568 DICOTYLEDONEZÆ. WILBRANDIA 
In Brasilia loco haud indicato (Lund, Sello n. 388, Riedel et Langs- 
dorff, Mairelles); in sepibus prov. Rio de Janeiro (Sello; Pohl 
n. 3885; Lund; Martius; Gaudichaud n. 1030; Weddell n. 185; 
Netto; Riedel et Langsdorff n. 713; Meyen; D" Mertens; Glaziou 
n. 2580, 3013, 3014, 10856, 10857, 10858; Peckolt n. 148; Wawra et 
Maly n. 541); in campis ad Victoria prov. Espiritu Santo (Sello 
n. 306); in prov. Minas Geraes (St-Hilaire n. 2097 bis, A. 681, D' 120, 
B: 1050, D 46 d.). 
2. W. hibiscoides (Manso Enum. p. 30); monoica; foliis bre- 
viter petiolatis, æque latis ac longis, supra pubescenti-scabris, subtus 
dense pubescenti-scabris vel tomentosis, profunde 3-5-lobatis, lobis 
ovato-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis; floribus masculis parvis, in spicas 
densas breves, ad apicem pedunculi communis petiolo paulo longioris 
dispositis; braeteis linearibus flore dimidio brevioribus; calyce to- 
mentoso, dentibus erectis lanceolatis tubo dimidio brevioribus; fructu 
ovoideo, 10- rarius 12-15-costato. — Mart. Syst. mat. med. Bras. 
p. 80; Reem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 67; Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, 
p. 31, tab. 6. 
Caulis sulcatus, plus minusve pubescens. Petiolus robustiuseulus, 
leviter tomentosus, striatus, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia 9-15 cent. longa, 
8-15 cent. lata, fere usque ad ?/, divisain lobos plus minusve patulos, 
acutos vel subacuminatos, denticulis spinulosis */,-1 mill. longis 
3-6 mill. distantibus raro subnullis instructos ; lobus terminalis 5-11 
cent. longus, basi 2 '/,-4 cent. medio 3-5 cent. latus; laterales 51 
cent. longi, ad basim 3-5 cent. lati, ad basim dilatati et auriculati, vel 
bilobulati cum lobulo exteriore multo breviore patulo vel reflex0; sinus 
basilaris 3-6 cent. latus, */,-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi graciles, striati, 
pubescentes vel leviter tomentosi. Pedunculus communis masculus 
multiflorus, 3-6 cent. longus, robustus, striatus, pubescens vel leviter 
tomentosus, ab 1 ad 3 cent. floriferus ; bracteæ leviter tomentos®, su 
ulatæ, 2-3 mill. longe, */, mill. latæ. Calycis tubus cylindraceus: 
5-4 mill. longus, 2-2 :/, mill. latus; dentes 2-2 */, mill. longi, 1 jus 
mill. lati. Petala ovato-lanceolata, virescenti-albida, externe dens? 
papillosa, 4-5 mill. longa, 2-3 mill. lata. Flores feminei sessiles Y 
axillis foliorum 2-8 congesti. Ovarium oblongum, 10-suleatum, tomen 
tosum, 6-7 mill. longum, 2-3 mill. crassum; stylus 2 mill. longus. 
apice partitus in stigmata 2 papillosa paululum divergentia, 5 mu: 
longa, profunde bifida. Fructus breviter rostratus, 1 */,-2 cent lon- 
gus, 10-13 mill. crassus. Semina cinerea, obovoidea, vix marginats 
5-6 mill. longa, 3 mill. lata, 1 Y/, mill. crassa. 
