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6. A. Gardneri (Müll. Arg.) Pax. • — Dactylostemon Gardneri Müll. Arg. in Fl. 

 Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 602. — Gussonia Gardneri 0. Klze. Rev. gen, II. (1891) 606. 

 — Ramuli graciles, teretes, juveniles apice pubescentes. Folia ad apicem ramulorum 

 subcongesta; petiolus 9 — 10 mm longus, evoliilus glaber, junior cum pagina inferiore 

 foliorum no\ellorum pilis longiusculis, subadpressis, albido-fulvescentibus sericeo-villosus; 

 limbus 8 cm longus, 3^/2 cm latus, lanceolato-subellipticus, acuminatus, basin versus 

 angustatus, ima basi obtusus, evolutus utraque facie glabratus et nitidulus, prominenter 

 reticulato-venosus, subtus glanduliger. Squamae involucrantes inferiores 5 — 6 mm 

 longae, obtusae, leviter costatae, margine albido-bai'batae, superiores microphjllinae et 

 subtus dense adpresso-villosae. Spicae circ. 3Y2 cm longae, basi nudae; rhachis bre- 

 viuscule, sed dense pubescens; bracteae ovato-lanceolatae, basi late biglandulosae; glandulae 

 pubescentes; bracteae 3-florae, infimae juxta florem intermedium § vulgo utrinque 

 florem q^ proferentes; pedicelli florum r^ intermediorum graciles. Sepala (^ lanceolato- 

 obovata, superne villoso-pubescentia, in flore inlermedio cujusvis bracteae 3, in floribus 

 lateralibus 3 — 1; stamina floris intermedii 12 — 15, lateralium circ. 8; sepala ^ ^^^~ 

 ceolata, ovarium aequantia, basi utrinque glanduloso-unilobata; ovarium dense pubescens, 

 in quoque carpidio geminatim bituberculatum; styli vix quarta parte longitudinis in 

 columnam connati. 



Südbrasilianische Provinz: Wahrscheinlich in Ostbrasilien (Gardner 

 n. 166). 



7. A. amazonicns Pax et K. Hoffm. n. spec. — Frutex 3 — 6 m altus. Folia 

 ad apicem ramulorum congesta; petiolus brevissimus, 1 — 2 mm attingens; Hmbus 

 9 — 1 1 cm longus, 3 — 4^2 ^"^ latus, lanceolatus, acutus vel subacuminatus, apice ipso 

 obtusus, basin versus angustatus, costa media subtus parce pilosa excepta glaber, 

 nitidus, utraque facie prominenter reticulatus, subtus inferiore parte glanduliger, sub- 

 coriaceus; costae secundariae utrinque 8 — 10. Squamae involucrantes inferiores 2 — 3 mm 

 longae, obtusae, costatae, inferiores glabrae, superiores pubescentes. Spicae aut omnino 

 0^, aut Q. et apice verisimiliter rudimentarie (J'j spicae (j^ 3 cm longae, a basi 

 florigerae; rhachis et pedicelli hirti et filiformes; bracteae exiguae, lineares, vix 1 mm 

 longae, basi biglandulosae, cum glandulis minutis dense hirtae, inferiores racemulum 

 laxum 4 — 7-florem gereutes, superiores 3-florae; pedicelli florum (^ ramulorum {^l^vnm. 

 longi, florum intermediorum cujusvis bracteae 3 — 4 mm longi; spicae Q. valde ab- 

 breviatae, vix e gemma progredientes, 1 — 2-florae; flores Q fere sessiles; bracteae 

 quam rf paulo tantum majores. Sepala (^f lanceolata, pubescentia, exigua, in flore 

 medio cujusvis bracteae et in flore terminali racemuli <^ 3 — 4, in lateralibus 1 — 2; 

 sepala Q 3, lanceolata, ovarium fere aequantia, basi utrinque glanduloso-unilobata; 

 stamina in floribus terminalibus 8 — 12, in lateralibus 5 — 8; filamenta filiformia, 1 1/2 ™™ 

 longa; ovarium dense pubescens, in quoque carpidio geminatim bituberculatum; styli 

 parce pubescentes, ima basi tantum connati. 



Provinz des Amazonenstroms: Brasilien, Amazonas, Jurua Miry (Ule 

 n. 5586!). 



Nota. Species distinctissima, nulli affinis est. 



8. A. verticillatus (Klotzsch) ßaill. Adansonia V. (1865) 334. — Dactylostemon 

 verticillatus Klotzsch in Linnaea XXV. (1852) 298; Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXXII. (1863) 

 H2; in 1)C. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1196; in Fl. Bras. XI. 2. (1874) 603. — Gussonia 

 verticillata 0. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 606. — Frutex 2 — 3 m altus; ramuli spurie 

 verticillati, glabri, juveniles hirto-pubescentes. Folia in apice ramulorum subverticillatim 

 congesta; petiolus 1 — 2 mm longus; limbus 3 — 8 cm longus, 2 — 3 cm latus, obovato- 

 lanceolatus, apice et basi acutus, glaber, subtus eglandulosus, rigide membranaceus, 

 reticulato-venosus, nitidus; stipulae 3 — 4 mm longae, lanceolato-lineares, denliculatae, 

 •deciduae. Squamae involucrantes scarioso-coriaceae, obtusae, tomentoso-ciliatae. Spicae 

 2 — 3 cm longae; rhachis crassiuscula, pubescens; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, basi 

 grosse biglandulosae, Q^ 3-florae; pedicelli (j^ longiores 2 mm longi, Q breviores. 

 Sepala (J^ rhombeo-lanceolata, obovata, in floribus lateralibus cujusvis bracteae fere 



