— 170 — 



vel glaber, 3 — 4,5 cm longus; lamina rigida coriacea supra glaberrima 

 subtus induraento sericeo aureo-nitente vestita, obovata vel obovato- 

 obloaga apice acumine angusto abrupto interdum paullura obliquo 

 6 — 8 mm longo instructa basin versus sensim angustata, 1,6 — 2,2 dm 

 longa, 7 — 9,5 cra lata, nervis lateralibus primariis 15 — 18 angulo obtuso 

 vel suramis angulo acuto a costa abeuntibus marginem versus arcuatim 

 adscendentibus supra pauUum impressis subtus valde prominentibus 

 percursa. Flores mediocres breviter pedicellati in fasciculis axillaribus 

 paucifloris dispositi; pedicelli validi ut ramuli novelli densiuscule ferru- 

 gineo-pilosi 6 — 12 mm longi; sepala fere ad basin usque libera ovata 

 vel ovato-oblonga apice obtusa extus dense adpresse pilosa intus glabra, 

 5 — 7 mm longa, 4 — 5 mm lata; corollae tubus late cylindricus sursura 

 paullum dilatatus 3 — 4 mm longus, lobi ovato-oblongi apice obtusi extus 

 adpresse pilosi intus glabri tubo aequilongi vel paullura longiores; 

 staminodia lineari-subulata acuta sparse pilosa vel glabra circ. 3 mm 

 longa; staminura filamenta linearia ut staminodia fauce affixa parte 

 libera 2 mm longa, antherae ovoideo-oblongae subacutae circ. 1,2 mm 

 metientes; ovarium ovoideo-globosum pilis densis longis patentibus 

 vestitum, 3 — 4 rnm longum, stilo tenui glabro ovario plus quam duplo 

 longiore apice paullum incrassato coronatum. 



Hylaea, Brasilien: Im Gebiet des Rio Branco im Walde der 

 Serra do Mel (ÜLE n. 8258 — blühend im August 1909). 



Bumelia Sw. 



Bumelia amazonica Krause n. sp. — Frutex vel arbuscula erecta, 

 3 — 6 m alta, ramis raraulisque modice validis teretibus novellis sparse 

 breviter puberulis adultis mox glaberrimis cortice cinereo sublaevi 

 obtectis. Folia parva breviter petiolata ut videtur praecipue ad 

 ramulorum apices conferta; petiolus validus supra late canaliculatus, 

 1 — 1,6 cm longus; lamina rigida coriacea utrinque glaberrima in 

 siccitate discolor subtus pallidior ohovato-oblonga vel obovato-lanceolata 

 apicem versus obtusata sumrao apice breviter latiuscule acuminata basin 

 versus sensim angustata, 5 — 10 cm longa, tertio vel quarto superiore 

 usque ad 4,2 cm lata, nervis lateralibus primariis 12—16 angulo obtuso 

 a Costa abeuntibus utrinque vix piominulis percursa. Flores parvi 

 breviter pedicellati in fasciculis axillaribus paucifloris dispositi; pedicelli 

 breves tenues sparse breviter puberuli vel demum glabri 6 — 10 mm 

 longi; sepala late ovata apice obtusa vel rarius subacuta, 2—3 mm 

 longa, extus adpresse pilosa, intus glabra, fere ad basin usque libera; 

 corollae albidae vel in siccitate brunneae tubus brevis late cylindricus, 

 1,5 — 1,8 mra longus, limbi lobi late ovati obtusi tubo subaequilongi; 

 staminodia anguste lanceolata apice acuta quam corollae lobi paullura 



