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Tab. Hoslra Wlll, lit;. 13-i:i. 



Radix perpenditMil.iris, liitoa, siil)lii,'nos,i. wc tilnnsa ul iliril Bcnni't I. c.Caiilis 

 30-.S() ciii. alliis. (Iiifii.^, ri.nidiis, tiilrnir siiiipli'x. sii|ii'nie vaille rainosus, ti'res, 

 glaJMT, iiiiispiciie sliiatiis. l'ca l-oiiim. crassiis, iiinliisvel siiliiiiidiis. Folia minuta, 

 S(|iiaiiiif()rinia, dura, ^lahra. in l'aiiiis. sa-pc lini'aria cl 2 iinn, Idiii^a, in cauli snepe 

 nnlla vid uvatu-aenla. niimira. Haci'ini o-S mm. Iniigi. Iiasi cca •inuii. lali, |)vrami- 

 daies, niimerosi, dcnsillori. laclii llorilms dilapis elongata, 1 ,5-3,ocm.longa, minu- 

 lissime sed aciile Inhcnidala, ladulilbiini, duia, glalira. Flores parvi, confertis- 

 simi, cca. 2-3 cm. longi, !îiili>issili's. Rraclea' ariita; siibciliata', decidiia'. Sepala 

 extérinra inaTpialia. snpi'rins uvalMni, antiia duo anunstc clliplica, glabra, nervis 3 

 notala'. Ala'quam carina rrislala liii'vi(iri's,elli|)lico-ohovala' liasi liaud acuta'.apice 

 suhrevoluta», nervis trihiis simplicihus nolata', cioceo-maculata', ()litusa=,nec a[)icii- 

 lata-. Petalasuperiora, iriegularia,lanceo!ata,obtnsa, carinam alque alassuperantia, 

 per fere dimiilinni rnni lidio staminali ('onnata ; hasi ciincate attenuata. Carina» 

 limtins latns, nngnii'ido |ihis ipiam ilnplo longior, i[i ille subito attenuatus. Oisia 

 iiK'iso-lobata, lobis arniis miMnliianac.i'is nec anguste linearibus, speciosa. .4ntbe- 

 r;e obovatie, glabra>. in lubo staminali subsessiles. Ovarium ellipticum, slylus lon- 

 gior, reclus, anguslns apice et dorso geniculalus. Sligma superins vaginil'orme, 

 appendicidum tenue apice cristatam ampleclans, inferius obtusum prominens. 

 Fructus ovato-ellipticus vel orbicularis, nlis persitentibns dijnidio bievior, glaber. 

 Semina parva, oblonga, curvala, nigra, pilis albis ligidis pane birsnta ; appendi- 

 cula iluo descendentia semine triplo brevioia. 



Habitat in Brasilia' prov. 'Minas Tieraes ; in campis ad serra de S. Anto(Mart.v.s.) 

 Faz Hntas : Pohl. (Hb. Monac. v. s.), 2938. 



P. NUDICAULIS, A.-W. Bennel. 



l'.auiis adscendens.subsimplex. Ilexnosns, slrialus, aphyllus, rigidns, glaber, foiiis 

 subnullis ; racenii parvi coniii. latérales densillori, llorilms pedicellatis; sepala 

 exleriora insequalia ; al;<i mullo majores corolki longiores; fructus parvus ; semina 

 nigra, hispida, breviter strophiolata. 



A.-W. Bennet in Mart. 11. Bras. I. e. p. 20. 



Caulis l-l ' /, pedalis ilm'us, IVagilis, adniodum slrialus, vel fere angulosus, suba- 



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