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FLORA BRASILLE MERIDlONALlS. 



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I. 



MYRCIA GRANDIFOLIA. 



M. ramis lutescenti-tomentosis ; foliis petiolatis, oblongis , acuminatis, subtiis lutescenti- 

 tomentosis ; paniculis multifloris , folia cequantibus ; floribus lutescenti-tomentosis ; calycinis 

 lobis rotundatis; fructu spliccrico, lutescenti-tomentoso. 



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Rami tetragoni, inferne subglabrati, superne lutescenti-tomentosi. Folia6-i2 poll. longa, 2^-3^011. 

 lata, petiolata, oblonga, acuminata, integerrima, supra puberula, subtus lutescenti-tomentosa, pel- 

 lucido-punctata; nervis supra subimpressis; subttis prominentibus , reticulatis, lateralibus apice ams- 

 tomosantibus et in nervum margini parallelum confluentibus : petiolus 4 1- longus, supra profunde 

 sulcatus, subtiis convexus, lutescenti-tomentosus. Pakiculje axillares, oppositse, multifloree , if^-pol- 

 licares, lutescenti-tomentosae. Flores sessihs vel brevissime pedunculati, basi bracteis duabus oblon- 

 gis acutis concavis lutescenti-tomentosis calycem paululiim superantibus stipati. Calyx 2 1. longus, 

 obovatus, lutescenti-tomentosus; limbo 5-fido, lobis rotundatis. Petala ( in alabastro observata) 5, 

 calycem superantia, rotundata, lutescenti-tomentosa , pellucido-punctata, alba. Stamina creberrima , 

 glabra : filamenta filiformia : antberse dorso ad basim affixae, oblongae, longitudinaliter intiis deliis- 

 centes. Stylus subulatus, glaber, stamina (in alabastro) paululiim superans. Ovarium 2-loculare, 

 loculis 2-ovulatis. Ovula angulo interno loculorum aflixa, obovoideo-rotundata. Fructus (quiimma- 

 turus suppetiit) sphaericus, calycino limbo coronatus, ribes nigri magnitudine, carnosus, lutescenti- 

 tomentosus, unilocularis, 2-3-spermus. Semisa erecta, rotundata. 



In sylvis primsevis provinciee S. Pauli. 



2. IYjlYRCIA OGCARPA. 



M. caule arboreo; ramis bruneo-tomentosis; foliis petiolatis, ovato-oblongis , acuminatis, 

 subtiis ad nervos bruneo-tomentosis ; panicuLis muliifloris, folio paulo Iongioribus,bruneo- 

 tomentosis; fructu ellipsoideo , bruneo-tomentoso. 



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Arbor parva. Rami inferne teretes et subglabrati, superne bruneo-tomentosi tetragoniquc. Follv 5- 

 8 poll. longa, 2t|r-5? poll. lata, petiolata, ovato-oblonga , acuminata, integerrima, supra glabrata , 

 subtiis pubescentia et ad nervos bruneo-tonentosa , pellucido-punctata ; novella supra puberula , sub- 

 tus velutino-tomentosa; nervis subtiis prominentibus, reticulatis, lateralibus apice anastomosantibus 

 et in nervum margini parallelum confluentibus : petiolus 5-6 1. longus, subglabratus vel bruneo- 

 tomentosus, supra profunde sulcatus, subtus convexus. Pamculje axillares terminalesque, opposita 





multiflorse, 3-4-pollicares , bruneo-toisentosse. Flores non suppetiere. Fructus sessiles vel brevissime 

 pedunculati, ellipsoidei , 6-7 i. longi, calycinis lobis ovatis obtusis coronati, bruneo-tonicntosi, glan- 

 dulosi, uniloculares , 2-spermi. Semina (quse imperfecta suppetiere) ascendentia, obovoideo»compressa: 



