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Plate 1290. 



beichenbachia hirsuta 



Ntctagine.^. 



Feriantliium exinyolucratum, tubulosum, ore brcvissime obliquo 

 4-5-deiitato, dentibus erectis lanceolatis obtusiuscnlis sabeequalibus v. 

 2-3 ceteris longioribus induplicato-valvatis. Stamina 2, raris^imo 3, 

 hypogyna, inclusa, filamentis elongatis filiformibus complanatis ; an- 

 ifcherse dorso affixae, obtusae, localis sejuuctis oblongis. Ovarium oblique 

 oblongam, compressnm, basi attenuatum, apice oblique truucatum, 

 stellato-toraentosum ; stigniate e papillis subterminalibus ; ovulum 

 basilare, -l-anatropum, funiculo brevi. UtHculus basi periantlii accre- 

 scentis tenuiter coriacei basi subcostati inclusus, pericarpio coriaceo- 

 tomentoso. Semen subglobosum, basi rostellatum, sessile, erectum, 

 levifcer compressum, testa tenuiter Crustacea piceo-nitida, albuminis 

 strato tcnui carnoso; embryonis uncinati cotyledones conduplicatse, 

 radicula cotyledonura longitudiue, apice acuto rostello testa incluso. 

 Frutex V. arbuscula pilis stellatis griseo-piilescem, ramulis teretihus. 

 Folia hreviter petiolafa^ alterna, ovata^mhaaita, integerrima, last acuta, 

 apice glandula nuda oUusltiscnla terminata, nervis supra obscuris suhtiis 

 temdhus arcuatis, Flores mmerosi, axiUares^ fascictdati, pedicellati^ 

 tomentosij pedicellis hasi minute bracteolaiis, 



E. hirsuta; Spreng. in Btdl Soc, Philom. 1823, p. 54, t. 1. 



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Hab. Brazil, Sprengel ; Paraguay, in hedges at Assumption. 

 Balansa. 



Arbuscula ramossissima, 2-3-metralis (Balansa). Folia l|-2-poll. 

 longa, supra laride riridia, snbtus grisca v. juniora albescentia ; 

 petfolo gracile |-pollicari. Flwes suberecti v. patentee, pedicello gracili. 

 Perianthium |-poll. longum, fructiferum elongatura, tenuiter coriaceum, 

 10-nervosum, sed vis costatura, dentibus saepe irregularibus, fcubo 

 intus glabro. Stamina 3 rarissime occurrunt, quorum 2 collateralia ; 

 filamentorum lateribus complanatis ovarii oppositis glaberrimis ; anthe- 

 rarum loculi sequales v. subinaequales. Ovarium stellato-pubescens, 

 apicem versus tomentosam oblique truncatnm et stigmatiferum. 



A very little known plant, of which there is no other description or 

 figure than that quoted above. I do not find the tips of the leaves to 

 be produced into the spindle-shaped body figured by Sprengel, but 



terminate 



Ym 1 Flower. 2. Stamma and ovary viewed from the edge of the ovary. 3. 

 St.nnt„ and ovary newed from the flattened side of the latter. 5. Section of ovary 

 wi^h ovule. 6. Ovule. 7. Seed, transverse section,-a/^ mlarged. 



