Manihot. 



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60. M. tristis Müll. Arg. in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. ( 1 87 4) 449. — Rami tenues, flexuosi, 

 fusco-nigricantes. Peliolus limbo duplo brevior; limbus membranaceus, supra olivaceo- 

 nigricans, subtus obscure olivaceo-glaucescens, opacus, usque ad basin 3-partiius et 

 indivisus; lobi lanceolali, basi petioluliformi-angustati, 3y 2 — i 1 ^ cm lon gi) *° — * 6 mm 

 lati, aculissime acuminati, basi brevissime confluentes; limbus indivisus e basi subobtusa 

 acutus; stipulae caducissimae. Racemi subdeflorati circ. 4 cm 



oblongo-ovatus, 



longi; 



Fig. 20. Manihot Hasslerlana Ghodat. A Habitus. B Flos $, longitudinaliter sectus. 



origin.) 



(Icon 



pedicelli tenues; bracteae parvae, 3 mm longae, lineari-lanceolatae, integrae. Calyx 

 extus et intus glaber, q? \ 1 mm longus, latiuscule campanulatus, membranaceus, pro 

 Y4 longitudinis 5-fidus, Q pentaphyllus; discus et stamina glabra; antherae 2Y2 mm 



glabrum. 



longae; ovarium subteres, 



lato-aspera. Semen griseum, 9 mm longum 



Capsula globosa, 



1 \ mm longa et lata, tubercu- 



