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FLORA BRASILI-E MERIDIONALIS. 



sulcatus, subtus convexus, rubiginoso-pubescens. Flores polygami, spicati, sessiles , basi bractea 

 lineari-subulata, tubum calycinum aequante, puberula suffulti; spicse axillares terminalesque, bre- 

 viter pedunculatse, densse, folio breviores, ssepius (foliis superioribus ad bracteam pafvulam subu- 

 latam rubiginoso-puberulam redactis ) ramosae paniculamque 2-4 pollices longam efformantes ; pe- 

 dunculo communi, rachi ramulisque rubiginosis, tomentoso-puberulis. Calvx i^ 1. longus, extuspu- 



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bescenti-glandulosus , intiis villosus ; tubo cylindraceo, apice constricto; limbo campanulato, obtus. 

 4-dentato, dentibus erectis. Petala 4? summo calyci inserta , eumdem paululiim superantia , i 1, 

 longa, reflexa, obovato-elliptica , breviter unguiculata, lutescentia, glabra. Stamina calyce duploet 

 amplius longiora, glabra : filamenta filiformia, apice subulata : antherae medio dorso affixa., mobiles, 

 ellipticee, basi emarginatae, lutescentes. Discus imam basim limbi calycini induens. Stylus staminibus 

 brevior, subulatus, glaber. Stigma terminale , parvulum. Ovarium 2-ovulatum; ovulis oblongo-cylin- 

 draceis, inaequalibus. Fructus haud suppetit. ' 



In paludosis ad ripas fluminis Rlo de S. Francisco in parte deserta occidentalique provincia. Minaa 

 Geraes quam vocant Certad. Floret Septembri. 



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Expl. tab. CXXX. — i. Flos valde auctus. — 2. Ejusdem sectio verticalis. 



3. COMBRETTJM Duarteanum. f 



C. inerme; foliis oppositis, ellipticis , acuminatis, integerrimis , utrinque lepidotis; 

 spicis simplicibus , breviter pedunculatis , laxis , folio brevioribus ; tubo calycino tetragono. 



Rami teretes, glabri, cortice griseo; novelli squamis parvulis crebris scabri. Folia opposita, ellip- 

 tica, saepe subinsequilatera, acuminata, integerrima, squamis parvulis rotundatis utrinque obsita, 

 eglandulosa, 2^-31 poll. longa, 21-27 1. lata; nervis subtiis prominulis : petiolus 2-3 1. longus,supra 

 sulcatus, subtus convexus, squamis creberrimis scaber. Flores spicati, sessiles, basi bractea lanceo- 

 lata, acuta, infra medium valde angustata, 3-6 1. longa, \-\\ 1. lata, lepidota suffulti; spicee axil- 

 lares, folio breviores, breviter pedunculatae , laxae, simplices; pedunculo communi rachique sulcatis, 

 lepidotis. Calyx 3 1. longus, extiis lepidotus, intus ad basim staminum supra discum villosus; tubo 

 tetragono, supra ovarium paululum constricto; limbo infundibuliformi , 4-dentato, dentibus acutis, 

 erectis. Petala calycem paululiim superantia, 1 1. longa, lanceolata, basi valde angustata, acutius- 

 cula, 3-venia, glabra. Stamina petalis triplo longiora, glabra, 4 petalis opposita paulo longiora : fila- 

 menta teretia, apice subulata : antherae medio dorso affixae, mobiles, ellipticee. Discus basim limbi 

 calycini induens, infra stamina in coronam integerrimam liberam exspansus. Stylus petala paululum 

 superans, subulatus, glaber. Stigma terminale, parvulum. Ovarium uniloculare, 4-° vinatum > 

 e summo ovario pendulis, cylindraceis. Fructus non suppetit. (Descriptioex specimine unicoabami- 

 cissimo Antonio Noguera Duarte communicato. ) - 



In sylvis prope pagum Contendas. Floret Octobri. 



