668 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. TRICNILIA: 
balternisve, brevissime petiolulatis, elliptico-oblongis, basi æquali 
acutis, apice acute cuspidatis, supra ad nervum medium, subtus ad 
nervos omnes puberulis, cæterum glabris; paniculis folii dimidium 
superantibus, breviter ramulosis, elongatis; floribus pedicellatis ; 
calyce acute 5-dentato, extus puberulo ; petalis extus puberulis, fila- 
mentis fere ad medium in tubum cylindricum glabrum connatis sur- 
sum  laciniosis, laciniis breviter 2-dentatis intus villosis; ovario 
dense flavido-villoso. 
Arbor 15-20-ped. alta. Ramuli in juventute fulvescenti-hirtelli, 
dein glabri, albicantes, læves, lenticellis concoloribus. Folia ad 2 dec. 
longa; foliola membranacea, opaca, subtilissime pellucido-punctulata. 
superiora reliquis majora, terminalia 19 cent. longa, 7 1/a cent. 
lata; nervis secundariis suboppositis, utrinque circiter 16. Rhachis 
cum petiolo 8 cent. longo subteres, puberula. Paniculæ rami alterni, 
simplices, cymulæ 3-1-flore sessiles. Flores albi vel luteo-albi, am- 
bitu ovati. Petala elliptica, acuta, 2 mill. longa, in æstivatione val- 
vata. Antheræ 8-11, plerumque 10, subglobosæ, filamentis multo 
breviores. Ovarium cum staminibus disco brevi stipitatum. 
In silvis ad Cuiaba in Brasiliæ provinc. Mato Grosso (Riedel in 
herb. Petrop.). 
33. 'T. insignis (C.DC. in Mart. Flor. Bras. fasc. 15, p. 206, Tab. 
61, fig. 1); foliis amplis, longe petiolatis, 2-jugis ; foliolis oppositis, 
brevissime petiolulatis, oblongo- vel ovato-ellipticis, basi æquali acutis 
apice acute cuspidatis, supra glabris, subtus ad nervos parce pilo- 
sulis; paniculis pedunculatis, folii dimidium circiter æquantibus, sub- 
simplicibus, breviter ramulosis, elongatis; floribus longiuscule pedicel- 
latis; calyce profunde et acute 5-dentato, extus puberulo; petalis 
subglabris; filamentis infra medium in tubum connatis, sursum laci- 
niosis, laciniis apice emarginato-bilobis, intus villosis; antheris hir- 
tellis; ovario juniore hirtello. 
Arbor Decembri florescens, ramulis glabris, argillaceis, rufescenti- 
lenticellosis. Folia 45 cent. longa ; foliola membranacea, subpellucida, 
epunctulata; terminalia ad 93 cent. longa, 9-11 cent. lata; nervis 
secundariis suboppositis, utrinque circiter 48. Rhachis cum petiolo 
10-16 cent. longo subteres, parce pilosula. Paniculæ bracteis sæpe 
foliaceis et tunc lineari-lanceolatis ramulos æquantibus vel superan- 
tibus instruct. Flores in cymulas umbelluliformes subsessiles con- 
ferti. Petala ovato-anceolata, membranacea, in æstivatione valvata, 
vix 4 mill. longa. Antheræ ellipticze. Ovarium cun staminibus breviter 
supitatum, Stylus brevissimus. Stigma carnosum, 3-crenulatum. 
In silvis umbrosis prope Rio de Janeiro. (Riedel in herb. Petrop. , 
Gaudich. n. 787 in herb. Francav.) ; monte Corcovado (Glaziou n. 139 
in herb. Warm.). 
