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FLORA BRASILI.E MERIDIONALIS. 



rufescenti-tomentosus. Panicul;e axillares terminalesque, oppositae, folio triente breviores, ramo 

 multiflorse, rufescenti-tomentosae. Flores in ramulis sessiles, basi bracteis duabus, parvulis ov t' ' 

 rufescenti-tomentosis sutfulti. Calyx i^ L longus, obovoideus, rufescenti-tomentosus, hreviter 5-fid ' 

 lobis obtusis, demum reflexis. Petala 5, calycem superantia, i£ 1. longa, obovata, extus rufeseenti- 

 tomentosa, interiore pagina glabra, pellucido-punctata , alba. StaminA petala paululum superantia 

 glabra : filamenta filiformia : antheree supra basim dorso affixae, ellipsoideae. St^lus stamina geau 

 subulatus, pilis raris inspersus. Stigma parvulum. Ovarium apice tomentosum, 2 loculare loculis 

 ovulatis. Ovula ascendentia, obovoidea. Fructus non suppetiit. , 



In sylvis prope urbem Villa clo Principe in provincia Minas Geraes, Florebat Martio, 



11. MYRGIA reticulata. f Tab. CXLII. 



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M. caule fruticoso; ramis bruneo-pilosis ; foliis breviter petiolatis, oblon go-lanceolatis 

 vel lanceolatis, acutis, retieulato-nervosis , subtiis faveolatis brurieo-pubescentibus • pani- 

 culis folio brevioribus; floribus rufescenti-pilosis ; lobis calycinis obtusis. 



Frutex 4-5-pedalis. Rami angulosi, pilis bruneis obsiti. Folia 2-^-61 poll. longa, 1-1-J- poll.lata bre- 

 viter petiolata, lanceolata vel oblongo-lanceolata, basi rotundata, apicem versiis gradatim aneustala 

 acuta, margine subtiis revoluta et quasi crenulata, reticulata, supra glabrata et exasperata , subtiis 

 bruneo-pubescentia et faveolata, pellucido-punctata; novella pube lutescente velutina obtecta; nervis 

 venisque supra valde impressis, subtus manifeste prominentibus ; nervis lateralibus apice anastomo- 

 santibus et in nervum margini parallelum coniluentibus : petiolus 2 1. longus, pilis bruneis donatus, 

 supra profunde sulcatus, subtiis convexus. Pakicul^ axillares terminalesque , oppositge, folio breviores, 

 i-3-pollicares, ramosee, pilis bruneis obsitae. Flores in ramulis subsessiles, basi stipati bracteis dua- 

 bus, lineari-lanceolatis, acutissimis, pilis bruneis obsitis, calyce longioribus. Calyx 2 1. longus, 

 campanulatus, pilis rufis obsitus, breviter 5-lobatus, lobis obtusis. Petala 5, 3 l! longa, obovata, 

 concava , exteriore pagina pilosa, interiore glabra, pellucido-punctata. Stamina creberrima, petala sub- 

 aequantia, glabra : filamenta filiformia : antherae dorso suprabasim affixee, ellipsoideee. Stylus stanii- 

 nibus paulo brevior, subulatus, inferne pilis inspersus, superne glaber. Ovarium apice pilosum, 

 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis.. Ovula ascendentia, obovoidea. Fructus non suppetiit. 



In sylvis primeevis prope praedium Rancho de Medeiro ad iter quod ducit a Sebastianopoli ad pro- 

 vinciam Minas Geraes. Florebat Februario. ■'"'■* 







