KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND. 33. N:o 2. 109 



Caulis teretiusculus v. costulis 2 parum elevatis obsolete sulcato-angulatus, altus, 

 firuius, succulento-carnosus, Hörens pi'ocumbens, demum squarroso-ramosus, glaber, e basi 

 innovationes, erectas, robustas, apice dense foliiferaa emittens, foliis inferioribus tnox 

 deciduis. Folia alterna, rhomboideo-oblonga, inaequilatera, basi in petiolum longiusculuin 

 attenuata, apice breviter contracta, obtusiuscula v. breviter acuminata, acumine ipso obtusiu- 

 sculo (sed variant elliptieo-rhombea — sublanceolata), tenuia, plana, vix carnosa, 5 — 9- 

 nervia, nervis infimis utrinque 3 — 4 ad v. paullo supra basin solutis, haud ad apiceru 

 ductis, nervo mediano percurrente, subtus prominente, utrinque nervis 1 — 2 eniittente 

 (nervis supra subimpressis), glabra v. apice ipso ciliolata, inferiora mox superiora demum 

 fere omnia decidua, petiolis cauliculatis glabris; folia innovationum infima rotundata, breviter 

 acuminata, caatera obovata. Amenta primo erectiuscula, demum patentia et squarrosa, 

 terminalia et axillaria, apice caulis et ramorum saepe fasciculatim disposita, filiformia, 

 densitlora, folia 2 — o-plo superantia, pedunculis teretibus glabris, petiolum + sequantibus. 

 Bractem pallidse, parva 1 , rotundata?, erecto-patentes v. demum subadpressse. Baccce globosas, 

 viscoso-papillosrc, apice scutello parvo, obliquo, postice breviter producto, medio stigmatifero 

 prseditse. 



Distributio geographica: Brasilia (Sellow in Hb. Berol.), Minas Geraes (Widgren in Hb. Stockholm.), ibidem 

 ad Caldas ad terrara v. in truncis putridis scandens (Henschen & Regneil n:o III, 1431 in Hb. Stock- 

 holm, et in IIb. Ups., Mosen n:o 1028 1. c), Säo Paulo, Serra de Caracol ad saxa silvae primsevae 

 (Mosen n:o 1671 in Hb. Stockholm.). 



4. P. alata Ruiz & Pav. 



Flor, peruv., v. 1, p. 31, 1798; A. Dietr. Sp. v. 1, p. 149, 1831; Miq. Syst. Pip. 

 p. 87; C. DG, Prodr. 16: 1, p. 418; Henschen, Etudes Pep. p. 40. P. alata ß ptero- 



caulis C. DC. Prodr. 16: 1, p. 418 & y angustifolia C. DC. 1. c. — P. pterocaulis Miq. 

 Syst. Pip. p. 86; Miq. in Mart. FI. bras., f. XI, p. 11; Miq. in Arch. Neerl. p. 170. - 

 P. Velloziana Miq. p.p. in Mart. Fl. bras. f. XI, p. 11 (quod Spec. a Mart. leeta in 

 Corcovado);? Miq. in Linnea v. 20, p. 122. — P. dendrophila Gris., Cat. pl. cub., p. 64 

 (excl. n:o 1688). 



Fig. Ruiz & Pav. 1. c, Tab. 48, fig. b; Henschen 1. c, Tab. IV, tig. 5. 



Caulis pro majore parte erectus, basi decumbens et ramos swpe approximatos 

 emittens, superne simplex v. apice rainosus, basi parum apice sat multum flexuosus, in- 

 ferne teres, superne foliis decurrentibus + anguste — late alatus, carnosus, basi firmus 

 sa>pe purpurascens, e nodis iinis radicans. Folia alterna, ovato-lanceolata v. obloniin- 

 lanceolata — lanceolata, longe et oblique acuminata, inferiora- ovato-elliptica, acuta — 

 acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem triquetro-canaliculatum attenuata, tenuia, aubmem- 

 branacea, reticulo nervorum conspicuo, 3— 5(— 7)-nervia, nervis subtus elevatis, mediis tres 

 supra basin solutis, utrinque glabra, apice ssepius ciliolata, rubro-punetulata. Amenta 

 terminalia et axillaria, stepe solitaria v. false bijugata, longissima, sensiin attenuata, foliuin 

 sa>pe duplo superantia, densitlora, rubropunetata, pedunculis brevissiiuis, finnis, petiolum 

 sequantibus v. paullum superantibus. Bractem minuta?, crassiuscula?, subadpressaä. Baccce 



