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receptaculo laxe disposita, antheris interioribus sessilibus, exterioribus filamentis praeditis, 

 antherarum lociilis hippocrepicis (apice confluentibus). Flores Q : receptaculum cupuli- 

 forme, tepala longissima, subaequalia, lanceolato-oblonga , sub anthesi expansa vel sub- 

 expansa, attamen sub anthesi cum calyptra elongata delabentia. Garpella numerosa dense 

 conferta; styli elongati. 



Species i variabilis, Brasiliae orientalis incola. 



M. ligustrinus (Tul.) Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 558. — Mollinedia 

 ligustrina Tul. in Ann. sc. nat. 4. ser. III. (1855) 43, Monogr. (1855) 393, Fl. brasil. IV. 1. 

 (1857) 321 t. 86; A.DG. in DG. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 668. — Folia longe lanceolata, 

 oblonga, rhomboidea, ovalia usque ovata, breviter usque sublonge petiolata, apice obtusa vel 

 acuta usque acuminata, apice ipso acuta, basi longe cuneata, cuneata, subrotundata vel 

 rotundata, chartacea usque rigide coriacea, utrinque glabra, integra vel rarius supra medium 

 utrinque dentibus 1 — 8 ornata. Inflorescentia simpliciter dichasialis, axillaris vel terminalis 

 vel decussato-paniculata , ramis in dichasia simplicia desinentibus ; flores (J 5 — 12 mm 

 longi; receptaculum cupuliforme vel db planum tenuiter papyraceum usque chartaceum, 

 glabrum ; tepala quam receptaculum plerumque 3-plo usque 5-plo longiora, rarissime sub- 

 aequilonga, lanceolato-oblonga, apice ipso acutiuscula, sub anthesi expansa, subaequalia; 

 stamina 1 — 26, interiora sessilia, exteriora stipitata vel extrema longe stipitata, anthe- 

 rarum loculi confluentes, saepius stamina exteriora quam cetera multo majora et interdum 

 tepala simulantia; flores Q (in var. dentata tantum visi) 6 mm longi glabri, solitarii axilla- 

 res; receptaculum cupuliforme caljptrae demum delabentis longitudine 1/3 aequans, intus 

 flavescenti-pilosum, chartaceum; tepala longissima , subaequalia, lanceolato-oblonga , apice 

 ipso acutiuscula, sub anthesi subexpansa ; carpella 16 — 18 hinc inde pilosa, dense conferta ; 

 stjli elongati. 



Species valde variabilis, in varietates sequentes facile dividenda. 



Glavis varietatum. 



I. Folia integra vel saepius utrinque dentibus 1 — 2 parvis ornata. 



1 . Flos 5 — 6 mm longus. Foha ovalia. 



a. Folia coriacea, nervis supra non, subtus manifeste promi- 



nentibus Var. a. Schwcwkeana. 



b. Foha rigide coriacea, nervis supra vix, subtus alte crassis- 



simeque prominentibus Var. ß. xylophylla. 



2. Flos 5 — 8 mm longus. Foha oblonga usque oblongo-lanceolata. 



a. Flos 5 — 6 mm longus. Stamina 13 — 14 Var. /. rhomboidea. 



b. Flos 7 mm longus. Stamina 18 Var. S. Pohlii. 



c. Flos 7 — 8 mm longus. Stamina 24 — 26 Ysd\ €. typim. 



3. Flos 9 mm longus. Foha ovaha Var. C. friburgensis. 



4. Flos 1 2 mm longus. Folia ovata Y^r. rj. pyrenea. 



II. Foha manifeste profundeque denticulata. Flos 5—6 mm longus. Var. Ö: dentata. 



Var. a. Sehwackeana Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 559. — Folia 

 ovaha, integra. Flores (j^ 6 mm longi; receptaculum profunde cupuliforme tepala subad- 

 aequans; stamina 19. 



Brasilien: Minas Geraes, Itacolumy (Schwacke n. 7465, im November blühend). 



Var. ß. xylophylla Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 559. — Foha ovalia, 

 breviter et crasse petiolata, integra , margine subrevoluta. Inflorescentia semper simphciter 

 dichasialis ; flores (J^ 5 mm longi ; receptaculum cupuliforme tepalorum circa ^/^ longitudine 

 aequans; stamina 10 — 11. 



Brasilien: Minas Geraes, Itacolumy, bei Ouro Preto, in den Gampos (Glaziou 

 n. 18482, im Juh blühend (Ule n. 2441). 



Var./. rhomboidea Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898)559. — Foha 

 oblonga usque oblongo-lanceol?ita, chartacea usque subcodacea, integra, nervi venaeque supra 



