582 DICOTYLEDONE.E. MELOTHRIA . 
$ 2. Antheræ orbieulares vel snbquadratz, connectivo lato. Spec. 6-10. 
6. M. punetatissima (Cogn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. fasc. 78, p. 29); 
foliis satis crassis rigidisque, late ovato-cordiformibus, 5-angulatis vel 
sub-3-5-lobatis, supra scabris et punctis crebris amplis albisque coo- 
pertis, subtus glabris et sublævibus; racemis masculis 5-7-floris, pe- 
tiolo multo brevioribus ; antherarum loculis intus ad apicem plicatis; 
floribus femineis brevissime pedunculatis. 
Caulis scandens, elongatus, gracilis, ramosissimus, sulcatus, glaber. 
Petiolus striatus, glaber, 3-5 cent. longus. Folia 4-7 cent. longa. 
3-6 cent. lata, supra siccatione atroviridia, subtus pallida, lobis mar- 
vine spinuloso-dentieulatis, lateralibus minimis acutis vel obtusis, 
terminali valde magno triangulari, acuto vel subacuminato; sinus 
basilaris latissimus, obtusus, 1-1 '/, cent. profundus, 1 ‘/,-2 cent. latus. 
Cirrhi graciles, breves, glabri. Flores minuti. Pedunculus communis 
masculus filiformis, glaber, 1-1 :/, cent. longus; pedicelli 2-3 mill. 
longi. Calyx subturbinatus, leviter hirsutus, 1 */,-2 mill. longus. 
1 */, mill. latus ; dentes minimi, triangulares. Corollæ segmenta erecta, 
integra. Antheræ ovato-orbiculares, dense ciliatæ. Pedunculus femi- 
neus gracilis, glaber, */,-1 cent. longus. Ovarium subfusiforme. 
7-8 mill. longum, 2 mill. crassum, ad basim paulisper dilatatum. 
apice gradatim attenuatum. Fructus junior 13-15 mill. longus, 4 mill. 
crassus. 
In Brasilia, verisimiliter in prov. Rio de Janeiro (Leandro do Sa- 
cramento in herb. Mus. Par.). 
. M. scabra (Naud.! in Ann. sc. nat. ser. 5, v. 6, p. 10); foliis 
Msn ovato-oblongis vel triangulari-subhastatis, acutis vel 
breviter acuminatis, subintegris vel acute 5-lobatis, utrinque scabris: 
racemis masculis 5-7-floris, petiolum æquantibus; petalis subemargi- 
natis; antherarum loculis rectis; floribus femineis longule pedunci- 
latis; fructu majusculo, triloculari, albo et viridi fasciato. 
Caulis scandens, modice ramosus, 1 */, mill. crassus, sulcatus, sub- 
glaber, levis vel scabriusculus. Petiolus gracilis, 'striatus, plus mr 
nusve hirsutus, 2-3 cent. longus. Folia 5-10 cent. longa, 3-5 cent. 
lata, supra intense viridia, subtus pallida et ad nervos breviter hir- 
suta, margine minute remoteque denticulata; sinus basilaris late vel 
anguste rotundatus, 1-2 cent. profundus. Cirrhi filiformes, breves 
path Pedunculus communis masculus gracilis, rigidus, S, sulcatus 
