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2. TETRAPTERIS xylosteifolia. 



T. foliis ovatis, basi subcordatis, utrinque breviter secl densius subtus pubescentibus , 

 moUibuSj breviter petiolatis; umbellis terminalibus paucifloris; calyce 8-glancluIoso ; sa- 

 marce muricatae alis puberulis, spatuliformibus , superioribus majoribus. 



Cauus volubilis, scandens : rami flexiles, noveUi tomcntosi; adulti glabrati grisei. Folia poU. 2-1 

 longa,]. i5-io lata, ovata, basi subcordata, integerrima, snpra pubescentia et densiiis subtus, glan- 

 dulisnonnullis marginalibus minutis sub pube vix conspicuis, mollia, breviter petiolata; petiolo tomen- 

 toso, adbasim vix consplcue bistipulato. Peduncuu in ramulis lateralibus terminales, umbcllatim 5-4- 

 nati, bracteis totidem in involucrum verticillatis stipati, 1. ^longi, singuli i-flori cum pedicello 

 paulo longiori artlculati et infra artlculum bibracteolati : prseterea axillce foliorum supremorum in 

 bracteas transeuntium nonnuuquam floriferas. Cai-yx 5-partitus, laciniis ere.ctis, OTOtis, basi (pr^eter 

 unam) biglandulosis glandula prominente subsequali elliptica, I. i longis, glabris. Petala calyce 

 triplo longlora, inter fpsius kcinias reflexa, unguiculata, liml^o^ovata, basi saglttato-emarginafa, mar- 

 glne lacero-dentula, lutea. StamikaTo, caljce paulo longiora; filamenta complanata, subulata, inferne 

 inter sc coalita, petalis alterna oppositis pauio longiora : antherse cordatse, basi barbatse : pollen glo- 

 bulosum, porls undique ampuUas emittentlbus dehiscens et inde ils totum horrescens. Ovaria 5 in 

 unicum trilobum facie internd coalita, exlrorsum cristato-3-gona, vlUosa, i-ovulata, ovulo pendulo, 

 vermlformi, uncinato. Styli totidem divergentes, glabri, singull stigmate glanduloso terminati. 

 Samar^ 5, axi 3-gono-pyramidaIi et facie intcrna inter se adhserentes, demiim solubiles, globulosse, 

 magnltudine pisiminimi, puberul^, dorso cristatse, marglne ntrlnque bialatse-, inter cristam et alas 

 processibus membranaceis brevibus muricatse : crista sesfpilineam lata, in duas partes fissa superlorem 

 intc^ram, inferlorem lacero-dentatam ; alae sptuliformes, superiores I. 6 longse, 2 latse, inferlores 

 duplo minoi-es." Semew globulosum, pendulum, membrana simpllci vestitum , embryone uncinato- 



curvato. 



In sylvis prim^evis ad montem Morro da Laguna in prov. S. Catharinse. Malo fructus maturabat. 



5. TETRAPTERIS cham^gerasifolia. f Tab. CLXII. 



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T. foliis ovatis, acutis, pilis longiusculis rare sparsis, mollibus , brevissime petiolatisj 

 imibellis terminalibus axillaribusve , subseSsillibus , paucifloris; calyce 8-gIantluIoso; sa- 



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mara; alis rubentibus, glabris, obovatis , superioribus brevibus. 



Rami novelli pubescentes, adulti glabratl rubentes. Folia poll. i4-i longa, i-| lata, ovata, acuta, 

 integerrima, glandulis 2-4 marginallbus ad baslm notata, pills mollibus longiusculis raris pubes- 

 centia,molIia,breviterpetioIata; petiolo pubescentl, ad basim brevissime 2-stipulato. Ikflorescekti^ 

 terminalcs vel in ramulis lateralibus abortu brevlssimls et inde quasi axlllares; pedunculi umbellatim 

 3-5-naVi, bractcis totidem in involucrum vertlcillatis stipati, 1. 2 longi, singulo i-flori^, cum pedicello 

 duplo longlori articuhiti et infra articulum bibracteolati : bracteae bracteolseque ovatse, margine inferne 

 glandulifer^, sicut pedunculi pubescentes. Flores non suppetebant nisi petalis lapsis, ovario ad fruc- 

 tuni vergente, in quUms : Calix 5-partilus, laciniis 1. 2 longis, ovatis, aplce revolutis, basi (prseter 



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