Bernardia. 



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Fruticulus spartioideus. Indumentum e pilis simplicibus formatum. Folia valde 

 reducta, squamiformia. Receptaculum r? glanduliferum. Styli non lacinulati. 

 Species unica: 



34. B. spartioides (Baill.) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 177; in DC. Prodr. 

 XV. 2. (1866) 923; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 401. — Passaea spartioides Baill. Etud. 

 gen. Euphorb. (1858) 508, t. 18, f. 28 — 35. — Adelia spartioides Baill. Adansonia V. 

 (1866) 319. — Traganthus scoparius Klotzsch in Wiegm. Arch. VII. (1841) 188. — 

 Suffrutex ad i / 2 m allus; caules e rhizomate lignoso, crasso plures, ereeti, stricti, vir- 

 gati, simplices vel subsimplices, spartioidei, basi circ. 2 mm diametientes, teretes, superne 

 latiores, striolati, tota longitudine adpresse pubescentes vel inferne glabrati, virides, 

 Drimo intuitu fere aphylli; internodia foliis multoties longiora, pauca. Folia sessilia, 

 3 — 20 mm longa, 1 — 3 mm lata, lanceolata vel sublinearia, acuta vel acuminata, tri- 

 lervia, pubescentia vel glabrata, basi subtus glandulis 2 magnis notata; stipulae 1 1 / 2 mm 

 longae. Flores dioici; flores q 1 in inflorescentiam capituliformem aggregati, subsessiles; 

 bracteae plures, orbiculari-ovatae, concavae, breviter acuminatae, 5 — 7-floi*ae, pilosae, 

 ciliatae; flores Q in axillis solitarii vel (ex Baillon) pauci, sessiles; bractea lanceolata, 

 acuminata, 2*^ mm longa. Calyx q^ globosus, 3 — 4-partitus, extus pilosus, intus 

 ^laber; sepala orbiculari-ovata, acuta, membranacea; stamina db 10 (ex Müller Arg. 

 1 — 18); glandulae juxtastaminales eylindricae. Sepala Q 6, late ovata, medio et basi 



incrassata, ciliata; discus hypogynus urceolaris, irregulariter lobatus; ovarium pubescens; 

 styli ad basin partiti, abbreviati, pilosi, laeves. Capsula 8 mm lata, 5 — 6 mm longa, 

 pubescens. Semina 5 mm longa, subreticulatim scabra, nigricanti-fusca. — Fig. 5 E. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz. 



Var. a. pubescens Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 401. — Caules undique 

 ium foliis adpresso-pubescentes. 



S. Paulo (Sellow n. 2 29!, 5072!, 5073!). Goyaz, Chapadäo de San Marcos 

 (Riedel n. 2825!). — Fig. 5 E. 



Var. ß. glabrata Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 402. — Caules apice ad- 

 presse pubescentes, ceterum omnino vel fere omnino glabrati. Folia parce pubescentia. — 

 A var. «. paulo tantum distat. 



S. Paulo: Rio Pardo (Riedel n. 536). 



Sect. 7. Traganthus (Klotzsch) Müll. Arg. 



Traganthus Klotzsch in Wiegm. Arch. VIII. (l 84 1 ) 188, t. 9, f. A, a— e\ in Hook. 

 London Journ. Bot. II. (1843) 46; Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 503. — Bernardia 

 Sect. Traganthus Mü\l. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 177; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 92 4; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 402; Pax in Engler u. Prantl, Pflzfam. III. 5. (1890) 51. 



Annua. Indumentum e pilis simplicibus formatum. Folia penninervia. Recepta- 

 culum tf eglandulosum. Styli non lacinulati. 



Species unica: 



35. B. sidoides (Klotzsch) Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXIV. (1865) 177; in DC. 

 >rodr. XV. 2. (1866) 924; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 402. — Traganthus sidoides 

 üotzsch in Wiegm. Arch. VII. (1841) 188, t. 9, f. A, a—e; in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. 



II. (1843) 46. — Annua, herbacea, erecta, circ. pedalis, nunc simplex, nunc ramosior; 

 rami alterni vel inferiores oppositi, pilis patentibus pubescentes vel villosuli, apice con- 

 fertim foliosi, inferne longo tractu nudi. Petiolus 1 — 10 mm longus; limbus 1 i / 2 — 9 cm 

 longus, 1 — 3 cm latus, in foliis inferioribus minor, in superioribus major, in Ulis orbiculari- 

 ellipticus, in his lanceolato-ovatus, acutus, basi acutus, crenato-serratus, membranaceus, 

 in utraque facie pubescens, subtus eglandulosus, penninervius ; stipulae subulatae, vix 

 I mm longae, deciduae. Flores monoici. Spicae tf exiguae, cum pedunculo ± 3 mm 

 longae, 2— 3-bracteatae, axillares; bracteae 1 mm longae, quasi urceolum truncatum, 

 latere axeos spicae fissum formantes, 4 — 7-florae, ciliatae, ceterum parce pilosae; 

 pedicelli lY 2 mm attingentes; flores Q ad basin spicae (J* sitae vel in inflorescentiam 



