Mollinedia. ^ g 



I 9 ; antherarum loculi confluentes ; flores O 3 mm diam., 

 extus flavescenti-pilosi (pilis longis mollibus) ; receptaculum intus subglabrum, papjraceum 

 vel chartaceum ; tepala minuta, 2 exteriora lanceolata, acuta, quam 2 interiora angustiora, 

 longiora, 2 interiora orbicularia; carpella 6, flavescenti-pilosa ; stjlus brevis. 



Brasilien: Prov. Minas Geraes, Galdas, im Camposwald (Mosen n. 724, rf, im 

 October blühend; A. J. Regnell III. n. 1097 p. p., g, im October blühend). 



43. M. lanceolata Ruiz etPav. Syst. I. (1798) 143; Tul. Monogr. (1855) 402; A.DC. 

 in DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 66 8; Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900) 671. — 

 Folia lanceolata vel anguste lanceolata, 12 — 17 cm longa, 2,5 — 3 cm lata, 1 cm longa 

 petiolata, basi apiceque longe cuneata, rigide papyracea, utrinque glabra, margine in parte 

 Y2 superiore parce atque irregulariter indistincte denticulata. Flores (^ 3,5 mm diam. ; recep- 

 taculum planum, papyraceum, tepalorum Y5 longitudine aequans, parce flavescenti-pilosum ; 

 tepala papyracea, 2 exteriora ovata quam interiora multo majora, 2 interiora appendice 

 longa, fimbriata instructa; stamina 18, sessilia, antherarum loculi confluentes. 



Peru: Ruiz und Pavon, g ; St. Gruzgebirge, 1800 m ü. M. (R. Pearce, (^f, im 

 December blühend). 



44. M. fasciculata Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1 900) 671 . — Folia oblongo- 

 ovata, 9 — 1 0,5 cm longa, 3,5 — 4 cm lata, 7 mm longe petiolata, basi cuneata, apice breviter 

 acuminata, apice ipso obtusa, supra medium dentibus paucis introflexis instructa, papyracea, 

 utrinque glabra. Inflorescentia 1,5 — 2,5 cm longa, pedunculus 3 — 6 mm longus, pedicellus 

 5 — 7 mm longus; flores (^ 1 '/2 mm diam.; receptaculum cupuliforme tepalis aequi- 

 longum, papyraceum, subglabrum; tepala papyracea, longitudine et latitudine subaequalia, 

 omnia dorso griseo-pilosa, 2 exteriora ovata, apice acuta quam interiora paullo majora, 2 

 interiora appendice acuta fimbriata instructa; stamina 13, antherarum loculi confluentes ; 

 flores g 3 — 3,5 mm diam., papyracei, extus subglabri; receptaculum planum, calyptrae 

 1/3 longitudine aequans, intus dense flavescenti-pilosum; tepala minuta, ovata, acuta, aequa- 

 lia; carpella 33, dense flavescenti-pilosa; Stylus subelongatus (Fig. 1B). 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Alto Macahe de Nova Friburgo, im Walde (Glaziou 

 n. 17^221, 18486, 17761; O*, vom December bis Februar blühend; Glaziou n. 17761, 

 19860; g , im Februar blühend). 



45. M. acutissima Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (I 900) 672. — Folia oblongo- 

 lanceolata, 7 — 12 cm longa, 3 — 3,5 cm lata, 6 mm longe petiolata, basi cuneata, apice 

 longe acuminata acutissimaque, supra medium dentibus paucis introflexis ornata. papyracea, 

 utrinque glabra. Inflorescentia (j^ 3,5 — 4 cm longa, pedunculus 4 — 14 mm longus, pedi- 

 cellus 5 mm longus; flores c? 3,5 mm diam.; receptaculum cupuliforme \^j^i-^\o quam 

 tepala longius, papyraceum, fulvo-pilosum; tepala papyracea, omnia dorso fulvo-pilosa, 

 marginibus interiorum glabris, 2 exteriora ovata, apice obtusa, 2 interiora appendice acuta 

 fimbriata involuta instructa; stamina 12 — 15, antherarum loculi confluentes; flores g 

 5 mm longi, 3 mm lati, papyracei, extus subglabri; receptaculum planum, quam calyptra 

 multo brevius, intus dense pilosum; tepala minuta, 2 exteriora quam interiora angustiora; 

 carpella 2 6 — 27, tomentosa, Stylus brevis. 



Brasilien: Prov. Rio de Janeiro, Alto Macahe de Nova Friburgo, im Walde (Glaziou 

 n. 17760; cS) g, in^ November blühend). 



46. M. pachysandra Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900) 672. — Folia 

 ovaha vel ovali-oblonga vel obovata, 9 — 12,5 cm longa, 4 — 5,5 cm lata, 1,5— 1,75 cm 

 longe petiolata, basi cuneata, apice acutiuscula vel acuta, chartacea vel subcoriacea, integra, 

 adulta utrinque glabrata. Inflorescentia (J' 3,5 cm longa, pedunculus 3 — 12 mm longus, 

 pedicellus 0,75 — 1 cm longus; flores (J 2,5 mm diam. ; receptaculum tubuHforme, papyra- 

 ceum, dense flavo-pilosum, 3-plo quam tepala longius; tepala ovalia, pilosa, 2 exteriora 

 quam 2 interiora multo minora, 2 interiora appendice membranacea undulato-denticulata 

 instructa; stamina 19 — 20, sessilia, crassa, antherarum locuh confluentes; flores g 4 mm 

 diam., papyracei, »ferrugineo-cinerei«, extus dense flavescenti-pilosi ; receptaculum quam 

 calyptra brevius, intus dense flavescenti-pilosum ; tepala minuta, 2 exteriora quam 2 interiora 



