26 J. Pcrkins u. E. Gilg. — Monimiaccac. 



vix conspicui, subtus manifeste prominentes angusteque reticulati. Inflorescentia plerumquc 

 simpliciter dichasialis, rarius in paniculas congesta; receptaculum cupuliforme tepalorum '^s 

 longit. aequans. 



Brasilien (Sellow n. 1037). 



Var. ö. PoMii Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 560. — Folia oblonga vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata, chartacea vel subcoriacea, integra. Flores semper in dichasia simplicia 

 collecti; receptaculum cupuliforme, tepalorum 2/. aequans. 



Brasilien: bei Inficionada (Pohl n. 3561). 



Var. £. typica Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 560. — Folia oblonga vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata , integra, chartacea vel subcoriacea, nervis supra inconspicuis, subtus ita 

 ut venis prominulis laxeque reticulatis. Inflorescentia simpliciter dichasialis ; receptaculum 

 cupuliforme tepalorum ^/-y — Y4 longit. aequans (Fig. 5, 1 — 4). 



Brasilien (Sellow n. 1122). 



Var. r. friburgensis Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 560. — Folia sub- 

 coriacea, longe petiolata, integerrima, venis supra vix conspicuis, subtus manifeste pro- 

 minentibus laxe reticulatis. Inflorescentia fere semper decussato-paniculata; receptaculum 

 cupuliforme tepalorum ^/r^ vix aequans; stamina 13 — 16. 



Brasilien: Bio de Janeiro, Alto Macahe de Nova Friburgo, im Urwald (Glaziou 

 n. 17769, 20 485, im September und Oktober bliihend). 



Var. rj. pyrenea (Taub.) Perk. — Mollinedia pyrenea Taub, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. 

 XXI. (1896) 427. — Macropeplus ligustrinus (Tul.) Pei'k. var. ^rawc?*/Zora Perk. in Engler's 

 Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 560. — Folia juniora chartacea, adulta subcoriacea usque coriacea, 

 longiuscule petiolata, integra vel utrinque dentibus 1 — 2 parvis vel obsoletis instructa, venis 

 utrinque manifeste prominentibus. Receptaculum cupuliforme tepalorum Y4 aequans; sta- 

 mina 17—19 (Fig. 6, 5—7). 



Brasilien: Goyaz, Cabeceiras do Rio das Pedras, in feuchten Gampos (Glaziou 

 n. 22 040, im September blühend), Serra dos Pyreneos (Ule n. 3182). 



Var. 0-. dentata Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXV. (1898) 560. — Folia oblonga 

 vel oblongo-lanceolata usque lanceolata, chartacea, breviter petiolata, margine utrinque 

 dentibus 3 — 8 crassis instructa. Inflorescentia plerumque simpliciter dichasialis axillaris, 

 rarius terminalis paniculata; receptaculum cupuliforme tepalorum '^j^ — 1/3 aequans; stamina 

 14—17 (Fig. 5, 8—10). 



Brasilien: Rio de Janeiro, Serra dos Orgäos, 2000 m ü.M. (Glaziou n. 17 222, c?, 

 im November blühend); um 2200 m ü. M. (Glaziou n. 4203, $, im December blühend), 

 Theresopolis (Moura, im November und December blühend); San Paulo, Serra da Bocaina, 

 im Gebüsch (Glaziou n. 1 1 551, Q^, im September blühend). 



1 1 . Mollinedia Ruiz et Pav. *) 



Mollinedia Ruiz et Pav. Fl. peruv. et chil. prodr. (1794) 83 t. 15; Syst. (1798) 142: 

 Tul. Monogr. (1855) 373; Pax in Engl. u. Prantl, Pfizfam. III. 2. (1889) 101; Perk. in 

 Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900) 636. — Tdmtome Poepp. et Endl. Nov. gen. et spec. 

 II. (183 8) 46 t. 163. — Paracelsia Mart. ex Tul. in Fl. brasil. IV. 1 . (I 857) 3 1 4. 



Flores unisexuales, semper dioeci. Flores (^ : receptaculum planum, subplanum, con- 

 cavum, campanulatum, urceolatum usque subtubulosum, membranaceum usque coriaceum, 

 glabrum vel plerumque zb dense pilosum usque tomentosum. Tepala 4 per paria crucia- 

 tim opposita, plerumque 2 exteriora interioribus majora, rarius omnia subaequalia vel inte- 

 riora exterioribus majora, exteriora acuta usque rotundata, interiora saepius illis similia vel 

 plerumque in appendices forma variabiles abeuntia, plerumque pubescentia consistentiaque 

 receptaculi, sub vernatione omnia conniventia et imbricata, sub anthesi patentia, d= aperta 



*) »Genus dicalum viro nobili Francisco de Mollinedo, qul superiore saeculü excunte 

 de re herbaria apud Matritenscs bcne raeritus est«. (Tul. Monogr, 373). 



