, [irov. Miii. Gera's. in campis ad Val do principe (Mart. v. s. 

 in Hb. Monai. I. 



P. HYGROPHILA, IIBK. 



Radix perpendicularis simph^x vel subramosa, tenuis. Caulis adscendens, erec- 

 tus, angulatus, apici; siiiiplex vel subraiiKisus. Folia iufima verticiliata, superiora 

 i. e. fcrc omnia alterna, lini^aria, glabra; racenii brèves pedunculati, pedunculo 

 sub racemo sublerete nec alato; sepala ovata subaouta, lata; al.T elliptica;, obtusis- 

 sima', V, longiores i|uam latae; crista bilida, lobis latis siibobtusis; petal a superiora 

 oblonga subacula, carinam superantia. Semina ovoidea; appendicula spalhulata 

 7, sera, longitiidine pequantia vel semine iliiplo brevinra, basi angustissima. 



HHK. Gen. Pt. 5, p. 39.i. t. 508. 



Exscc. Spruci' : '-iiSlJ in loco classic. 



Tab. nmtra. \XI, tig. tl — 12. 



Radix tenuis, simplex vel leviter rainnsa, lutea, 2-3 cm. longa. Canlis basi sspe 

 decumbens, dein erectus. simplex vel apice 2-3 ramosus, ramis simplicibus, 

 20-40 cm. longus, iin'dia parte angulatus, superne striatus, nec conspicue alatus, 

 herbaceus. Folia 1-2 X 4 verticiliata, in medio caule et superne alterna, linearia 

 vel lineari-lanceolata 1-2 cm. longa, 1 mm. -2, 5 mm. lata, glabra, acuta. Rami cca 

 10 cm. longi; folia in eis minima. Racemi evoluti, i. e. sub maturitatem 2-2,5 cm. 

 longi, 6 mm. iali, densiflori, apice attenuati vix coraosi. Bracteae lanceolatse, acu- 

 minato-aculeat;e Sepala exteriora paulo longiora quani lata, ovata, acuta. Alîe 

 elliplica-, obtnsa>, apice rotundata», basi atti^nuata\ irirollam involventes et quam ea 

 (uiilto majores, glabrae, nervo medio rainoso, raniis siinpliciter dicliotomis. Petaia 

 superiora in;eiiuilateralia, oblonga, basi atteniiata, apice subacula. Ovarium, 

 Stylus et stigraata ut iu V. Tinioutou. Semina ut in diagnosi indicata, pilis sparsis 

 adpressis uuinita. 



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