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FLORA BRASILI^ MERIDIONALIS. 



tibus instructl, caeteriim nudi : unde sseplus flores videnter ad pedunculi apicem floriferum folii- 

 ferumcpe in umbellam triplicem, mediam sessilem lateralesque stipltatas, digesti : pedunculi par- 

 1. 5 longi, tomentoso-albicantes, basi breviter bracteati, apice articulati cum pedicello simili 



tiale 



pauloque breviori, crassiori, ante antbesim subrecurvo/ infra articulum bibracteolati. Calyx 5-par- 

 titus^ laciniis 1. i^ longis, late ovatis, extrorsiim Iiirsutis, basi (pr^ter unam) biglandulosis , dorso 

 inter glandulas magnas prominentes ellipsoideas carinatim excurrente. Petala calyce 4"* longiora, 

 ungUiculata ungue calycem sub^equante et inter lacinias ejus reflexo, limbo orbiculari, ciliato-denti- 

 culato, ad basim breviter biauriculato, inter se insequalia dissimiliaque , lutea. Stamina io calycem vix 

 superantia : 6 fertilia (quorum 5 ca?teris multo crassiora), 4 (quse laciniis calycinis biglandulosis oppo^ 

 sita) sterilia eadem graciliora atque interiora : filamenta valde insequalia dissimiliaque, inferne in 

 tubum ix-regulariter coalita : antherse similiter dissimiles et insequales, connectivo in massam incrassato 

 globosani^ loculos in staminibus fertilibus oblongos disjunctos gerente, ia sterilibus nullos. Ovauia 3 

 staminil)us crassioribus subopposita , facie interna in unicum trilobum subcoalita , pilis longis Iilrsuta , 

 ultra styli ortum in gibbum producta, singula i-ovulata ovulo uncinato pendulo. Styli totidem stamina 

 superantes, divergentes, glabri, apice extrorsum in appendiculam foliaceam orbicularem concavam 

 antherisque oppositis in prcefloratione incumbentem dilatati, introrsiim stigmatiferi stigmate parvo 

 ^ristuleeformi discolorr. TKUCTos«.Qa suppetit. 



' Prope Itajuru pr^edium non procu 

 Februario florebat, 



ico SiJMiguel de Mato dentro , in prov. Minas Geraes 



9. STIGMAPHYLLON alternifolium. 



S. foliis alternis, subcordiformibus 5 iutegerrlmis, apiculatis, suBttis dense pubescenti- 

 bus 5 breviter petiolatls petlolo aplce blglanduloso; samarls.... 



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Frutex scandens, ramis flexilibus, pube trevi spurca demiim excussa inspersis. Folia alterna, polL 

 2-iT longa, i^i lata, subcordiformia, integerrima^ apiculata, supra pube qua juniora teguntur 

 excussa glabrata, subtiis dense pubescentia, petiolata potiolo similiter pubescente, 1. 4 longo, supii 

 canaliculato, ad apicem biglanduloso glandulis discoideiS; bistipulata stipulis minimis rigidis acutis, 

 Pedukculi communes (ramuli) axillares, petiolis duplo longiores crassioresque , bracteis oppositis 

 biglandulosis instructi, apice umbellatim floriferi umbella y-S-flora (in qua flores revera gcminatim 

 oppositi inferioresque citius superioribus evoluti), tomentosi : partiales similiter tomentosi, 1. 5 longi, 

 singuli cum pedicello articulati et infra articulum bibracteolati, basi bracteati bractea biglandulosa : 

 pedicelli concolores, crassiores, obconici, ante anthesim recurvi; postea elongati et erecti. Calyx 

 5-partituS; laciniisl. i^ longis, acute ovatis, medio extrorsiim hirsutis, basi(pr£eter unam) biglandu- 

 losis glandulis ovatis prominentlbus, dorso infri carinatlm inter glandulas excurrente. Petala calyce l^' 

 longiora, breviter unguiculata, limbo suborbiculari, basi biauriculato, ciliato-dentato , inaequalia dissi- 

 mibaque, reflexa, lutea. Stamina 10 calycem vix superantia, quinque petalis opposita breviora, quinque 

 alterna subinteriora, omnia ina^qualia dissimiliaque , qu^dam fere aut omnino eff-aeta : filamenta 

 cvlabra, inferne in tubum coalita , 5 cceteris crassiora : anther^ connectivo glanduliformi, crasso, 

 foculos, in tribus staminibus petalo interiori rcspondentibus aliisque duobus abortivos, in quinque 

 c^teris (quorum 4 cum calycinis laciniis alternant, quintum laciniae eglandulosae oppomtur) fertiles 

 gerente Ovak^ia 3 stamlnibus tribusmajoribus opposita; facie intern4 in unumcoalita, hirsuta, ultra styli 



