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2 subulatis ciliolatis quam ovarium longioribus, corolla extus pube- 
rula calycem longe excedente adusque circa } in lobos lanceolatos 
obtusos divisa, staminibus faucibus affixis, filamentis Senne, 
siafo exserto glabro apice breviter 2-lobo, capsula parva ovoidea 
erula calycis lobis equilongis aah seminibus ara atro- 
i te rs punctulatis. 
Hab. Por Prep acigt esa ary. 884. 
Stirps Re, “20: Oc alt, Folia ex ramulis perbrevibus spe 
oriunda et tunc ieaoealie + cm. Ris 
accedunt paucissima vetustiora usque ad 0°3 cm. zh) eraean 
sete straminew, centrales 0-10-12 cm. long., laterales spe paullo 
breviores. Flores verisimiliter dilute lilacini. Calycis lobi 0°1- 
0:14 em. long., erecti; dentes interpositi nulli. Gurolis tota 
0-04 cm. long., papillosi. Capsula 0-1 em., semina 0-08 cm. long. 
In floral structure comes nearest B. verticillata Mey., which is 
quite different in habit, has interposed teeth between the lobes of 
its calyx, has filaments markedly longer than the anthers, a different 
stigma, &c. 
‘Borravta tenella Cham. & Schlecht. 328, 395. 
Borreria (§ Gatiantue) cristata, sp. nov. Herbacea, proba- 
pul perennis, caule erecto sursum ramoso fistuloso 4. -angulari 
aa plicato-nervosis scabridulis, stipulis latis dorso fusco-scabridis 
setis debilibus adusque 11 se ipsas superantibus subsequantibusve 
coronatis, paniculis amplis folia multoties egnedeadbng scabridulis 
ex bostrycibus brevibus paucifloris permultis compositis, floribus 
sessilibus, bracteolis quam calyx insigniter brevioribus, calycis lobis 
4 ovario turbinato brevioribus dente setiformi unico sepe interjecto, 
corolla calycem quater excedente ad 3 in lobos ovato-oblongos ob- 
_tusos intus pubescentes divisa, stadia ibus florum omnium a me 
scrutatorum faucibus affixis, filamentis quam anthere brevioribus, 
tylo exserto bifido, capsula parva ovoidea calycis lobis onusta 
glabra, seminibus oblongis brunneis ane punctulatis 
Hab. Sant’ Anna da Chapada; June. 368. 
Folia aie: raro spurie verticillata, tips 3-0-4:5 cm. long., et 
0°6-1°2 cm. lat., supra viridia subtus pallescentia. Stipularam 
vagina 0° 2-0: 3 cm. alt., cauli arcte applicata; hujus sete adusque 
0°6 cm. long., sed seepe Lidice eon s + 1:0 cm. long. 
Calycis lobi O'l em. long. Corolla cm. inal tubus 0°12 cm. 
lobi fere 0°3 cm. long. irtaents "Os cm., anthere 
‘etd 0°15 cm., stylus 0°4 cm. long.; hujus lobi papillos, 
0-U7 cm. long. Capsula 0°25-0-3 cm. long., 0°2 cm. diam. Semin 
0°22 cm. long. 
The affinity of this is with B. centranthoides Cham. & Schlecht. 
and its allies, but the inflorescence and small bracts, flowers, and 
capsule serve as easy marks of distinctio 
Mitracar te villosum Cham. & Schlecht. 329, 336. 
