762 DICOTYLEDONELE. CAYAPONIA. 
bris et lzevibus, lateralibus asymmetricis; cirrhis bifidis; calyce gla- 
bro, tubo elongato, oblongo-subcylindrico, ad basim leviter attenuato. 
Rami robusti, sulcati, glabri, læves. Petiolus robustissimus, glaber, 
rugosus, tenuiter striatus, supra leviter canaliculatus, 3-4 cent. lon- 
gus. Folia 3- vel rarissime 5-foliolata. Foliola utrinque pallide viridia. 
subtus reticulata, oblongo-lanceolata, ad basim leviter attenuata: 
terminale subpetiolulatum, longe acuminatum, 10-13 cent. longum, 
4-6 cent. latum ; lateralia sessilia, acuta vel breviter acuminata, 7-9 
cent. longa, 3-4 cent. lata; nervi satis validi, supra vix, subtus valde 
prominentes. Flores masculi magni, in racemos 10-16-floros dispositi. 
Pedunculus communis robustissimus, sulcatus, glaber, 5-10 cent. 
longus; pedicelli graciles, glabri, striati, patuli, 6-12 mill. longi. 
Calyx viridis, tubo 10-striato, 20-25 mill. longo, 9-10 mill. lato, den- 
tibus remotissimis, filiformibus, erectis vel plus minusve patulis, 
2 mill. longis, */,-*/, mill. latis. Corolla flavescens, extus glabra, intus 
pubescenti-subtomentosa, 19-13 mill. longa, usque ultra medium 
divisa; segmentis patulis, ovato-oblongis, acutis, 5-nerviis, extrinse- 
eus ad marginem leviter tomentosis, 6 mill. latis. Stamina prope 
basim tubi calycis inserta; filamenta 2-3 mill. longa, inferne dilatata 
et dense villosa; antheræ in capitulum 13-14 mill. longum, 2*/,-3 mill. 
latum coherentes. Pistillodium cupuliforme, 2-3 mill. longum, ++ 
mill. latum. — Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 
In sylvis sectis Capoeiras prope S. Gabriel do Cachoeira, ad Rio 
Negro Brasiliz borealis (Spruce n. 2371 in herb. Monac., Franca". 
Kew., Benth.). 
25. €. ternata (Cogn. in Fl. Bras. 1. c., p. 79); foliolis crassis, 
rigidis, subsessilibus, integerrimis, supra subglabris, subtus dens? 
tomentosis, lateralibus asymmetricis extrinsecus ad basim subaurr 
culatis; cirrhis trifidis; calyce tomentoso, tubo campanulato. ~ 
Bryonia ternata Vell. Fl. Flum. 10, tab. 91; Roem. Syn. fasc. 2, p. 4l. 
Rami robusti, angulato-sulcati, breviter tomentosi. Petiolus — 
tus, leviter striatus, dense breviterque villoso-subtomentosts, l- 
cent. longus; petioluli 2-4 mill. longi. Folia trifoliolata. Foliola supr? 
viridi-olivacea, lucidula scabraque, subtus pallidiora, subrufa et val : 
reticulata ; terminale lanceolatum, acutum, basi attenuatum. M" 
cent. longum, 3-6 cent. latum; lateralia oblongo-lanceolatà. ape 
acuta vel subobtusa, 7-12 cent. longa, 2*/,-5 cent. lata; nr nd 
validi, subtus valde prominentes. Cirrhi robusti, elongati, sulca uli 
pubescentes, superiores bifidi vel interdum simplices. Flores m 
