456 DICOTYLEDONEÆ. ASTRONIUM. 
ginata; calycis feminei fructiferi segmenta 1-1,3 em. longa, supra 
3 mm. lata. Petala in tioribus masculis 2,5 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata, 
in femineis paullo minora. Fructus 1,3 em. longus, 3 mm. crassus, 
brunneus, apiculatus, basim versus attenuatus. 
Lignum interius durissimum, fere ferri ad instar, colore fusco ab 
alburno clare sejunetum, maximi pretii est (Warming). 
Brasilia, prov. Rio Janeiro (Glaziou, n. 10490, 10491); prov. Minas- 
Geraés, ad Lagoa Santa (Warming), in silvis « Catingas » submonta- 
nis ad fluv. San Francisco pr. Salgado (Martius); in Taboleira Cha- 
pada do Paranan (Martius); pr. Paracatt (Riedel in herb. Petrop.): 
in via a Principe ad Conceicáo aliisque locis (Pohl, n. 220, 1918 in 
herb. cæs. Vindob.); in silvis umbrosis pr. Rio Pardo (Riedel, n. 472, 
473 in herb. Petrop.); prov. Mato Grosso ad Cujabá (Riedel, n. 1143 
in herb. Petrop.); prov. Bahia (Blanchet, n. 2765); locis haud addic- 
tis (Burchell, n. 7380, 7801). — Flor. Aug 
8, glabrum (Engl.): ramulis atque foli irate: — Gonça- 
leiro branco Brasil. 
Brasilia, prov. Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou, n. 12542). 
Sect. H. — MYRACRODRUON (Engl.) 
Fructus globoso-ovoideus, apiculatus, drupaceus, exocarpio resi- 
noso, endocarpio osseo, calyce duplo vel multo longiore involucratus. 
Semen subreniforme, testa membranacea instructum. — Myracro- 
druon Fr. Allemao, l. c., Engl. in Fl. Bras., l. e. 
A. Foliola ovata vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa. 
a. Folia utrinque glabra. 
5. A. macrocalyx (Engl. in Bot. Jahrb., 1. c.); ramulis tereti- 
bus glabris; foliis impari-pinnatis 7-2-jugis, petiolo teretiusculo, 
petiolulis brevibus canaliculatis, foliolis rigidis, ovatis, obtusiusculis, 
nervis lateralibus atque venis retieulatis, imprimis subtus, prominen- 
tibus; paniculis folio longioribus laxe ramosis, ramis adscendentibus 
tenuibus, pedicellis fructiferis tenuissimis; calycis feminei fructiferi 
segmentis oblongis nervosis quam petala 20-plo longioribus ; petalis 
ovalibus; fructu breviter ovoideo, inferne 5-lobo, a medio abrupte 
