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limbi lobis obovatis obtusissimis, filamentis glabris, ovario ovoideo 
compressiusculo furfuraceo- apna toso, aes ubescente, ovulis 
quove in loculo 2 quorum 1 (raro 2) nonnunquam cassis, capsula 
sige excedente glandulis minutis sessilibus nitentibus dense 
obsita, 
Hab. Sant’ Anna da Chapada; August. 468. 
Caules saltem 20cm. alt., e rhizomate crasso confertim oriundi. 
Folia basi nonnunquam parum obliqua, modice 4-0-6:0 cm. long., 
juxta medium 1-5-2-0 cm. lat., juniora vero 2:0-8-0 cm. x r% Ocm.; ; 
costa media supra plana, subtus prominens ; cost# secundi ordinis 
utringue 5-7, parum arcuate, una cum cera rage te subtus 
eminentes; petioli summum 0:4 cm. long. Spi em. long. 
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Bractea 0:15 cm. long. Calycis lobi summum 1:0 cm. long, dorso 
carinati. Flores verisimiliter albi. Corolle tubus 3°5 cm. long., 
deorsum 0°3 cm., sur . diam. ; lobi 0°8 cm. long., 0°7- 
lat te, majora : cm., minora 0:5 cm., anthere 
m., ovarium 0°3 cm., stylus circa 2:0 cm. long., ata 
lobus alter triangularis 0:07 cm., alter fere 0: $ of em. long. yo ula 
1-5 em. long., valve apice indurato-mucronate. Semina 0-4 cm. 
diam., grisea, albo- jsing ey humectata margine floccosa ; yp 
cula tenuia, vix 0°5 ¢ g, 
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seateicky 2-celled ery ga Nees has with this last 
character no staminode, and at least three ovules in each cell of 
the ovar 
Description oF Pirate 456.—Fig. 1. Tremacanthus Roberti (nat. size). 2. 
Corolla, opened (nat. size), Gt the pst A p of 
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Ruellia Beyrichiana (Dipteracanthus Beyrichianus Nees). 4684. 
Puri WN 351. 
Justicia oreadum §. ae 444, 
es chapadensis 8. Moo 483, 
Beloperone chapa Sg le sp.nov. Suffruticosa caule erecto 
pandiloac. -pubescentibus trinervibus, corolla extus glanduloso 
