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a. Ovarium hirtellum. ; ) 



I. Ovarium grosse cristato-appendiculatum < 5. A, Klotxschii. : 



II. Ovarium obtuse 6-gibbosum 16.-4. leptopus. 



ß. Ovarium glabrum. 



I. Folia florendi tempore evoluta \1. A. australis. 



II. Folia florendi tempore nulla evoluta 18.-4. desertorum, 



\. A. grandifolins (Müll. Arg.) Pax. — Dactylostemon graiidifolius Klotzsch in 

 Wiegmanns Arch. VII. (1841) 181 (nomen); Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 111; 

 in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1196; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 600. — Actinostemon 

 Klotzschianus Baill. Adansonia V. (1865) 334. — Gussonia grandifolia 0, Ktze. 

 Rev. gen. IL (1891) 606. — Ramuli teretes, leviter angulosi, longiusculi, praeter apicem 

 confertim foliosum nudi; gemmarum squamae coriaceae, ovatae, obtusae, superiores 

 inflorescentiarum obovato-spathulatae, superne scariosae, margine sublanato-vestitae, 

 5 — 7 mm longae. Folia ad apicem ramulorum congesta; petiolus circ. 2 — 3 cm longus, 

 apice et basi tumidulus; limbus 12 — 15 cm longus, 5 — 6 cm latus, spathulatö-lanceo- 

 latus, utrinque acutus vel subobtusus, integer, prominenter reticulato-venosus, rigide 

 membranaceus, nitidulus, subtus basi maculato-pauciglandulosus ; costae secundariae 

 utrinque 8 — 11. Inflorescentia 2 — 2^2 cm longa; bracteae exiguae, basi glandulis 

 2, rhachi adnatis, suboblongis munitae; pedicelli (^ satis firmi, Q breviores. Sepala 

 (j* 1 — 2, sublanceolata vel suppressa, evoluta antheris breviora; stamina 8 — 11; an- 

 therae fere sessiles, in receptaculo capitulum formantes; sepala Q quam ovarium triplo 

 breviora, ovata, obtusa, subdentata, basi utrinque longe subulato-1 — 2-glandulosa; 

 ovarium glabrum; carpidia paulo infra medium geminatim bicornuta; styli fere dimidia 

 longitudine in columnam connati. Capsula 7 mm longa; appendices breves, a latere 

 compressae. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien (Sellow n. 13i9!), Bahia, bei Nazare 

 (Sellow!). 



2. A. xnandiocanns (Müll. Arg.) Pax. — Dactylostemon mandiocanus Müll. Arg, 

 in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 601. — Gussonia mandiocana 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (I89l) 

 606. — Frutex arborescens, 2V2^~'^~'^6tralis; ramuli ultimi glabri, apice folia et spicas 

 spurie terminales, confertas, dense squamatas gereutes. Folia ad apicem ramulorund 

 congesta; petiolus 7 — II mm longus, subgracilis; limbus 10 — 12 cm longus, 3 — 4 cm 

 latus, obovato-lanceolatus, longius cuspidato-acuminatus, basin versus longe cuneato- 

 angustatus, ima basi angusta abrupte contractus et obtusus, subtus triente inferioi-e 

 haud longe intra marginem glandulis 3 — 7, exiguis, maculiformibus notatus, rigide 

 membranaceus, nitidus, subtus pallidior, utraque pagina reticulato-venosus; costae se- 

 cundariae dz 12. Inflorescentiae parvulae, 3 — 4 cm longae, (j* pauciflorae, infimae 

 5, unifLorae vel simul flores 1 — 2 (^ gerentes; squamae 4 mm longae, obovatae, 

 acutae, striatae; rhachis et bracteae pubescentes; bracteae exiguae, basi glandulis 

 2 rhachi adnatis, oi'bicularibus munitae. Sepala Q quam ovarium duplo breviora, 

 triangularia vel triangulari-lanceolata, acuta, integra, basi eglandulosa, hirto-pubescentia, 

 densius ciliata; stamina circ. 5; ovarium glabrum vel pilis paucis adspersum; carpidia 

 infi'a medium obtuse bigibbosa; styli elongati, ultra medium in columnam 3 — 4 mm 



ongam connati; columna stylaris ovarium bis vel ultra aequans. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Brasilien, schattige Wälder bei Mandioca (Riedel 

 u. Langsdorff n. 556!).' 



3. A. lasiocarpus (Müll. Arg.) Baill. Adansonia V. (1865) 334. — Dactylostemon 

 lasiocarpus Klotzsch in Wiegmann, Arch. VII. (1881) 181 (nomen); Müll. Arg, in Linnaea 

 XXXIL (1863) Hl; in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1196; in FL Bras. XL 2. (1874) 

 601 t. 83, f. 2. — Gussonia lasiocarpa 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. IL (1891) 606. — Ramuli 

 teretes, breviusculi, haud raro spurie verticillati vel subverticillatim conferti, glabri, dense 

 lenticellali. Folia ad apicem ramulorum conferta; petiolus 7 — 10 mm longus, demum 

 valde transversim rimosus; limbus 10 — 12 cm longus, 3 — 4 cm latus, lanceolatus, basi 



