Bernardia. 31 



2^2 cm longae,- axillares, graciles, saepius gemini, breviter pedunculatae vel a basi flori- 

 gerae; bracteae valde concavae, latae, breviter acuminatae, dense pilosae, 6 — 10-florae; 

 pedicelli breves. Flores Q in spicas terminales, 5 — 10 mm longas, densas, 6 — 10- 

 floras dispositi, sessiles. Sepala tf 3, ovata, acuta, glabra, hyalina; stamina 7 — 11; 

 disci glandulae minutissimae. Sepala Q 5, late ovata, acuta, basi subcordata, 2 mm 

 longa, extus breviter tomentella, ciliata, bracteis 3 crassioribus, dorso carinatis aucta; 

 discus profunde et irregulariter lobatus, glaber; ovarium tomentosum; styli bifidi, revo- 

 luti. Capsula 5 mm longa, 7 mm lata, adpresse pubescens, tricocca, dorso carpidiorum 

 sulcato-carinata. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Maria 

 (Malme n. 74 Ol). 



Nota. Similis B. pulchellae, sed ramuli antrorsum pubescentes, et B. confertiflorae, scd 

 spicae (5 elongatae. 



1 4. B. Jacquiniana Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (l 865) 473; in DG. Prodr. XV. 2. 

 (1866) 919. — Acalypha corensis Jacq. Enum. pl. carib. (4762) 32; Select. Amer. 

 stirp. hist. (4 763) 254. — Phaedra Caracasana Klotzsch in Sched. — Frutex arbus- 

 culus, totus pallide fulvo-villosulus vel pubescens; pili retrorsum spectantes vel sub- 

 patentes; rami teretes, undique subaequaliter foliosi. Petiolus 2 — 10 mm longus; limbus 

 6 — 25 cm longus, 1 */ 2 — 9 cm latus, lanceolatus vel oblongus, acuminatus, basi acutus, 

 membranaceus, crenato-denticulatus, penninervius, subtus basi glandulis 2 et apicem 

 versus glandulis pluribus onustus, adultus supra parce pilosus, subtus densius vestitus ; 

 costae secundariae utrinque 5 — 10, cum costis tertiariis in foliis adultis subtus promi- 

 nentes, supra impresso-reticulatae; stipulae 1 J / 2 — 2 mm longae, subulatae. Flores ejusdem 

 ramuli ex Müller Arg. nunc omnes unius, nunc alii alterius sexus; spicae Q 1 5 — 

 4 cm longae, breviter pedunculatae vel a basi fere florigerae, sericeae, tomentosae, 

 fulvo- vel subaureo-nitentes vel albicantes; bracteae q? late ovatae, acuminatae, dorso 

 medio incrassatae, 7 — 10-florae; pedicelli 1 mm circ. longi. Sepala q? 3, oblonga, 

 acuta, extus et intus dense vestita; stamina 9 — 12; filamenta antheris exiguis multoties 

 longiora, tenuia; disci glandulae parvae. Sepala Q 5, late triangulari-ovata, acumi- 

 nata, extus vestita, 3 — 4 mm longa, prophyllis 2 aucta; discus hypogynus urceolaris, 

 undulatus, ciliatus; ovarium sericeo-pubescens; styli profunde bifidi. Capsula circ. 5 mm 

 longa, subtrigona, tomentella; endocarpium siccum a mesocarpio viridi recedens. Semina 

 4 mm longa, acutius trigona, dorso inferne crenato-subdentata. 



Subäquatoriale andine Provinz: Venezuela, Caracas, in Bergwäldern, an 

 Bächen, Waldrändern (Bredemeyer!, Fendler n. 1210, Gollmer!, Moritz n. 319!, 

 Otto n. 592!). — Ecuador, am Pilatonflusse, 1200 — 1600 m (Sodiro n. 15l/34!). 



15. B. pulchella (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XL 2. (1874) 392. — Adelia 

 pulchella Baill. Adansonia IV. (1864) 374. — Frutex 1 — 4 m altus vel arbor longi- 

 ramea; ramuli virgati, retrorsum pubescentes, demum glabrati. Petiolus 1 — 6 mm 

 longus; limbus 4 1 / 2 — 17 cm longus, 1 — 4*/j cm latus, obovato-spathulatus vel lanceo- 

 lato-spathulatus vel lanceolatus, longius vel brevius acuminatus, basin versus saepe 

 cuneato-angustatus, ima basi anguste obtusus, serratus, firme membranaceus, supra 

 glaber vel subglaber, subtus secus nervös adpresse pilosus, rarius villoso-pubescens vel 

 glabrescens, subtus prope basin et apicem versus glandulosus; costae secundariae utrin- 

 que 4 — 10; stipulae 1 — 2 mm longae, lineares, setaceo-acuminatae, pubescentes. Ramuli 

 unisexuales vel rarius bisexuales; spicae (j 1 axillares, 2 — 8 cm longae, graciles, basi bre- 

 viter nudae, interrupto-fasciculiflorae; bracteae concavae, latissimae, acutae, ± 1 5-florae, 

 membranaceae; pedicelli rj 1 ad 4 mm attingentes; flores Q in apice ramulorum vel in 

 dichotomiis congesti, sessiles. Sepala Qf 3, ovata, acuta, hyalina, fere glabra, I l fa mm 

 longa: stamina 5—9; disci glandulae parvae, paucae. Sepala Q 5, prophyllis basi 

 incrassatis, superne tenuibus aucta, membranacea, late triangularia, acuta vel obtusa, 

 ciliata, 1 ] / 2 m m longa; discus membranaceus, integer; ovarium pubescens. Capsula 

 adpresso-hirtella, 5 mm longa, 6 mm lata. Semina 4y 2 mm longa, 3 mm lata, dorso 

 acute carinata, laevia, atro-brunnea. — Fig. iA — G. 



