Matayba. 1095 



Radlk. (coli. Spruce n. 2790!). — Arbor parva (Spruce); rami teretes, glabri; folia 

 abrupte pinnata; foliola 6 — 8, alterna, elliptica, conduplicata et subrecurvata, brevissime 

 subacuminata, basi in petiolulos contracta, integerrima, margine subrevoluta, coriacea, 

 multinervia, nervis debilibus patulis, utrinque reti venarum prominulo notata, efoveo- 

 lata, glabra, supra e flavescenti-viridi fuscescentia, nitida, subtus fuscescenti-purpurea, 

 opaca, impunctata (attamen cellulis secretoriis instructa), staurenchymate partim 

 pachydermico, hypodermate nullo; rhachis supra complanata, nuda; paniculae ad 

 apices ramorum axillares, ramosae, folia aequantes vel superantes, praeter pedicellos 

 glabrae; discus glaber. 



Arbor 18-pedalis (Spruce). Rami paniculas gerentes 4 mm crassi, cortice fusco, 

 lenticellis notati. Folia 20 — 40 cm longa; foliola 8 — 12, immo 20 cm longa, 3,5 — 7 cm 

 lata; petiolus 1,5 — 5 cm longus, supra complanatus, subtus convexus striatus; petioluli 

 ad 1 cm longi. Paniculae rami angulosi, fusci; cymulae stipitatae; pedicelli 1,5 mm 

 longi, supra medium articulati, articulo inferiore adpresse puberulo; bracteae bracteo- 

 laeque parvae, 0,5 mm vix superantes, deltoideae, margine puberulae. Flores albi 

 (Spruce). Calyx vix 1 mm longus, 5-lobatus, lobis rotundatis, subcoriaceus, fuscus, 

 extus glabriusculus, intus puberulus. Petala calycem paullum superantia, suborbicularia, 

 brevissime vel vix brevissime unguiculata, puberula; squamae petala paullulum 

 superantes, semiellipticae, subfusco-villosae. Stamina 2 mm longa, subulato-filiformia, 

 praeter apicem villosiuscula; antherae glabrae. Germinis rudimentum clavatum, tri- 

 gonum, superne sericeo-tomentosum, stylo brevi conico apice 3-sulcato coronatum. 



In Brasiliae civ. Amazonas: Spruce n. 2790! (prope Panure ad flumen Uaupes). 



28. M. sylvatica (Gasaretto) Radlk. in Sitzungsber. bayer. Akad. IX. (1879) 536 

 n. 493 etc., p. 631 n. 22 et in Fl. Bras. XIII. 3. (Fase. 124, 1900) 618 n. 18; Peckolt 

 l.sub Cup. vernal. c. (1902) 110. — Cupania sylvatica Gasaretto Nov. Stirp. brasil. 

 Dec. V. (1843) 46 n. 45; Walp. Rep. V. (1845-1846) 363 n. 3. - Vulgo: Gamboatä 

 t. Glaziou in sched.; Gamboatä do mato (i. e. G. sylvatica) et Camböata assü (i. e. 

 G. grandis) t. Peckolt 1. c. — Frutex vel arbor medioeris magnave (Riedel, Glaziou); 

 rami teretes, e puberulo glabrescentes; folia abrupte pinnata; foliola 3 — 12, alterna 

 vel subopposita, ex oblongo-lanceolata, utrinque subacuminata, apice obtusiuscula vel 

 subemarginata, integerrima, qhartaceo-membranacea, multinervia, nervis (lateralibus) 

 rectiusculis patulis prope marginem foliolorum reticulatim anastomosantibus, supra 

 reti venarum minorum vix prominente laevia, plerumque 1 — 2-foveolata, foveolis 

 urceolatis, utrinque glabra, vel subtus pilis subdibrachiatis adspersa, glandulis micros- 

 copicis obsita, sicca fuseidula (supra livescentia), sat dense pellucide punctata et 

 lineolata; rhachis nuda; paniculae axillares, ramosae, laxiflorae, folia subaequantes, 

 puberulae; discus glaber; Capsula trigono-subglobosa, brevissime stipitata, verrueulosa, 

 extus glabrescens, intus pilis longioribus flavidulis densissime tomentosa. 



Frutex vel arbor 20 — 30-pedalis et altior (Riedel, Glaziou). Rami paniculas 

 gerentes 2 mm crassi vel tenuiores, adultiores saepe lenticellis notati, cortice cano- 

 rufulo. Folia 7 — 20 cm longa; foliola 5 — 12 cm longa, 1,4 — 2,8 cm lata, margine parum 

 revoluta; petiolus supra complanatus, subtus convexus. Bracteae bracteolaeque parvae, 

 1—2,5 mm longae, subulatae; cymulae stipitatae; pedicelli 2 — 4 mm longi. Flores albi 

 (Glaziou) vel flavescentes (Riedel). Calyx 1 mm longus, 5-dentato-lobatus, chartaceus, 

 extus intusque pilis adpressis albidis densius laxiusve adspersus. Petala 1 mm paullum 

 superantia, ex obovato euneata, tenera; squamae petala aequantes, pilis albis villosae. 

 Stamina 2 — 2,5 mm longa, filiformia, basi pilis albis dense pubescentia; antherae 

 glabrae. Germen cano-serieeo-tomentosum, subglobosum, stylo germen aequante. 

 Capsula 1 cm paullum superans, sicca fusco-nigra. 



In Brasiliae civ. Rio de Janeiro (et Minas Geraes, si fides habenda schedae 

 ex Herbario Fluminensi in Hb. Lugd.-Bat. translatae): Riedel n. 251! (in silvis 

 Engenho velho), n. 1067!, id. A! (in silvaticis apricis pr. Mandioca), id. in coli. Gasa- 

 retto n. 558! (in silvis montosis Corcovadensibus), id.? in Hb. Flumin. n. 51!; Riedel 



