5Q J. Perkins. — Styracaceae. 



brunneis intermixtis, nervis subtus profninentibus , secundariis utroque latere ca. 5, 

 angulo acuto orientibus margine regulariter arcuatim anastomosantibus, nervulis brevibus 

 rectangule conjunctis, venulis dense reticulato-conjunctis, Inflorescentia racemosa, in 

 axillis foliorum superiorum sita^ 4 — 5 cm longa; rhachis inflorescentiae breviter cinereo- 

 stellato-tomentosa; bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, lineales, tomentosae, caducae; flores 

 1,3 mm longi, pedicello 5 — 6 mm longo; caljx cupuliformis , ca. 4 mm altus, 3 mm 

 latus, extus dense breviter flavescenti-tomentosus, intus albido-pubescens, dentibus 5, 

 brevibus, obtusiusculis, bene distinctis, membranaceus; corolla 5-partita, tubo ca. 3 mm 

 longo, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, membranaceis , angustissime 

 linealibus, apice acutis, 9 mm longis, 1,5 mm latis, extus adpresse flavescenti-stellato- 

 pubescentibus, intus in parte superiore minute pilosiusculis, apice pilis fasciculatis parce 

 instructis, revolutis (in sicco) ; stamina 1 , parte libera planis , basim versus antice 

 fasciculos pilorum flavescentium gerentibus, antherae margine pilis stellatis instructae; 

 ovarium parce inferum, obovoideum, tomentosum, triloculare, multiovulatum ; stjlus basi 

 tomentosus, ceterum glaber, quam coroUae lobi brevior. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Mattogrosso, Gebüsch am Ufer eines kleinen Baches 

 am oberen Kulisehu, auf mürbem Sandsteinboden (Pilger n. 796, blühend im August 1 899). 



Nota. Gl. Pilger 1. c. speciem nostram St. ferrugineo Nees et Mart. maxime approxi- 

 mare, sed et floribus minoribus, et calycis dentibus conspicuis et nervis secundariis nervös 

 Primarius breviter rectangulariter conjungentibus multum abhorrere commemorat. 



42. St. ferrugineus Nees et Mart. (non Pohl) in Nova Act. Acad. nat. cur. XI. I. 

 (1823) 8 8 excl. sjn. ; A.DG. in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 2 65. — Strigilia ferruginea 

 Miers, Contrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 185. — Styrax reticulatum Mart. Reise in Brasil. 

 II. (1828) 550; G. Don, Gen. Syst. IV. (1837) 5; A.DG. in DG. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 

 263. — Strigilia reticulata Miers, Gontrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 185. — Styrax 

 parvifolium Pohl, PI. brasil. IL (1831) 53, t. 133; G. Don, Syst. IV. (1837) 5; A.DG. 

 in DC. Prodr. VIII. (1844) 262; Seub. in Mart. Fl. brasil. VII. (1868) 192. — Strigilia 

 jmrvifolia Miers, Gontrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 184. — • Styrax floridus Pohl, PI. 

 brasil. II. (1831) 54, t. 134; G. Don, Syst. IV. (1837) 4; A.DG. in \)C. Prodr. VIII. 

 (1844) 263; Seub. in Mart. Fl. brasil. VII. (1868) 191. — Strigilia florida Miers, 

 Gontrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 1861) 185. — Styrax mrvosum A.DG. in DG. Prodr. VIII. 

 (1844) 263 p.p.; Seub. in Mart. FL brasil. VII. (1868) 191 p.p.; var. ß. elongatum 

 Seub. in Fl. brasil. VII. (1868) 191. — Strigilia nervosa Miers, Gontrib. Bot. I. (1851 — 

 1861) 185. — Arbor (ex Martins, ex Glaziou) vel frutex (ex Glaziou); rami subteretes, 

 juniores ferrugineo-tomentosi, demum glabrescentes; foUa alterna, petiolata, petiolo 5 — 

 8 mm longo, griseo-brunneo-tomentoso, oblonga vel obovato-oblonga vel interdum ovata, 

 5 — 11 cm longa, 3 — 4,5 cm lata, apice acutiuscula vel brevissime lateque acuminata 

 vel interdum obtusa, basi cuneata vel rotundato-cuneata vel interdum rotundata, coriacea, 

 integra, juniora supra subglabra, hinc inde pilos stellatos gerentia, adulta solum ad 

 costam griseo-stellato-tomentosa ceterum glabra, subtus cano-brunneo-vel brunneo-tomen- 

 tosa, nervis venisque supra paullo, subtus valde prominentibus, nervis numerosis anguste 

 reticulatis in nervis lateralibus rectangulariter impositis, nervis lateralibus 7 — 8, marginem 

 petentibus, margine inter sese curvato-conjunctis. Inflorescentia axillaris vel terminalis, 

 terminaU saepius paniculata dense racemosa, multiflora, laterali plerumque evoluta race- 

 mosa, pauciflora, ca. 3-flora; rhachis inflorescentiae fulvo-tomentosa; bracteae bracte- 

 olaeque lineales, obtusae, minutae, persistentes vel mox deciduae, revolutae, fusco-tomen- 

 tosae; flores albidi, suaveolentes, 1,2 — 1,9 cm longi, pedicello 6 — 8 mm longo; calyx 

 cupuliformis, 4 — 5 mm altus, 3 — 4 mm latus, papyraceus, extus dense lutescenti-vel 

 lutescenti-brunneo-stellato-tomentosus, intus sericeo-griseo-pilosus , margine truncatus, 

 minute indistincteque quinquedentatus; corolla 5-partita, tubo ca. 4 mm longo, lobis multo 

 breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, membranaceis, lineali-oblongis, 9 — 1 5 mm longis, 

 3 — 4 mm latis, margine inflexis (in sicco), extus adpresse luteo-stellato-pilosis , intus 

 parte superiore pilosis, apice penicillatis; stamina 10, filamentis parte libera antice 

 basim versus, fasciculos pilorum flavescentium gerentibus, antherae margine pilis stellatis 



