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c calyce persistente stipilatnm prodiens, brunncum, matu- 

 ritale disslliens valviilas clrclnnatim contrahit. Semina 

 fiisca lenlicularla, diamelro forc bilineari. 



PISCIDIA DC. I. c. p. 267. 



72. PisciDiA Erythrlna L., DC. l c, Hb. Willd. 

 n, 13109. 



Fructiferos accepimus ramos ex ins. Sil. Thomac. 



Trib. in. Hedysarcac DC. /. c. 307. 

 PICTETIA. DC. 1. c. et Legrnn. t. 47. 



73. PicTETiA aristnta DC. l. c; Aescliynomene arl- 

 slata Hb. TVilld. n. 13728. spccimen Brcdemeyeriwium. 



Follola semper emarglnata, splnescenti nervi racdli 

 apice ad summum bilineari, venls lateralibus primarils 

 plus minus subtus prominulls. Stipulae trianguläres con- 

 vexlusculae acutae, nunc in aculeum subulatum brevem, 

 nunc in longum protractae. Frutex glaber nee omnlno 

 glaberrimus (parfaitement glabres ex DC, ), rami enim ju- 

 niores et foliorum costa media et inflorescentiae ramifica- 

 tiones pllis mlnutis adpressis dispersls sunt obtecta. Le- 

 gumlna stipitala curvula, 2 — 6 arliculala, articuli sulco 

 dlstincli, uno alterove abortive, reticulato strlatl, pilis bre- 

 vissimls slmplicibus capitatisque glanduliferis plus mlnusve 

 adspersl, pubescenlla in slipite et articulls abortivis co- 

 piosiori. — 



ZORMA DC. l. c. p. 316. 



Genus in CandoUii prodromo undecim complectcns 

 species, Zornia, babllu pcculiari optime ab affinibus se- 

 gregatur generibus; species ejus undique per tropicos ha- 

 bitantes, maxime inter se affines, aegre discrimlnantur. 

 Si species 2 excludimus tetrapbyllas , novem supcrsunt, 



