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integerrima, ±300 mm longa, 100mm lata, coriaceo-chartacea, subtus lepidibus parvis per- 

 adpressisque aegre conspiciendis multis aucta, utrinque sed praesertim subtus densissime 

 parallele prominulo-costata reticulataque , punctis in parenchymate abscondiüs ob lucem 

 visis pellucidis praedita. Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, bipinnatim panniculatae, parce lepi- 

 dotae, ramulis flores paucos subcorymbosos gerentibus, pedicellis usque ad 3 mm longis 

 bracteas spathulatas deciduas subduplo superantibus ; flores 3 mm longi, glabri; sepala 

 fere libera, tenuissime membranacea, ovata, anguste rotundata, margine prope apicem minu- 

 tissime perobscureque crenulata, valde punctata; petala asymmetrica apice obliqua, per 

 anthesin recurva, basi breviter connata; stamina petalis breviora antheris longis, subacutis, 

 prope basin dorsifixis, dorso concoloribus nee punetatis, filamentis brevioribus; ovarium in 

 flore cf valde reduetum, sterile. 



Hylaea: in feuchten Urwäldern bei Porto dos Miranhas und Natal (Martius, 

 Schwacke n. 3669, III. n. 45 und bei Glaziou n. 14049). — Blüht Januar, Februar. — 

 Herb. Berlin, München, Göttingen, Kopenhagen. 



34. St. depauperata Mez n. sp. — Bamuli graciles, glabri. Folia petiolis ±IOmm 

 longis stipitata, elliptica, utrinque acuta vel apice acuminata, ± 1 40 mm longa, 45 mm lata, 

 subtus lepidibus paucis dissitisque parvis immersis praedita demum glabrata, nitidula, mixte 

 dense costulata et utrinque laxe prominulo-reticulata. Inflorescentiae pauci-(5 — 1 0-)florae, 

 glabrae, petiolos vix aequantes, nunc umbellatae nunc depauperate bipinnatim panniculatae, 

 pedicellis vix ultra 3 mm longis bracteas lingulatas multo superantibus ; flores ante anthesin 

 4mm longi, glabri; sepala basi breviter connata, carnosa, ovato-squamiformia, rotundata, 

 integerrima; petala carnosa, per anthesin reflexo-patentia, lobis ellipticis, rotundatis, sym- 

 metricis; stamina antheris acutiusculis, rimis apice triangulo-dilatatis dehiscentibus, dorso 

 concoloribus nee punetatis, filamentis multo brevioribus latis super basin affixis ; ovarium in 

 floribus q? adhuc solum cognitis plane nullum. 



Brasilien: Prov. Bio de Janeiro in der Serra d'Estrella bei Mandiocca, bei Tijucä, in 

 der Serra daBica bei Cascadura (Beyrich, Glaziou n.;4073, 6631, 1 4046,Widgren). — 

 Blüht Oktober-Dezember. 



35. St. sordida Mez n. sp. — Bamuli graciles, glabri. Folia petiolis ± 1 mm longis, 

 crassis stipitata, elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque acuta vel apice obscure acuminata, ± 150mm 

 longa, 50 mm lata, membranacea, glabra, opaca, sicca supra nigrescentia subtus sordide 

 pallida, tenuiter costulata laxeque prominulo-reticulata, maculis subatris multis conspersa. 

 Inflorescentiae subpauciflorae, densissime subglomeratim pauperrime bipinnatim pannicu- 

 latae, petiolos subaequantes, glabrae, ramulis flores subumbellatos gerentibus, pedicellis 

 vix ultra 3 mm longis; flores 3,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala basi breviter coalita, ovato- 

 squamiformia, latissirne rotundata, margine sueto minutissime crenulata; petala basi ad 

 J / 5 longit. connata lobis carnosis, late ovato-ellipticis, fere omnino symmetricis; stamina 

 antheris acuminulatis , rimis apice in porös magnos dilatatis dehiscentibus , dorso con- 

 coloribus nigrescentibus nee punetatis, fere basi filamentis sat brevioribus affixis; ova- 

 rium in flore (j 1 omnino nullum. 



Brasilien: Bio de Janeiro (St. Hilaire A 1 n. 560, Sellow n. 2 [e. p.]). — Herb. 

 Berlin, Paris. 



36. St. indecora Mez n. sp. — Ardisia cauliflora var. parvifolia Miq. ! in Fl. 

 brasil. X. (1856) 291. — Bamuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis ± 1 mm longis stipi- 

 tata, elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, basi sensim acuta apice breviter acuminata, ±140 mm 

 longa, 55 mm lata, chartacea, glabra, opaca sordideque colorata, costulis omnibus aequa- 

 libus dense parallelis striata, maculis oo in parenehymate absconditis sordida. Inflores- 

 centiae paueiflorae, nunc simplices racemosae nunc e ramulis 2 ( — 3) compositae 

 pauperrime panniculatae, subglabrae, petiolos aequantes, pedicellis gracilibus usque ad 

 4 mm longis; flores non nisi deflorati cogniti ex styli mensura ± 4 mm longi, glabri; 

 sepala basi breviter coalita, ovata, anguste rotundata, submembranacea ; petala cum 

 staminibus ignota; ovarium ovoideum; placenta 3-ovulata. 



Hylaea: in Wäldern an höher gelegenen Stellen bei Parä (Martius). — Herb. 

 München. 



