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FLORA BRASILIJE MERIDIONALIS. 



II. HETEROPTERIS nitida. 



H. folils oblongls, lanceolatls ovato-lanceolatis elliptlcisve, aplculatls, supra glabris 

 lucidisque, subt^s serlceo-nltldls senels auratlsve et serie dupllcl glandularum notatis, sub- 

 coriaceisj longiuscule petlolatlsj umbellis termlnallbus axillaribusque in corymbum quasi 

 digestis; calyce 8-glanduIoso; petalis luteis; samaris mediocribus, nitldo-pubentlbus , ala 



obllque obovata. 



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63. In adnot. — DC, Prodr. i /7. 592. 



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Banisteria nltida. Lam. Dict, 1 p, 36g. — Cw, Diss, g p. ^22, tah, 244- 



Fbutex 3-4-peclalis; raniis ancipitibus; junioribus pube brevissima adpress^ quasi pulverulentis ; 

 adnltis glabratis, lenticellarum copi^ scabris. Folia poU. 5-3 longa, 2-1 lata, oblonga, ovata, ellipti- 

 cave, apiculata, basi acuta^ apice quoedam preemorsa, integerrima,- supra glabra et lucida, subtiis 

 pilis brevissimis densissime sericeo-adpressis aenea, nervis prominulis, lateralibus circa vel supra 

 medium saepiiis glandula parvii fusca riotatls, pe^tiglata petiolo semipollicari glabrato suprema admo- 

 diim abbreviata inque bracteas demiini omnino transeuntia. Inflorescewtije umbelliformes umhellis 

 4-floris; saepius foliorum supremorum in bracteas melamorphosi ternatis (duce laterales subter- 

 minales, tertia terminalis media) et umbellam generalem trifidam vel corymbum constituentibus : 

 pedunculi 4 bracteis totidem in involucrum verticlllatis brevissime stipati, 1. 2-3 longi, ferru- 

 gineo-aurati , cum pedicello subsequali et concolori singuli articulati et infra articulum bibracteolati. 

 Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis 1. i^ longis, ovatis, conniventibus, exlrorsum pube adpressa incanis et 

 biglandulosis, glandulis laciniam calycinam fere totam tegentlbus, ovatis, prominentibus, contiguis. 

 Petala calyce paulo longiora, reflexa, breviter unguiculata, limbo obovato, basi biauriculata, mar- 

 gine subintegro, dorso carinato, intcr se subdissimilia (quintum, in praefloratione involutiva interius, 

 crassiiis unguiculatum et lacero-ciliatum), lutea, Stamika 10, calycem vix superantia, petalis opposita 

 alternis breviora : filamenta inter se inferne coalita in urceolum lineis 10 hirsutis (qua? cum stami- 

 nibus alternant) notatum, ca3terum glabra : antherse glabrae, connectivo dorsali, discolori, cordiformi, 

 glanduliformi. Ovaria 5, in unicum trilobum densissime hirsutiim coalita, singula dorso carinata, i- 

 ovulata, ovulo uncinato, pendulo. Styli totidem breves, crassi, glabri, apice truncato introrsuni 

 stigmatiferi. Samar^ 3 (quarum una aut altera soepe abortiva), receptaculo brevissimo pyramidali-3- 

 gono facie interna oblique aflixae, lateribus convexse et tomento densiori rufescentes, supra et extror- 

 SLim productse in alam basi angustatam, caeteriim oblique obovatam, 1., i5 circiter longam et8 latam, 

 margine postico incrassato fere rectilineam, antico tenui curvilineam et subundulatam , pube brevi 

 sericea i-enitentem : loculus subrotundus, ghaber. Semen (immaturum suppetens) conforme, suspen- 

 sum, radicula supera brevi obtusa, cotyledonibus ovatis, circa medium complicatis. 



Juxta Sebastianopolim Augusto fructus maturabat. 



jS. aurifolia : foliis duplo majoribus, lanceolatis vel ovato-lanceolatis, subtus ferrugineo-auratis. 

 Ad margines sylvarum prope pagnm Freguesla cle N. S. da Escadenha in pj^-ov. S. Pauli, Aprili 

 florebat. 



Obs. Ces dcux varietes doivent-elles consliluer deux especes dlfTerentes ? Cest ce qu'on ne pourra prononcer qu'apres avoir 

 eonipare lcs parties de leur fructificallon ; cc que nous n^avons pu fairc , parce que les echantlllons de Rio do Janeiro ( identlques 

 .avcc ceux qu'y avait jadis recuelUis Commcrson) etaient seulcment en fruit; ceux de Saint-Paul, seulement en fleur. Bans 



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