Pera. H 



doli, demum glabrescentes. Petiolus 2 — 3 mm longus, lepidolus; limbus 2'^2 — 4^2 ^ra 

 longus, H — 17 mm latus, oblongo-obovatus, obtusus vel rotundato-obtusus, inlerdum 

 retusus, basi cuneato-angustatus et sensim in petiolum abiens, coriaceus, supra nitidus, 

 glaber, subtus opacus et lepidotus; lepides brevissime radianles; costae secundariae 

 utrinque 6, vix prominentes. Fiores (^f ignoti. Involucra Q, in axillis pauca, bibracteo- 

 lata, extus dense lepidota, phyllis mox deciduis, 2 mm diametientia, pedunculo 3 mm 

 longo suffulta, 3 — 4-flora. Ovarium dense lepidotum; stignia 3-lobum. Capsulae lepto- 

 dermeae, lepidotae valvae 9 — \0 mm longae, medio S^/j mm latae. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Rio de Janeiro (Glazioun. 14265!), 

 aus Südbrasilien ohne nähere Standortsangabe (Sellow!). 



17. P. citriodora Baill. Adansonia V. (1865) 222; Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. 

 (1865) 201, in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1029, in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 429. — Arbor 

 vel frutex: ramuli Q robustiores, (J* graciliores, primo minutissime stellato-lepidoti, mox 

 omnino glabrati. Petiolus 8 — 15 mm longus, late canaliculatus, rugulosus, vaiidiusculus: 

 limbus 12 — 20 cm longus, 4^2 — 6 cm latus, lanceolato-oblongus, acuminatus vel cuspi- 

 dato-acuminatus, basi acutus, supra nitidus et glaber, subtus glaucescens et dissite minute 

 stellato-lepidotus et praesertim juvenilis pilis stellatis majoribus obsitus, coriaceus; costae 

 secundariae utrinque H — 14, subtus prominentes. Involucra (^ fasciculata, parce 

 stellato-lepidota, submembranacea, aperta circ. 5 mm longa, subglobosa, depresso-trun- 

 cata, demum nigricantia, pedunculo dz 1 cm longo suffulta, 3-flora, florum Q rudi- 

 mentis destituta. Calyx rf nullus; stamina 4; antherae subsessiles. Involucra Q 

 subsolitaria, subdepresso-obovoidea; ovarium pilis brevissimis, fasciculatis fulvo-tomen- 

 tellum; Stigmata inciso-paucilobata. Capsula 10 mm longa, superne 8 72™"^ I*ita, 

 globoso-pyriformis, trigona, vertice profunde umbilicato- depressa, tomentella. Semina 

 7 mm longa, nitida, brunneo-nigricantia. 



Provinz des Amazonenstroms: Alto Amazonas, am Rio Negro bei S. Carlos 

 (Spruce n. 3686!). 



4 8. P. glabrata (Schott) Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 434; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1030, in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 429, t. 61. — Peridium glabra- 

 tum Schott in Spreng. Syst. IV. 2. (1827) 410. — Peridium obtusifolium Schott in 

 Spreng. Syst. IV. 2. (1827) 410 ex parte. — Peridium ovale Klotzsch in Wiegm. Arch. 

 Vll. (1841) 180 ex parte. — Pera arborea Baill. Adansonia V. (1865) 224 ex parte. 

 — Po'a glabrata \ar. petropolitana Glaziou in Bull. Soc. Bot. France LIX. (1912) Mem. 

 3 g. 626 ex parte. — Pera glabrata var. parvifolia Glaziou 1. c. 626. — Peridium 

 iiidecorum Schott in Sched. — Spixia glabrata Martius in Sched. — Arbor; ramuli 

 subgraciles, juveniles dense lepidoti, demum glabrati. Petiolus 4 — 10 mm longus, 

 lepidotus; limbus 4 — 16 cm longus, 2V2 — "^ cm latus, oblongo-obovatus, interdura 

 ellipticus, apice dr angustatus, sed obtusus vel rotundato-obtusus, basi acutus, nitidulus, 

 supra glaber, subtus rufescens vel purpurascenti-fuscus, juvenilis lepidotus, evolutus 

 subtus sparse lepidotus vel demum glaber, coriaceus vel subcoriaceus; costae secun- 

 dariae utrinque ± 10. Involucra bibracteolata, lepidota, globosa vel aperta ellipsoidea, 

 circ. ad 6 mm long, attingentia, (^ fasciculata, Q depauperato-fasciculata, saepe 1 — 4; 

 pedunculus 8 — 10 mm longus. Involucra rf florum Q rudimentis destituta, 3-flora; 

 calyx reductus; stamina 4; filamenta brevia. Involucra Q 4-flora; ovarium glaberrimum; 

 Stigmata breviter stipitata, :^-Ioba, subaspera. Capsula globoso-ellipsoidea, 10 — H mm 

 longa, 9 mm lata, apice haud umbilicata, basi acutiuscula, plicato-venosa, leptodermea. 

 Semina 5 mm longa, 3^2 ™"i lata, atrofusca, nitida. — Fig. 2. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien; Bahia (Blanchet n. 3286!, 3877, 

 Luschnath n. 49!, Martius); Goyaz (Gardner n. 4353!); Rio de Janeiro (Casa- 

 retto n. H71, Glaziou n. 129, 1116, 7572!, 8327!, 13226!, 15415!, 1634*!, 

 Guillemin n. 705. 759, Lund n. 343, Martius n. 327, 84l!, Riedel n. 1155!, 1346!, 

 Schenck n. 3773!, Schott n. 431 8!, 4517!, Sellow!, Ule n. 4447!, Weddell n. 238, 

 Widgren n. 366!, 697, 1203); Espirito Santo (Prinz Neuwied); Minas Geraes 



A. Engler, Das Pflanzenreich. IV. (Embryophyta siphonogama). \k 



