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calycinis duplo longiora, lutea obovato-cuneata apiculata, 7 — 15 mm longa, 4,5 — 5,5 mm 

 lata, glaberrima. Filamenta longiora 6 — 1mm longa, breviora 3 mm longa; antherae 

 juniores 2 mm longae, 0,8 — 1mm latae, rectangulari-ellipticae v. ovato-oblongae, basi 

 in '/s — 7s a lk acute emarginatae, in l /s alt. in concavitate affixae. Styli longiores 

 antheras l — 2mm superantes, 3,5 — 4 mm longi, inferne villoso-pubescentes v. usqne ad 

 Stigmata aequaliter pilosi recti, in parte 8— 10-ma superiore obsolete fasciculato-multi- 

 partiti, breviores ab antheris 2-2,5 mm remoti, 1,5 — 2,5 mm longi, praesertim inferne 

 dense hirsuti v. glaberrimi, extrinsecus curvati, apice manifeste flagellato-multipartiti, 

 flagello stylis 2 l / 2 — 3-plo breviore. Fructus globulosus 5 — 6mm diametro, rarius 

 ovatus — 8 mm longus; valvae extrinsecus flavido-brunnescentes, intus stramineae. Se- 

 mina obovato-oblonga, 2,5 mm longa, vix supra lmm crassa, chalaza majuscula brevi 

 concava, hilo brevi, brunnea v. nigrescentia, arillo albido-flavescente supra medium v. 

 usque ad apicem ascendente. 



Habitat in Paraguay locis lapidosis prope Paraguari: Balansa n. 2338; in Bolivia 

 prope S. Ana: Pearce, in prov. Chiquitos: Weddell n. 3435, 3497, inter Paquicha et 

 Buturo: Pearce; in Peru: Lobb n. 292. — Flor, et fruct. m. Jul. — Nov. 



4. Tumera Hindsiana Benth., arbor v. frutex altus, stipulis 

 0,5-1 mi longis; petiolis 2 — 6 mm longis eglandulosis; foliis elliptico- 

 oblongis usque ovalibus, 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus glabris; 

 floribus in axillis foliorum solitariis, remotis v. in ramulis abbreviatis 

 conglonieratis, pedunculis 1,5— 3 mm, pedicellis 2,5 — 5 mm longis; calycc 

 6 — 8mm lougo; filamentis glabris, antheris ligulato-acuminatis glabris; 

 ovario glabro; valvis dorso verrucis cylindraceo-elougatis densissime 

 tuberculatis; seminibus parum curvatis, reticulato-striatis, plus minus 

 pilosulis. 



Tumera Hindsiana Benth.l in Bot. of Beech. Voy. of the Sulphur 101; 

 Walp. Rep. V, 782. 



Rami vetustiores teretes grisei v. brunnei, tenuiter v. obsolete striati glabri, hornotini 

 pilis brevissimis fiavescentibus pilosuli, striati v. subangulato-striati, in axillis foliorum 

 ramulos abbreviatos bracteis obsitos et dense floriferos v. flores solitarios gerentes, 

 gemmis serialibus inter hos et ramos conspicuis. Stipulae e petioli basi prodeuntes 

 trianguläres v. triangulari-subulatae. Folia acuta v. acuminata, basi sensim angustata, 

 5 — 9 cm longa, 2,5 — 3,5 cm lata, margine minute serrata, seriaturis apice glanduloso- 

 incrassatis, ad basin cuneatam integra, supra nitida, nervis supra parum, subtus valde 

 prominentibus; folia in ramulis abbreviatis squamiformia. Flores verisim. imperfecte 

 dimorphi ; prophylla 0,5 — 1 mm longa triangularia v. triangulari-lanceolata, basi 0,5 — 0,8 mm 

 lata, opposita. Calyx extrinsecus brevissitne et adpresse flavido-pilosulus, in l / 3 alt. 

 coalitus, tubo semigloboso-campanulato intus ad faucem pubescente, lobis lanceolatis 

 3-nervibus, breviter acuminatis. Petala calycem dimidio superantia, lutea, obovato- 

 elliptica, 6 — 9 mm longa, glabra. Filamenta longiora 6 mm, breviora 4,5 m longa: 

 antherae juniores ovato-oblongae 1,5 mm longae, 0,6 mm latae, in '/j a '^ affixae, basi 

 breviter emarginatae, defloratae superne recurvatae v. revolutae. Styli inferne v. 

 usque ad apicem pilosuli, pilis erectis v. patentibus, nunc parcis et obsoletis, longiores 

 4,5—5 mm longi, antheras parum v. usque 0,5 mm superantes, breviores 2,5 mm longi, 

 ab antheris 2 mm distantes, apice 0,5-0,8 m longe multipartiti. Fructus globosus, 

 4— 5 mm diametro; valvae dorso glabrae, brunneae v. nigrescentes, intus flavidae areo- 

 lato-reticulatae. Semina obovato-oblonga, 3-3,3 mm longa, 1,2—1,5?«/« crassa, hilo 

 conico, chalaza obsolete prominente coneaviuscula, arillo fere usque ad apicem ascen- 

 dente satis amplo flavido. 



