145 DICOTYLEDONE.E. CAYAPONIA 
Rami gracillimi, sulcati, ramulosi, leviter villosi. Petiolus gracilis. 
striatus, breviter denseque villoso-hirsutus, 4-5 cent. longus. Folia 
membranacea, supra læte viridia, subtus pallidiora, apice acuta. 
margine tenuiter denticulata et subundulata, 7-10 cent. longa, 6-5 
cent. lata; nervi tenuissimi, subtus vix prominentes, duo laterales 
basilares bifurcati, imum sinum submarginantes; sinus basilaris ro- 
tundatus, 1-1 */, cent. latus et profundus. Cirrhi graciles, breves. 
striati, leviter villosi. Flores masculi parvuli, in racemos 2-4-floros 
dispositi, rarius solitarii. Pedunculus communis gracilis, villoso-hir- 
sutus, striatus, 1-3 cent. longus; pedicelli brevissimi ; pedunculus 
florum solitariorum 3-8 mill. longus. Calyx viridis, tubo late campa- 
nulato inferne acuto, 3 mill. longo, 4-5 mill. lato, segmentis trinerviis. 
8-9 mill. longis, 3-4 mill. latis. Corolla virescens, villoso-tomentosa. 
segmentis erectis, oblongis, obtusis, quam dentes calycis longioribus. 
Staminum filamenta filiformia, ad basim leviter villosa, 2 mill. longa: 
antheræ in capitulum 4 mill. longum, 2 mill. crassum coherentes. 
Pistillodium glanduliforme vel subnullum. — Flores feminei solitari, 
quam masculi minores. Pedunculus gracilis, villoso-hirsutus, 1-2 ‘ha 
cent. longus. Staminodia minima, linearia, 2 mill. longa. Ovarium 
subglobulosum, villosum ; stylus gracilis, flexuosus, 2-3 mill. longus. 
stigmatibus dilatatis, reflexis; discus basilaris subnullus. Frue 
succulentus, ovoideus, subtrigonus, villosus, 14-16 mill. longus, 10-15 
mill. crassus, 6-spermus. 
In prov. Rio de Janeiro (Langsdorff in herb. Richard nune Fran- 
cav.); in prov. Minas Geraes (St-Hilaire B' n. 520 in herb. muU 
Paris.). 
5. C. alata; foliis supra glabris et tenuiter punctatis, SUD 
sparse villosis, profunde palmato-5-sub-7-lobatis ; petiolis late alatis 
cirrhis bifidis; calyce sparse breviterque villoso, segmentis erectis 
remotis, oblongo-lanceolatis, apice acutis, ad basim valde constricus: 
staminum filamentis basi leviter dilatatis; antheris magnis cohierel” 
tibus. 
Rami satis robusti, glabri, læves, angulato-subteretes. Petiolus cal 
bustus, glaber, 3-4 cent. longus, utrinque alatus ; ale 1-8 mill. latæ i 
ad basim petioli nullæ, ad apicem leviter constrictæ. Folia ad basi! 
sinu profundo subrectangulari emarginata, 13-15 cent. longa et lata: 
lobi oblongo-lanceolati, aeuti, sinuato-sublobulati, margine min" ; 
sime denticulati, exteriores breviores; nervi satis validi, subtus M 
minentes, duo laterales basilares bifurcati, imum sinum SU A 
