588 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. MELOTHRÍA . 
crassum; stylus elongatus, filiformis, stigmatibus 2-3 capitatis bilo- 
batis. Fruetus ovoideus, utrinque rotundatus, 11-13 mill. longus, 
8-9 mill. crassus. Semina albescentia, obovata, 4-5 mill. longa, 2-2*/, 
mill. lata. 
In Brasiliæ prov. Minas Geraes ad Caldas (Regnell III, n. 629 in 
herb. Brux. et Holm.). 
tt Fructus oblongo-fusiformis, acutus. Spec. 11-14. 
11. M. Hookeriis folis rigidiusculis, ovato-triangularibus, an- 
gulatis vel leviter 3-5-lobatis, supra satis dense hirsutis, subtus dense 
tomentoso-hirsutis ; racemis masculis 8-20-floris, petiolo multo longio- 
ribus; calyce late campanulato, sparse hirsuto, dentibus longiuseulis, 
linearibus ; antheris late suborbicularibus, ciliatis, loculis rectis, €0D- 
nectivo lato. — Zehneriæ species Americana Hook. f. in Benth. et 
Hook. Gen. Plant. 1, p. 830. 
Caulis scandens, elongatus, ramosus, 1 */,-2 mill. crassus, profunde 
suleatus, sparse villoso-hirsutus. Petiolus striatus, dense hirsutus, 
3-5 cent. longus. Folia 7-12 cent. longa, 4-9 cent. lata, supra atrovi- 
ridia, subtus cinerea, margine remote subulato-denticulata, plerum- 
que leviter 3-lobata, lobis lateralibus divergentibus, late rotundatis 
vel subtriangularibus, rarissime acutis, brevissimis, terminali amplo, 
anguste triangulari, acuto vel breviter acuminato; sinus basilaris 
acutus, 1-2 '/, cent. profundus; lobi basilares contigui vel paulo dis- 
tantes. Cirrhi satis graciles, sulcati, elongati, breviter hirsuti. Pedun- 
culus communis maseulus filiformis, flexuosus, sulcatus, puberulus ve 
subglaber, 4-7 cent. longus; pedicelli erecti, 5-12 mill. longi. Calycis 
tubus basi rotundatus, 1 Y, mill. longus, 2 '/, mill. latus; dentes 
“/,-1 mill. longi. Corolla breviter villosa, segmentis ovato-oblongis, 
subacutis. Staminum filamenta */, mill. longa ; antheræ ?/, mill. lor 
gi. Pedunculus femineus filiformis, 4-7 cent. longus. Ovarium subli- 
neare, breviter villoso-hirsutum, 2 cent. longum, 2 */, mill. crassum. 
Fructus sparse pilosus, 4 cent. longus, 1 */, cent. crassus. Semina € 
nerea, ovato-oblonga, 4 mill. longa, 2 */, mill. lata. 
In Peruvia ad Casapi (Mathews n. 2042 in herb. Kew., Edin., Bort- 
Petrop.); in sepibus ad Cuchero (Poeppig n. 1408 in herb. Vindob. 
Boiss., Mus. Par.); in sepibus ad Yurimaguas prov. Maynas (Pæpp's 
in herb. Vindob.); in Nova Granata ad Hague (Goudot n. 1 in herb. 
Mus. Par. et Kew.). 
