704 BULLETIN DK l'hKRBIKR BOISSIKR (2 me SÉR.). 1905 (5) 



mibus 5 — 6 mm. longis. Semina applanato-ovoidea, 3 — 3,5 mm. longa, 

 2—2,5 mm. lata. 



Guiana gallica : Poiteau. 



Brasilia : Para, Burchell, 9480, 9745. 



The species which Schumann has described in Marl. Fl. Bras. XII, Ilf, 

 146 as « Apeiba glabra, Aubl. » is apparenlly A. Burchellii; the fruit 

 described by Schumann seems, however, to belong to some third species. 

 The true Apeiba glabra has, according to Aublet's figure, larger and 

 penlamerous flowers, glabrous stamens. and the style much dilated at the 

 apex, and the leaves are described in the text as glabrous; the fruit is alto- 

 gether différent from that of A. Burchellii, being covered wilh very short 

 teeth instead of long brislles. The venation of the leaves is remarkably 

 similar in the two species. According to Burchell, A. Burchellii is known 

 at Para by the native names of « Macaqueo » and « Pente de Macaco », 

 (Monkey's Comb). 



MOLLIA BURCHELLII, Sprague sp. nov., Mollise lepidotse, 

 Spruce, affinis, a qua foliorum indumento capsulaque emarginata recedit; 

 typus in Herb. Kew. — « Arbuscula campestris » 8 m. alta, ramulis 

 flexuosis, cortice rugosulo pallido, junioribus ut folia densissime minute 

 lepidota. Petioli 7-10 mm. longi, supra et subtus convexi, lateribus cos- 

 ta Li. Lamina elliptico-ovata, apice obtuse acuminata, basi rolundata vel 

 subcordata, 6—10 cm. longa, 3,5—6 cm. lata, intégra, discolor, nervis 

 secundariis utrinque 4 — 5, angulo 45° ortis. Flores in axillis solitarii, 

 pedicellis 1,5 — 1,75 cm. longis, ut sepalis extra, dense lepidotis. Sepala 

 lanceolato-linearia, 2,75—2,8 cm. longa, 3 — 4 mm. lata, obtusa, intus 

 apice et lateribus minute incano-tomentellis exceptis glabra. Petala 

 Candida, oblongo-obovala, apice emarginata, irregulariter lacerata, basi 

 brevissime unguiculata, 2.5— 2,75 cm. longa, 1,1—1,3 cm. lata. Starni- 

 num phalanges exteriores pentandrse, filamentis 20-21 mm., antheris 

 2,5 — 2,75 mm. longis; stamina interiora « irregulariter polyadelpha » 

 (teste Burchell), filamentis 8 — 14 mm., antheris 2.25—2,75 mm. longis. 

 Connectivum pilosum. Ovarium 3,5—4 mm. longum. lepidotum, stylo 

 21 mm. longo, stigmate minute capilellalo. Capsula 1,4—1,6 cm. longa, 

 1,5 — 1,8 cm. lata, lepidota, ambitu subquadrala, apice emarginata cuspi- 

 datula. 



Brasilia : in provincia Goyaz, prope Porto Real, Burchell, 8521. 



