410 Franz Niedenzu. — Malpighiaceae. 



Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 391. — Triopteris argentea Salzmann n. 92. — ? Bmiisteria 

 cinerea Rusby*) in Bull.N. York Bot. Gard. IV.(1 907) 335. — >Liana excelsa« (e Gardner), 

 ramulis compressis serieeis, ramis mox glabratis teretibus, internodiis 1 — 5( — 9) cm 

 longis. Folia oblonga s. lanceolata s. elliptica, saepius acuminata, subtus sericea s. 

 quaedam maxima etiam lusu dt glabrata, nervis supra arete prominulis dense areolata, 

 subtus magis prominentibus (praeeipue primariis inter se parallelis); petiolo crasso 1 — 

 ! y 2 cm l° n g°j stipulis exiguis (vix 1 mm longis) triangularibus basi dilatata inter petiolos 

 confluentibus deeiduis. Racemi basi saepius compositi apiceque corymbi- vel umbelli- 

 formes in paniculam axillarem db amplam bracteiferam dispositi, nunc oppositi nunc 

 paribus distractis pseudoalterni et ad axillas bractearum linearium y 3 — 1 y 2 cm longarum 

 nunc singuli nunc geminati, pedicellis subsessilibus peduneulo — "1 mm longo suffultis 

 crassiusculis 8 — 12 mm, bracteis bracteolisque late ovatis 1 — l^mm longis. Flores 

 =b 2 cm diametro, ceterum eis speciei praecedentis quam maxime affines. — Fig. 32i^. 

 Var. «. typica Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsb. p. hiem. 1900 — 1901 (1900) 

 9. — B. Gardneriana Juss. 1. c. — Ramulis ramisque griseis; foliis lanceolatis usque 

 1 7 cm longis et 6 y 2 cm latis, nunc lanceolato-ovatis brevioribus ; racemis propriis elon- 

 gatis, peduneulis cujusque ordinis tomento persistente albicantibus ; sepalis suborbiculari- 

 ovatis glandulas ovales 2 mm longas 1 y 2 — 2 mm superantibus ; stylo antico posticis 

 multo crassiore. 



Piauhy (Pohl n. 3094: Faz. Jenipapa; Gardner n. 2502: Distrikt Paranagoa). 

 Var. ß. nummifera (Juss.) Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsb. p. hiem. 1900 — 

 1901 (1900) 9 et in Verz. Vorles. Ak. Braunsberg W.-S. 1912 — 1913 (1912) 15. — 

 Banisteria mummifera Juss. Malp. Syn. (1840) 281 et in Arch. Mus. III. (18 43) 391. 

 — Ramulis ramisque nigrescentibus ; racemis corymbiformi-constrictis s. subumbelli- 

 formibus, albido-serieeis s. zb glabratis nigrescentibusque ; sepalis ovatis glandulas sub- 

 orbiculares 1 y 2 mm longas 2 — 4 mm superantibus; stylis crassitudine inter se aequalibus. 

 F. I. Luschnathiana Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsb. p. hiem. 1900 — 1901 

 (1900) 9 et in Verz. Vorles. Ak. Braunsberg W.-S. 1912 — 1913 (1912) 15. — Foliis 

 nunc oblongis lanceolatisve 8 — 16 cm longis, nunc ovatis obovatisve usque 11 cm longis, 

 3 — 7 cm latis; inflorescentia ampliore; sepalis glandulas 2 mm superantibus. 



S. Paulo (Horto Osw. Cruz n. 1987 [leg. Gampos Novaes]: Campinas; Hoehne 

 n. 12045: S. Jeronimo, Itapera). — Rio de Janeiro (Schüch). — Bahia (Lusch- 

 nath: Ilheos). — Matto Grosso (Robert n. 523: Sa. Anna da Chapada). 



F. II. Blanchetiana Niedenzu in Ind. lect. Lyc. Brunsb. p. hiem. 1900 — 1901 

 (1900) 9. — Foliis ovalibus ovatisve 7 — 10 cm longis, 4y 2 — 6 cm latis; inflorescentia 

 sepalisque intermediis inter F. I et III. 



Bahia (Blanchet n. 3174 und n. 3174a: Südl. Teil von Bahia). 



*) Banisteria cinerea Rusby in Bull. N. York Bot. Gard. IV (1907) 335. — "Branches 

 much elongated slender, terete, the youngest portions hoary; petioles 1 cm long, stout, flat or 

 shallowly grooved upon the upper side, the two ellipsoidal glands at the junetion with the blade, 

 2 mm long, black; blades 0,8 — 1,2 dm long, 3,5—6 cm broad, oblong or oval, blunt at the base, 

 abruptely short acuminate and acute at the apex, entire, coriaeeous, above dark green, drying 

 brown, glabrous and shining, the midrib grooved, underneath silver-gray with an exceeding fine 

 tomentum, but not shining, the stout, terete midrib and 7 or 8 pairs of slender secondaries pro- 

 minent, the latter connected by the tertiaries and these with one another in a coarse reticula- 

 tion; flowers panicled, racemed upon the branches; panicles axillary elongated, narrow, lax, 

 long-peduncled, the branches subtended by very small lanceolate leaves; pedicels 4 — 10 mm 

 long; calyx 2,5 mm long, 4 mm broad, closely subtending the globose-obovoid bud, truncate at 

 the base, the glands nearly 1 ,5 mm long, nearly as broad, the sepals broadly ovate, rounded 

 at the apex, green; claw of petal 1,5 mm long; limb 6 or 7 mm long, orbicular, fringed, costate 

 below; anthers 4 mm long, the connective at the back expanded into a large black disk much 

 broader than the thecae; ovary 1 mm long, purple, obtusely pointed, the crest conspieuous; 

 style 2 mm long, straight; stigma distinet, whitish, truncate. — In wet forestmould, Unduavi, 

 Bolivia; a low climber, the flowers yellow. (M. Bang n. 2489.)" 



