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pubescentibus v. toraentosis; capitulis terminalibus; calyce 7 — 8 mm 

 longo, in 2 / 5 alt. coalito; filamentis tubi basi 0,7 — 1 mm longe adnatis, 

 pubescentibus; stylis longioribus ad medium arcuatis et verrucosis; 

 ovario 12 — 20-ovulato; fructibus 4 — 6 mm longis, dorso obsolete verrucosis 

 v. irnpresso-reticulatis ; seminibus obovatis v. obovato-oblongis, obsolete 

 v. vix curvatis. 



Turner a capitata Camh.l in St. HU. Flor. Bras. merid. II, 156 

 {215); Walp. Rep. II, 228. 



Forma ß. rufescens Urb. foliis (2^2 — 3-plo longioribus quam 

 latioribus, subanguste ovatis v. ovato-lanceolatis) subtus, sicut ramulis, 

 tomento densiore rufescente obtectis. 



Suffrutex s. fruticulus 0,2 — l,3maltus. Rami vetustiores purpureo-brunnei, 

 puberuli v. glabrescentes, irregulariter et tenuiter plicato-striati, hornotini teretes v. 

 obsolete angulati, pilis sursuin curvatis v. adpressis, gemmis serialibus inter ramos et 

 ramulos obviis, sed plerumque non evolutis. Stipulae inter pubem difficile con- 

 spicuae 0,5 — lmm longae, subulatae, ad basin petioli prodeuntes. Folia ovato-oblonga 

 usque lanceolata, 2,5 — 3,5 cm lata, 2'/ 2 — 4'/ 2 -plo longiora quam latiora, margine non 

 v. obsolete recurvata, nervis supra plerumque impressis, sed in sulcis iternm filiformi- 

 promiuulis. Flor es in glomerulos 30 — 60-floros capitatos v. postremo breviter cylin- 

 dricos aggregati, nunc inferiores 1 — pauci remotiusculi; bracteae infimae euphylloideae 

 subito v. sensim, sed celeriter decrescentes, exteriores et intermediae lanceolatae v. lan- 

 ceolato-lineares , crenato-dentatae, interiores anguste lanceolato-lineares v. lineares 

 acuminatae 8 — 5 mm longae, 1,5— 0,5 mm latae integrae, intus minus, extrinsecus et 

 in margine magis hirsutae, omnes ad basin stipulatae; pedunculi 1,5 — 1, raro — 3 mm 

 longi, florum exteriorum liberi v. inferne, intermediorum ad dimidium v. supfa, 

 interiorum (nunc omnium) usque ad prophylla petiolis adnati; prophylla linearia 

 5 — 8 mm longa, 0,3 — 0,5 mm lata, integra, utrinque birsuta, saepius brevissime, sed 

 evidenter stipulata; pedicelli nulli v. in noribus infimis interdum usque 0,5 mm longi. 

 Calyx extrinsecus aequaliter v. inferne parcius breviter birsutus, tubo intus superne 

 piloso, infundibuliformi-campanulato, lobis lanceolato-linearibus v. lanceolatis 3-nervibus, 

 nervo medio supra apicem 0,5 — lmm longe producto. Petala calycem paullo super- 

 antia, alba v. superne alba, inferne flavescentia, exacte oblonga v. obovato-oblonga, 

 basi subcuneata, 6 mm longa, 2 mm lata, intus supra basin pilosa. Filamenta basi 

 extrinsecus manifeste incrassata, longiora er. 5 mm, breviora 3 — 3,5 mm longa; antberae 

 clausae breviter reetangulares v. subquadratae apice obtusissimae v. parum, basi usque 

 ad 4-tam long, partem emarginatae, vix 1 mm longae, 0,7 — 0,8 mm latae, sub */, v. 

 supra '/a alt. affixae, defloratae reetae v. superne parum recurvatae. Styli antheras 

 2,5—3 mm su perantes v. iis breviores, apice multi- (usque 25-) partiti, flagello 0,5 — 1 mm 

 longo, longiores 5 — 6 mm longi, inferne extrinsecus glabri, intus parce hirsuti, a medio 

 v. paullo infra medium arcuato- divergentes et hoc loco fere usque ad Stigmata dense 

 villoso-hirsuti, verrueosi et paullo dilatati, breviores 1— 1,5mm longi, laeves, recti, 

 superne paullum patentes, extrinsecus glabri subglabrive, intus hirsuti. Fructus 

 ovatus v. breviter ovato-conicus 3 — 4,5 mm crassus; valvae dorso sub apice integro 

 recurvo processu filiformi 1 mm longo v. breviore v. obsoleto cornutae, brunneae, bre- 

 viter hirsutae v. pubescentes, obsolete verrueosae, intus ferrngineae v. rufescentes 

 glabrae. Semina obovato-oblonga, postremo nigra, 2 — 2,2 mm longa, 1—1,2 mm lata, 

 reticulato-striata, chalaza coneaviuscula prominente, hilo conico, arillo albescente v. 

 flavescente semen supra basin circumcirca, caeterum a parte inferiore usque ad apicem 

 obtegente v. ultra ascendente. 



