570 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. WILBRANDIA. 
2-3 mill. longus, 1-1 */, mill. latus; dentes */,-2 mill. longi, ‘/,-°/, mill. 
lati. Petala alba, lanceolata, acuta vel rotundata, utrinque dense pa- 
pillosa, 2-2*/, mill. longa, 1-1 '/, mill. lata. Antheræ oblongo-lineares, 
connectivo loculis æque lato. Flores feminei sessiles, in axillis folio- 
rum 3-6 congesti. Calycis dentes petalaque longiora et angustiora 
quam in maseulis. Ovarium oblongo-lineare, læve, leviter pubescens, 
7-8 mill. longum, 1 !/,-2 mill. crassum; stylus 2-3 mill. longus, ad 
apicem partitus in stigmata 2, papillosa, contigua, 4-5 mill. longa, ad 
medium usque bifida. Fructus breviter rostratus, imperfecte evolutus 
11-13 mill. longus, 5-6 mill. crassus. 
In prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou n. 3016 in herb. Brux. el 
Warm.); prope Rio Soberbo ad Barreira dos Organos (Glaziou in 
herb. Brux.). 
4. W. ebracteata (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fase. 78, p. 33); 
dioica?; foliis longe petiolatis, late ovato-cordiformibus, subtriangu- 
laribus, supra levissime pubescenti-scabris, subtus fere glabris el læ- 
vibus, 3-5-lobatis, lobis triangularibus; floribus masculis parvulis, m 
spicas densas brevissimas ad apicem pedunculi communis foliis paulo 
brevioris dispositis; bracteis nullis; calyce leviter pubescente, denti- 
bus patulis, lanceolato-linearibus, tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus. 
Caulis subglaber, sulcatus. Petiolus leviter pubescens, striatus, 
6-9 cent. longus. Folia 14-18 cent. longa, 12-17 cent. lata, utrinque 
ad nervos leviter hirsuta, in maximo ad */, divisa in lobos denticulis 
spinulosis 1 mill. longis 3-10 mill. distantibus instructos; lobus termi- 
nalis acutus vel subacuminatus, 6-8 cent. longus, ad basim 5-7 cent. 
latus; laterales acuti, 2-4 cent. longi, 3-5 cent. lati; sinus basilaris 
late rotundatus, 2-6 cent. latus, 2-3 cent. profundus. Cirrhi robusti, 
ima basi paululum dilatati, sulcati, glabri. Peduneulus commun 
maseulus 10-12-florus, 13-17 cent. longus, gracilis, striatus, un 
vel puberulus, ab 1-2 cent, floriferus. Calycis tubus cylindraceus Ag 
apice subdilatatus, 5-6 mill. longus, basi 1'/, apice 2-2 '/, mill. latus; 
dentes 2-3 mill. longi, 1 mill. lati. Petala ovato-oblonga, obtusa ve 
subacuta, utrinque dense papillosa, 3 mill. longa, 2 mill. lata. A7 
theræ oblongæ, connectivo angustissimo parce papilloso. — pe 
feminei et fructus ignoti. Ee 
In Brasilia loco haud indicato (O. Weir in herb. Brit. Mus.); in ™ 
sula S. Catharinæ (Gaudichaud n. 292 in herb. Mus. Par., Franc?" 
DC., Berol.). 
