MALPIGHIACEiE. 



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lisutrinque 1-2 in marglne veljuxta marginem mmutis notata, corlacea, brevissime petiolata : stipulae 

 geminee, minutissim^, villoscT. Inflokescekti^ terminales et ad summa folia axillares, racemiformes : 

 pedunculi communes poU 5-8 longi, puLeruli; secundarii suboppositi , 1. 3-4 longi, singiili stipati 

 Lractea vix breviori lanceolata puberula basi glandulosa, articulati cum pedicello suba^quali (fruc- 

 tifero elongato) tomentoso, infra articulumbibracteoW Calyx 5-partltus, laciniis 1. 2 longis, ovatis; 

 basi (pr£eter unam) biglandulosis glandula magna prominente anfractuosc^, breviter hirsutis. Petala 

 semipoUicaria 5 brevlter unguiculata, limbo obovato vel basi cuneato, extrorsum puberulo-velutina. 

 Stamina 10, calyce subbreviora : filamenta ima basi inter se coalita, subulata, glabra : antherce ver- 

 satiles, glabrse. Ovakia 3 inter se inunicum 3-lobum coalita, extrorshm cristato-3-gona, hirsuta, singula 

 i-ovulata, ovulo pendulo vermiformi-uncinato. SxYLitotidem glabri, sub apice introrsum stigmatiferi. 

 SAMAR.E 3,1.4 altee et 3 longa^, secundum facies laterales planee et transvers^ venosse, dorso mcdio cris- 

 tat^ et margine utrinque aiatae, puberul^e : alae nabelUformes, poU. i longae et^lateej margine exteriori 

 lacero-undulatse : cristaduplo circiter minor. Semen globosum, infra apicem acuminatum pendulum : 

 integumentum membranaceum, fucescens, pellicula alba intus dupiicatujn pra?tcr ad chalazam orbicu- 

 larem introrsum sitara , tenuiorem , nervis ab apice ad bashn flaLeUatls percursam : embryo absque 

 perispermo vix curvatus : radicula brevis, conica/ supera, seminis acumen occupans; cotylcdoncs 

 carnosce, in^quales, altera major basi recurvata alteram subrectam sublateralem amplectens. 

 In sylvis ceeduis juxta Mangahy in parte deserta prov. Blinas Geraes vulgo Sertao. 



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H. foliis ovatis, in acumen acutissimum apice attenuatis^ inaequilateris , supra glabris, 

 subtiis cinereo-pubescentibus^ petiolatis; racemis brevibus axillaribus vel paniculas ter- 

 minales componentibus; calyce 8-9-glancluloso; petalis sericeo-hirsutis, quatuor lilacinis 

 quinto purpureo multo brevioribus; fructu 



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Frutex alte scandens : rami sarmentosi, pube brevissima albida sericei. Folia poU. 4-2 longa^ 2-1 

 lata , ovata obovatave, in acumen senslm apice attenuata breve et acutissimum, integerrima, interdum 

 inaequilatera, supra glabra etviridia (siccatione nigra), subtus pubescentla cinereaque glandulisque 

 nonnuUisminulis necpalam obyiis impressa, reflexa, petiolata; petiolo semipollicari, albido-sericeo , 

 reflexo, basi bistipulato, stipulis brevissimis vixque conspicuis. Infloeescewti^e in apice ramorum ra- 

 mulisque lateralibus terminales et axillares, paniculseformes , foliis summis imminutis inque bracteas 

 transeuntibus amplificatae : pedunculi diversorum ordinum pube albida densa sericei; corfimunes ramos 

 ramulosquecontinuantes; partiales inter se oppositi, ibidemque bibracteati; floriferil. It longi, arti- 

 culati cum pedicello paulo longiori et infra articulum bibracteolati^ bracteolls ftvato-acutis, lineam 

 longis, basi subtus biglanduIosis.CALYxai. lo.iigus, 5-fidus, laciniis semi-IanCeoIatis, extrorsumdense 

 tomentosis, basique (prseter quintam eglandulosam i-glandulosamve) biglandulosis, glandulis lineam 

 longls promincntibus lineari-eUipsoideis : preefloratio valvata. Petala valde inaequalia, 4 scilicct vix 

 calyce longlora, griseo-Iilacina, quintum (in prsefloratione involutiva interius) cacteris multo longius, 

 purpureumj omnia in unguem basi sensim angustata, obovata, fimbriato-denticulata, introrsiim 

 pubescentia, extrorsiim densius sericeo-hirsuta. Stamika iO; calyci subasqualia : filamenta subulata , 

 glabra, inter se inferne coalita ; antheree lineari-cordatse; glabree. Oyaria 3, inter se juxta axern in 



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