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FLORA BRASILItE MERIDIONALIS. 



' I . BANISTERIA crotonifolia. -f 



B. foliis brevibus 5 ovatis 5 brevissime apiculatis, subtus lanato-albidis , basique biglan- 

 dulosis; floribus roseis; antberis glabris ^ connectivo gibbiformi; samaris.... 



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SuFFRUTEX 2-2l-pedalis : rami tomento denso rufo-virente velutlni. Folii poll. i-iy longa, I. lo cir- 

 citer lata, ovata vel rarius suborbiculata, basi vix cordata, brevissime plerumque apiculata, supra 

 pubcrala puLe in nervis densiori, subtiis lanato-albentia nervis prominulis basique biglandulosa 

 glandulis scutelliformibusj brevissime petiolata , bistipulata stipulis minutis lanatis. Inflorescekti^ 

 in apice ramoriim summisque ramulis lateralibus saepius pedunculiformibus lerminales, umbelllformes 

 umbellis 4-floris, abbreviatione foliorum supremorum bracteeeformium in paniculam longam strictani 

 quasi digestis : pedicelli circiter semipollicares/ tomentosi, crassiusculi, basi articulati^ infra arti- 

 culum extrorsum bractea , lateribus bracteola duplici, stipati, bractca bracteolisque brevJbus, ovatls, 

 pubesccntibus, in involucrum biseriale quasi dispositis, cito deciduis. Calyx 5-partitus laciniis I. 2 

 longis, ovatis, cxtrorsum tomentoso-sericeis basique (praeter unam) biglandulosis, glandulis duplo 

 brevioribus lineari-ovatis prominentibus. Pktala calyce duplo aut ultra longiora , unguiculata ungui- 

 bus inter lacinias calycinas ipsis longiores reflexis, limbo basi sensim angustato, orbiculato vel obovato, 

 elegantibus fimbriis ciliato, roseo. Stamijsa 10, calyccm vix superantia, 5 calyci opposita alternis 

 inajora, CEeteriim inaequalia (exteriora scilicctin umbella minora) : filamenta subulata glabra, basibus 

 intcr sc in tubum infcriiisque cum calyce concreta : antlierse loculis glabris, connectivo glanduliformi, 

 crasso, in staminibus majoribus gibboso. Ovaria3, in unicum trilobum dense hirsutum facie interna 

 coalita, i-ovulata ovulo uncinato pendulo. Styli totidem stamina vix superantes, rigidi, glabri, stig- 

 mate capitellato truncato discolori terminati. Frugtus non suppetebat. 



In monte vulgb Morro d^^ndaia^ in parte orientaU prov. Minas Gcraes dicta MinasNoi^aSy Aprili 

 florcbat : inventa quoque in pascuis juxta Barhados (Minas Novas). 



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B. foliis ovatis vel obovatis , apiculatis, rugosis, subtixs tomentoso-albidis reticulatoque 

 nervosis, basi biglandulosis 5 floribus rosels; antberis glabris; samarls pubentibus, dorso 

 in alam brevem productis, latere rugosis. 



Caulis i4-24-pcdaIis , simplex vcl parce ramosus. Rami juniores tomento denso spurce albidi , sub ipso 

 seriiis excusso rubentcs. Folia opposita, interdiim ternatlm verticillata, poll. 2J-i|Ionga, i~ lata, 

 ovata vel sa^pius obovata, apiculata, integerrima, supra pilis crispis pubescentia, subtiis iisdem den- 

 sissimis tomentoso-albida et nervis prominentibus reticulata, mcdio ad basim biglanduloso glandulls 

 orbicularibus scutclliformibus prominulis, subscssilia, bistipulata stipulis brevissimis et sub tomento 

 occuitis apiculifonnibus, suprcma sensim et mire abbreviata bracteasque mentientia. Lnflorescek- 

 Ti^ foliorum supremorum abbreviatione in paniculas terminales subterminalesque et magnas quasi 

 dispositse; singula^ revera in ramulis terminalibus lateralibusque umbelliformes, umbella 4-flora : 

 pedicelli 1. 4 longi, ramulis similes, basi articulati, infra articulam cxtrorsiim bractea, lateribus brac. 

 teola duplici stipati, bracteis bracteollsque ovatls, villosis, in involucrum verticillatis. Calyx 5-partitus, 



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