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— obovata vel latere supero et infero applanata adpressa 

 profunde rotundato — emarginata planis sutura prominula 

 munitis I — locularis i — sperma indehiscens, apice lateribus 

 aristis (glochidib.) 2 reflexis (i. 3 Mocq.) munita rigidis 

 primum erectis , membrana semini tenuissima , albumen o, 

 embryo albus sub-cylindricus rectus, cotyledones plicatai apice 

 reflexte, radícula brevi infera, (albumen parum ad embryo- 

 nis latera et intu cot}'ledonis longioris apice (cotyledones 

 foliácea ina;qualia long^ior basifera oblonga retrorsum convo- 

 luta apice in semetipsam replicata integerrima, brevior pel- 

 tatim inserta ovali sub-rotunda basi ad médium bifida apice 

 integerrima, Mocq.) Stipulas minutae. P. alliaceai Linn. foliis 

 oblongis ovatis v. lanceolatis, acutis non undulatis stipulis 

 subulatis spicis terminal, et oppositifoliis, floribus 6 — an- 

 dri albidis, glochid. fruct an 2 sp. noz> P 



2. PETIVERIA tf:trandra Gomez, foliis lanceolatis longe 

 et obtusa acuminatis non undulatis ? stipul = P. alliac\ spicis 

 terminalibus et axillaribus, floribus albidis 4. — andris, glo- 

 chid. fruct. 3. —an var. 3. P. hexaglochin (Fleish et Meyer) 



Mocq. var. spec. i. ego. 



Paragiiay, Corrientes locis 

 iimbrosis freqiiens 



3. PllVTOLACCA nioiCA? Oiubíi certe, (Corrientes descripta) 

 valde similis videtur, sed flores certe hermaphroditi ! 



Calyx 5 — sepalus, stamina 20, carp. ovarii 3-4 connata. 

 Flores hermaphr. non valde par vi s. mediocres JicrmapJiro- 

 diti (an omnes T)\ racemus terminalis spicaeformis 00 et den- 

 siflorus , bracttTE omne.> minimíE , pedicelli breves confertis 

 supra med. bracteis 2 oppositis — calyx albidus 5 — sepalus 

 normaliter etiam insertione imbricatus rcflexus, scpalis rotun- 

 datiá V. ovalibus , (an concavis r) exterioribus virescentibus, 

 1° supero. Corolla ü. Stamina sub-20 , sub-in.equalia libera 

 divaricata calyce plus duplo longiora ima basi calycis v. 

 potius extra disco v. receptáculo inserta, filamcnta subulata; 

 antheríE ovales 2 — loculares intra med. dorso affixaí; discus 

 parvus annuliformis flavus basim gcrminis cingcns, stamina 

 forte calyce sese aperscente excrescentia; stylus Ü. stigmata 

 sessilia 3-4 Lnevia filiformia, alba, libera ; ovarium sub semi 

 globosum molissimum v. sub-succulentum 3-4 sulcatum 3-4 

 loculare late insertum loculis i — ovulatis, pericarpio crasso. 



Arbor magna , foliis ellipticis v. oblongo-ovatis , recurvo 

 mucronulatis, etc., etc., (vide: D. Cand.) 



Paraguay , Asunción Octoh. 6i 



