MONOr.KAl'HIA l'ULVGALACEAKUM. 261 



M,'ilii(:il III ItrasiliM. 

 )■((/■. iniijnxlifolia. 



liiliis (iiiiiiiliiis aiiLtiislidi'iliiis (^"/» "/. l'un-'- 



leg. iii Brasilia loco non ailiiiclo I'dIiI (llli. Munai'). 



e Folia litii'barea. 

 P. MOOL'INIANA, Sl-Hil. 



llaiilis iIcciiiiilii'iLs, (li'in l'i'i'cliis ; Ihlia iiiiinenisa ovato-elliplica, inucronulala; 

 rac.iinii capitati globosi, (iensillori. longe peiluiiciilali ; corolla croceo-inaculata; 

 al.T ncut;p; semina cylindrica niolliter puliescentia. 



Sl-Hil. Fl. Bras. nUM-id. Il, p. 30. t. 86; A. -W. Bminct. in Mart. FI. Bras. p. i3. 



l'ailles ca'spitnsi, inl'ra snblignosi, lO-'-'Otin. long!, glabri, ramosi ; ranii vir- 

 gati, slriati. piibi>!-iili. Folia 0-10 mm. Iniiga, 3-i,.5 mm. lata, alterna, acnla vrl 

 niucronata, marginibiis snliievoUila. piinclis panels, glandulusis ilonata. Racemi 

 terminales, 10-15 luni. longi, 15 mm. lali. Flores conferti, pedicellati, 3-5 mm. 

 longi ; bracteu' parva', deeidna\ ^epala exleriora snba^qualia. ovata, acuta, niar- 

 ginibiis nieinbranaceis leviler glandnloso-pimclala; ala?concav,i' ovala^ vel oliovata', 

 acuta! vel mlu•rnnata^ corollam vix snperaiites, se|ialis exterioribus diiplo longiores, 

 glandnlos;p. C.arina cristata, ilorso-glanduloso-punetata, petala superiora snblibera. 

 Stylus brevis, ciassus, subreclus. Fruclus orbicnlaris 3 mm. longus et lalus, emar- 

 ginalus, leviler glanduloso-punclalus. Semina cylindrica, pubescentia, slrnpliiolata, 

 caruncula biap|iendii'nlala.. 



Habitat in campis prope piieiliiini viilgo Fa/.eiiila de .lagnariabiba, in parle 

 prov. S. l'auli dicla (Janipos (leraes, neciion prope pai;nliini Fregnzia Nova in parle 

 auslrali ejusdem iirovincia' ; St-Uil. in eadem. l'rov.: Weir, n" 332, lest. Benn. 



P. OBOV.\TA, Sl-llil. 



Radix valdi! ramosa, magna: eaubjs iinmerosissiini dimse ca'spilosi basi sulTru- 

 tlcosi, dein berbacei, puberuli; folia nnmerosa elliptico-lanceolala, acumiuala vel 

 intevdum obovala, sub[iellucido-punctata; racemi capilali , densillori; llores longe 



