510 Ign. TTrban: 



(12.) Meliosiiiji Sellowii Urb. foliis altern is, -nunc per paria ap- 

 proximatis, 10 — 15 mm. longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis v. elliptico- 

 oblongis, breviter v. mediocriter acuminatis, inferne sensim angustatis, 

 basi aciitis, 18 — 25 cm. longis, 6 — 9 cm. latis, 2^2 — 3-plo longiori- 

 bus quam latioribus, integris planis, supra juxta nervura medium con- 

 vexum paullo impressis, nervis lateralibus supra parum prominulis v. 

 perpaullo impressis, subtiis valde prominentibus, chartaceo-coriaceis; 

 petalis exterioribus 2 — 2,5 mm. longis, interioribus superne bilobis, lobis 

 divaricatis margine brevissime papilloso-pilosis; cupula antherifera apice 

 rotundata, loculis breviter ovali-globulosis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, 

 fissuris ad basin convergentibus; disco evoluto; stylo apice integre; fructu 

 20 mm. longo, 17 mm. crasso. 



Meliosma Selloirn Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. XIII (1895) 

 p. 212 in obs. 



Rami vetustiores teretes, hornotini in sicco obscure bruniiei lenticellis 

 oblongis V. lanceolatis liine illinc notati, superne obtuse v. vix angulati glabri; 

 gemraae breviter fenugineo-pilosae. Folia petiolis supra angnste canaliculatis, 

 nervis lateralibus 9 — 12 sub angulo 50 — 60 '^ aVieuntibus, margine piano 

 V. paullo recurvo integra, nervis utrinipie dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, 

 prima juventuto dorso ferrugineo-pilosa, sed cito glabresccntia ; folia spe- 

 ciminis juvenilis oblonga 15 — 20 cm. longa, 3,5 — 5 cm. lata, ca. 4-plo 

 longiora quam latiora, margine dentibus nonnullis brevibus linearibus notata. 

 Panniculae axillares 10 — 15 cm. longae; bracteae trianguläres 1 — 0,5 mm. 

 longae; rliacliis glabrescens, ramuli inflorescentiae pilis brevissimis adpressis 

 ferrugineis parce tomentosuli v. glabrescentes; prophylla — 2 triangularia 

 obtusa 0,7 — 0,8 mm. longa margine minute pilosa. Sepala oxteriora tri- 

 angulari-orbicularia v. suborbicularia, ca. 1 mm. diametro, interiora triangulari- 

 semiorbicularia, 1 — 1,2 mm. longa, 1,5 — 1,8 mm. lata, margine pilis bre- 

 vissimis papilliformibus simplicibus obsita, chartaceo-coriaeea. Petala exteriora 

 suborbicularia coriacea margine tonuiore minutissime papilloso-exasperata, dorso 

 in sicco dense crassiuscule nigro- striata, interiora sublinearia, 1 — 1,2 mm. 

 longa, 0,3 mm. lata. Staminodia 1 mm. longa, in Yg alt. petalis adnata, 

 apice subemarginata v. truncata. Filamenta petalis basi adnata, linearia 

 0,8 mm. longa, apieo parum geniculata; cupula antherifera ambitu orbiculari- 

 reniformis, 0,5 mm. longa, 0,7 mm. lata, lobulis apicaliltus perbrevibus. Dis- 

 cus ijuoad integer perbrevis v, subnullus in dentes nonmdlos lineares ovario 

 dimidio aequilongos excurrens. Ovarium ovatum transversim subteres in 

 stj'lum ae(|uilongum sensim attenuatum; stigma rainutum. Di'upa globulosa 

 supra basin contracta. 



Hab. in Brasiliae civit. Miuas Geraes aut S. Paulo: Sellow n. B. 

 2205 c. 2217. 



(13.) Meliosma Itatiaiae Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 6 — 3 mm. longe pe- 

 tiolatis, obovato-oblongis, brevissime v. obsolete acuminatis, inferne sen- 

 sim angustatis subcuneatis, basi ima rotundata v. subtruncata in petiolum 

 contractis, 20 — 40 cm. longis, 6,5 — 15 cm. latis ca. 3-plo longioribus 



