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FLORA BRASILIiE MERIDIONALIS. 



minutis orbicularibus impr-essa;, coriacea, peliolata "peliolo 1. 4"^ lo^g^ patente, supra canaliculata. 

 Inflorescekti^ umbelliformes, umbellis S-g-floris, foliorum supremorum in bracteas transeuntium 

 abbrcYiatione paniculas amplas densi-multi-floras pyramiclatas terminales vel ad summa folia axillares 

 componentibus : pedunculi floriferi semilineam longi, basi i-bracteati bracteis minutis in involucrum 

 umbellae verticillatis, apice articulati cum pedicello sextuplb longiori gracili adpresso-pubente et 

 infra articulum bibracteolati. Calyx 5-partitus; laciniis lineamlongis, subrotundis, extrorsum pubes- 

 centibus basique ( una excepta ) biglandulosis, glandulis brevibus splioeroideis prominentibus vel 

 minimis tantiimque rudimentai-iis nec nunquam lobulatis. Petala calyce quadruplo longiora, breviter 

 unguiculata, limbo obovato carinato-concavo brcvissime denticulato, reflexa, inter se insequalia dis- 

 similiaque (quintum crassius longiiisque unguiculatum erectum limbo minori sagittato). Stamina io, 

 calycem superantia ; filamenta plana, subulata, inferne coalita, glabra : antherse obovatpe, glabrfe. 

 OvARiA 3, facie interna inter se coalita, hirsuta, singula dorso S-appendicuIata, appendiculis glabris 

 semiovatis, 2 exterioribus iisdemque superioribus majoribus, 2 intermediis inferioribus, quinta media 

 cristseformi a basi ovarii usque ad styli ortum producta, i-ovulata ovulo uncinato pendulo. St^li toti- 

 dem stamina superantcs, e summi&ovariisorti, glabri, rigidi, inter se insequales (tertius ceeteris duo- 

 bus paulo longior), stigmate capitellato terminatrTFRUCTUs ndn suppetebat. 



In sylvis caeduis prov. Minas Geraes. . 



7. TETRAPTERIS punctulata. 



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T. foliis lanceolalls vel ovato-lanceolatis ^ acutissime aplculatis obtusatisve , glaberrimls , 

 supra copla puntulorum maculatis, subtus retlculato-venosls , brevlter petiolatis; racemls 

 in panlculam termlnalem composltis; calyce subeglanduloso ; samarse muricatoe alls pube- 

 rulls, obovatls, marglnalibus superioribus majorlbus. 



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Rami juniores sericeo-pubcntes^ adulti glabrati rubentesque. Folia poU. 5-5 longa^ i^-^^ lata, lan- 

 ceolata vel ovato-Ianceolata , acuminata acumine in apiculum acutissimum desinente vel obtusata, gla- 

 berrima, supra punctulis creberrimis minutissimis maculata, subtiis reticulato-nervosa^ petioiata petiolo 

 1, 5 longo albido-pubente juxta apicem 2-gIanduloso prtetereaque ad basim 2-stipuIato stipulis minu- 

 tissimis glanduliformibus. Inflorescektle terminales et ad summa folia axillares, paniculseformes sed 

 revera pedunculis divcrsorum ordinum geminatim oppositis definitae ; pcdunculi sericeo-pubcntes , 

 bracteati bi^actea minuta acutfi : pedlcelli graciles, 1. 5Iongi, articulati, infra articuluma-bracteolati. 

 Calyx 5-partitus ; laciniis apice revolutis, basi villosis et biglandulosis glandula vix sub villis conspi- 

 cua nec prominula, I. 2 longis, anguste ellipticis. Petala calyce vix longiora, inter ipsius lacinias i^e- 

 flexa, breviter unguiculata, limbo suborbiculari basi sagittato lacero-dentula. Stamina 10, paulo calyce 

 brevlora : filamenta complanata, subulataj ima basi in urceolum liypogynum coalita, petalis alterna 

 oppositis paulolongioraatque interiora : antlierse cordatae, biloculares, conncctivodorsaliglandulseformi 

 discolori : pollen ampullas 5-4 emittens. Ovaria 5 inter se in unicum alte 5-lobum facie interna coalita, 

 extrorsum crIstato-5-gona, hirsuta, singula i-ovulata, ovulo pendulo, vermiformi, plicato. Styli toti- 

 dem divergentes, glabri, singuli stigmate glanduloso tcrminati. Fructus conflatus e samaris tribus, 

 jaixta axim coalitis et demiim solubilibus, singulis magnltudlne pisi minoris, secundiini fiicies latera- 

 les planis, dorso supernc ct longitrorsiini cristato-alatiS; margine utrinque blalatis, inter cristam et 



