Gurania. 



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coi'dala, 1 \ cm longa, 6 cm lata; nervi tenues, utrinque prominentes. Cirrbi robusti, 

 elongati, pubescentes. Pedunculiis communis masculus erectus, robustus, teres, pilosiis, 

 apice 9 — 1 5-florus, 2 4 — 2 6 cm longiis; pedicelli erecto-paluli, salis graciles, apice ab- 

 rupte dilatati, tomcntosi, { cm longi. Receplaculum oblonguiii, basi rolundatuin, apice 

 leviter constriclum, dense tomenlosuin, < i mm longum, 4 — 5 mm crassum. Sepala 

 erecta, lineari-lanceolata, intus glabra, cxtus piiosa, 1 cm longa, 2 mm lata. Petala 

 in conum conniventia, triangularia, extus papillosissima, 4 mm longa, 2 mm lala. An- 

 Iherae oblongae, basi retro replicatae, 8 mm longae, i mm latae, connectivo angusto, 

 appendice triangulari, papulosa, 1,:imm longa. Flores feminei solitarii, pedttnculo 

 piloso, 1 — 6 cm longo. Ovarium lineari-oblongum, dense pilosum, 15 — 1 8 mm longum, 

 3—4 mm crassum; stvius crassus, ovoideus, 8 mm longus, profunde bifidus, segmentis 

 eonnivenlibus. Fructus ruber, albo-maculatus, oblongus, laevis, 7 cm longus, 2,5 cm 

 crassus. Semina alba, ovato-oblonga, 9 mm longa, 5 mm lata. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: bei Rio de Janeiro (ex Barb. Rodrigues, loc. cit.). 



56. G. costaricensis Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. I. (1876) 37, 11. (<877)t. J. f. 21, 

 in DG. Mon. Phan. 111.(1881) 707. — Rami gracillimi, sulcati, sparse villoso-hirsuti. 

 Foliorum petiolus gracilis, dense villosus, I — 4 cm longus; lamina rigida, cordiformi- 

 ovala, acuminata, margine remole spinuloso-denticulata, utrinque leviter villosa demum 



Fig. 30. Gurania costaricensis Cogn. A Ramulus. B Flos <5. C Idcin, longilud. scclus. 

 D Flos transverse sectus. E Petalum. F, Stamen a dorso et a venire visum. — Icon. origin. 



subglabra scabriuscula, pallide viridis praecipue subtus, 12 — 15 cm longa, 7 — 9 cm 

 lata; nervi tenues, subtus prominentes et reliculati; sinus basilaris rotundatus, 1 — 2 cm 

 latus profundusque. Cirrbi graciles, elongati, sparse pilosi. Floi-es masculi parvi, ca- 

 pitato-subcorymbosi; pedunculus communis satis gracilis, sulcalus, sparse pilosus, 

 5 — 10 cm longus, 12 — 15-florus; pedicelli erecto-paluli, longe denseqye sericeo-pilosi, 

 apice leviter dilatati, 5 — 8 mm longi. Receplaculum fuscum, ovoideum, basi rotundatum, 

 longe sericeo-pilosum, 4 — .'i mm longum, 3 mm lalum. Sepala ereclo-palula, coccinea, 

 lancenlato-linearia, 1-nervia, sparse piiosa, 7 — 9 mm longa, 1 — 1,5 mm lala. Petala 

 connivenlia, linearia, suboblusa, obscure U'inervia, utrinque breviter denscque papulosa, 

 3 mm longa, 0,5 nmi lala. Antherae lineares, basi relro replicatae, 5 mm longae, 

 0,7 — 0,8 mm latae, connectivo angusto; appendix filiformis, Iota breviter papulosa, 



