678 Franz Niedenzu. — Malpighiaceae. 



VII. 4. (1907) 205. — r Ramuli j am hornotini demum glabrati brunnei, internodiis 2 — 5 

 (l — 9) cm longis. Folia e basi rotunda vel subcordata lanceolato-ovata, margine vix 

 revoluta, membranaceo-chartacea vel chartacea, supra laevia, adulta subtus =b tomentosa 

 vel pube =b detersa tomentella pilis minus arcte appressis (trabecula serpentina ultra 

 1 mm, pede 50 — 80 \i longo); petiolo 3 / 4 — 1 y 4 cm longo demum puberulo eglanduloso 

 vel dimidio superiore 1 — 2-glandulifero. Bracteae floriferae bracteolaeque eglandulosae 

 5 resp. 3 mm longae. Sepala (sub anthesi) oblongo-ovata distincte carinata glandulas 

 ovales 2 mm longas flfa — 3 mm superantia. Petala lutea vel citrina vel in igneum 

 transeuntia, limbo ovali. Nux sphaeroidea (i. e. depresso-globosa) 2 cm alta 2*/$ resp. 

 2 2 /3 cm diametro, sepalis (i. e. sub nuce) 8 — 6 mm longis, 3 anticis (praecipue eglan- 

 duloso) lanceolato-oblongis, 2 posticis ovatis. Cetera antecedentis. 



Parana (Düsen n. 1 1046: Waldrand zwischen Conchas und Imbituva, und n. 11151: 

 Urwaldrand bei Therezinha). — Paraguay (Balansa n. 2395 [D. braeteosa var. mi- 

 nutiflora Chodat]: Heide bei Villa Rica, n. 2395a p. p. [im Herb. Stockholm]: lbitimi, 

 und n. 2395b: Yagyaron; Hassler n. 184 und n. 3049: Wald bei Paraguari, n. 3461: 

 Wald am See Ypacaray, n. 6895 [forma lancifolia]: Wald bei Chololo im Tale des Yaca- 

 Flusses, n. 8840: Gestrüpp bei Villa Rica, und n. 12459: Am Ypacaray-See in Gentral- 

 Paraguay; Fiebrig n. 554 und n. 554a: Waldrand bei Altos, n. 5175: Uferwald bei 

 S. Luis zwischen den Flüssen Apa und Aquidaban, und n. 5920: Am Flusse Alto Pa- 

 rana). — Argentinien (Niederlein n. 67 und n. 184b: Loreto; Ekman n. 1526: 

 Waldrand bei Bonpland, Posadas, Misiones). 



Species incerta, mihi invisa. 



Dicella Conwayi Rusby in Bull. N. York Bot. Gard. VIII. (1912) 98. — "Glabrous, 

 in fruiting State; petioles about 12 mm long, weak and mostly twisted, blades 4 — 

 8 cm long, 2 — 4 cm broad, oval, abruptly contracted into the petiole, shining above, 

 drying brown underneath, the secondaries 5 — 6 pairs, strongly ascending, the venation 

 slender, finely reticulate, hightly prominent above, strongly so underneath, panicles 

 axillary and terminal, long-peduncled, loose; bracts small, ovate, mostly twisted; pedicels 

 in fruit 6 — 12 mm long, thickened toward the summit; calyx strigose at the base, the 

 glands 8, oblong, the upper portion free, 2 — 3 mm long; sepals short-clawed, oblong 

 or slightly oblanceolate, rounded at the summit, the smallest 12 — 15 mm long and 

 5 — 6 mm broad, the largest 3 — 4 cm long, 15 — 20 mm broad, the venation strong 

 and prominent on both sides ; fruit brown, reticulate, depressed-globose, 1 2 mm broad, 

 5-ribbed, the ribs very unequal in prominence, tipped by the small, stout, purple, 

 recurved styles, the wall thick and woody. — "A slender bush; Bolivia: Gharopampa, 

 1600', Sept. 9, 1901" (Williams n. 766)." 



Nota. Forsan eadem, quae Dicella (2) macroptera (Martius) Juss. 



