Dalechanipia. H 



Guatemala: Alta Verapaz, Cubilquitz, 350 m (v. Türckheim n. 8282!). Von 

 van Houtte kultivirt. 



Var. ö. amazonica Ule in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenburg L. (1909) 82. — D. humilis 

 Poepp. in Sched. — D. moffnolüfolia Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 637 ex 

 parte. — Bracteae lutescentes vel lutescentes et roseae, intus tota facie hirsuto-pubes- 

 centes; ovarium hispidum. 



Peru: Loreto, Tarapoto (Ule n. 6505!). Amazonas, Jurua Miry (Ule n. 5865!j, 

 Maynas (Poeppig n. ^2380!). 



7. D. magnoliifolia Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1234, in Fl. Bras. 

 XI. 2. (187 4) 637 (tantum ex parte). — D. magnoliifolia Klotzsch in Sched. — Frutex 

 elatus; rami validiusculi, densiuscule foliosi, hirti. Petiolus ± 6 mm longus, hirlus, a 

 limbo vix discretus; limbus 16 — 24 cm longus, 4V2 — 9 cm latus, elliptico-lanceolatus, 

 utrinque aequaliter angustatus, basi acutus, apice acuminatus, integer vel repando- 

 denticulatus, glaber, chartaceus, penninervius; stipulae 1 mm longae, ovatae, basi 5— 

 7 mm latae, obliquae, rigidulae, erectae. Inflorescentiae bracteae involucrales 4 — 4*/2cm 

 longae, 2^2 — 3^2 ^"^ latae, triangulari-ovatae, acuminatae, basi obtusae, minute denti- 

 culatae, coloratae, membranaceae, parce pubescentes. Sepala Q. 5, 2V2 ™nn longa, 

 lineari-lanceolata, acutissima, integre, pilosa, cum glandulis stipularibus pilosis alter- 

 nantia; ovarium strigoso-hispidum ; columna stylaris cylindrica, 8 mm longa, filiformis, 

 glabra, apice subinclinato anguste triangulari-foveolata. 



Provinz des Amazonenstroms: In den Urwäldern am Amazonas in der bra- 

 silianischen Provinz Para (Martins!). 



Nota. ^^&c\&s D. spathulatae valde affinis, imprimis ejus varietati humili et forte tantum 

 ambitu foliorum diversa. 



8. D. brevipednncnlata Ule in Verh, Bot, Ver. Brandenburg L. (1909) 82. — 

 Fruticulus fere Y2 ^ altus; ramuli pubescentes. Petiolus 3 — 4 mm longus, adpresse 

 hispido-pubescens; limbus 10 — 12 cm longus, 3Y2 — 4^/2 cm latus, oblongo-spathulatus, 

 acuminatus, basin versus cuneato-angustatus, ima basi angustissime obtusus, integer vel 

 repando-denticulatus, ad nervös parce puberulus vel subglaber, penninervius; stipulae 

 5 — 6 mm longae, e basi obliqua triangulari-lanceolatae, acuminatae, striatae. Inflores- 

 centiae brevissime pedunculatae, pedunculo 2 — 3 mm longo; bracteae involucrales ellip- 

 ticae, acutae, 3-nerviae, denticulatae, puberulae, lutescentes, inaequales, altera 20, 

 altera 14 mm longa, stipellis ovatis, 4 mm longis auctae; bracteae Q ovatae, 3 — 

 4 mm longae; flores Q 3; pars (^ delapsa. Sepala Q 6, linearia, 3 mm longa, 

 basi glandulis 1 — 2 aucta; ovarium strigoso-hirsutum ; columna stylaris gracilis, 4 mm 

 longa. Capsula 10 mm lata, 7 mm longa, adpresse pilosa. Semina 4 — 5 mm longa, 

 albida, aculeolata. 



Provinz des Amazonenstroms: Amazonas, unterer Jurua, im Überschwem- 

 mungswalde bei Marary (Ule n. 5257!). 



Sect. 5. Caperonioideae Pax et K. Hoffm. 



Suffrutices decumbentes vel adscendentes, Folia breviter petiolata, indivisa, basi 

 acuta vel rotundata, non cordata, penninervia, Sepala Q integra, non glanduloso-ciliata. 



Clavis specierum. 



A. Folia ovata, coriacea 9. D. franäsceana. 



B. Folia ovata, lanceolata vel linearia 10. D. caperonioides. 



9. D. francisceana Baill. Adansonia V. (1865) 316; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 1235, in Fl. Bras, XI. 2. (1874) 641. — Bami laxe procumbentes vel 

 breviter sarmentosi, hispiduli. Petiolus 5 mm longus; limbus 5 cm longus, 2* j cm 

 latus, coriaceus, ovatus vel oblongo-ovatus, acutus, basi rotundatus, serralus, penni- 

 nervius, venosus, subtus pallidior, tomenlellus; stipulae subulatae. Pedunculus axillaris 



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