78 NOVITATES FLOR^ AMAZONIC^ 



acutis conchoideis extus parce sericeo-hirsutis acl mar- 

 gines glabriusculis. calyce 8 mm longo, tubo turbi- 

 nato-campanulato lobis triangulari- vel lanceolato-ova- 

 tis acutissimi^ inter se leviter inaequalibus aequi- 

 longo extus sparse subsericeo intus fauce pilis longis 

 reflexis aurcis induto. Pétala lobis calycinis vix ae- 

 quilonga ovatolanceolata acuta. Stamina 7 fertilia 

 haud exserta. Ovarium stylusque basi aureo-pilosi. 

 Specics P. monfano Aubl, (Guiana gallica, Pará) 

 proxime affinis, differt foliis coriaceis saepissime 

 exacte ellipticis (haud ovatis), inflorescentiis magis 

 condensatis ferrugineo-hirsutis (haud incano-tomen- 

 tosis ), lobis calycinis acutioribus. 



Hab. in silvis paraensibus ad viam ferream inter Be- 

 lém et Bragança (Estação Experimental «Augusto Montene- 

 gro » ), 9 IX 1908 leg. Rodolpho Siqueira Rodrigues, in cujus 

 honorem hanc speciem appellavi (H.A.M.G. 9648)- 



Sclerolobium Goeldiantim Hub. nov. spec. 



Arbor 15-ad 20-metralis vel altior, cortice griseo, 

 coma densa, obscure viridi. Foliola in ramulis flores- 

 centibus 2 — 4-(saepius 3-) juga, petiolulo 4 — 5 mm 

 longo crassiusculo, lamina ovato-lanceolata (7 — 12 

 X3 — 4 cm ) hasi rotundata subsyviineirica, ápice acuta 

 vel acuniinata ( rariter obtusiuscula ), coriacea, supra 

 glabra, subtus pube brevíssima intertexta viridi- vel 

 auieo-nitente, demum glabrescens, nervo primário 

 sui-jra impresso subtus valde prominente, nervis se- 

 ca nclariis ieniiibus niimerosis (12 — 15) supra vix, sub- 

 tus tenuiter prominentibus. Panicula ampla flori- 

 bunda, folia superans, rhachi ramisque breviter rufo- 

 hirtulis, bradeis ovato-lanceolatis setaceo-aciuiiinatis 

 5 mm longis, alabstra duplo superantibus, racemos 

 juveniles ápice comantibus longe ante anthesin deci- 

 duis. Flores breviter pedicellati ( pedicello 1 — 1.5 mm 

 longo) sepalis late ovatis conchoideis obtusis, extus 

 tenuiter fulvo- vel cinerascenti-seiiceis, 3 mm longis^ 

 petalis glabris basi filiforDiibiis, apicem versus an- 



