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Schrift, d. Münclin. Acad. VII. p. '235. Gochnatiae sp. 

 Kunth. Plaziac sp. Sprg. 



Capitiilum homogarnuni , aequaliflorum, dlscoideum. 

 Achaenium brcvllcr roslratum , lanceolatura, glabrum, ob- 

 tuse costatum. Pappiis multiserialis , paleaceus, scrratus, 

 longus, inaeqiialis, palels anguslis, linearibus, apice parum 

 crassloribus. Corolla subcoriacea, regulails, glabra, 5-fida, 

 laciniis parte Integra miilto brevioribus, limbo a tubo haud 

 distincto,*) lO-nervia. Antherae exsertae, longissime cau- 

 datae , caiidls integris , alls oblongo - ellipticis , brevibus, 

 acuminatis; filanientis glabris, planis ad basin laciniarum 

 corollac exsertis; polllne lanceolato-elliptico. Stylus cy- 

 lindraceus, glabcr, breviter 2-fidus, ramis aequalibus, acu- 

 tis. Rhachis planiuscula, ebracteolata , nuda. Involucrum 

 floribus miillo brcvius, tuibinatum, arcte imbricatum, fo- 

 liolis glabris, coriaceis, siccis, obsolele multinerviis, mar- 

 gine tenuioribus, planis, ex ovatis, subrotundis in elon- 

 gata, linearia, superne tenuissime ciliata. — Arbores s. 

 frutices Brasiliae aequinoctialls, inermes. 



1. S. chrysantha (Mlk. 1. c. Angusta grandi/lora 

 Leandr. 1. c. t. 14. f. 2. Plnzia brasiliensis Sprg. syst. 

 III, p. 503.) Capitulis solitariis s. geminis. 



Arbor 12' raro excedcns, inermls, ramis alternis, tere- 

 tlbus, striatis;, albidis, glabris, divaricalis, usque ad apices 

 foliatis; epidermide fissuris superficialibus nolata (Leandr. 

 1. c). Folla alterna, exslipulata, conferta, petiolala, pen- 

 ninervia, reticulato-venosa, nervis venisque utrinque pro- 

 minenlibus, papyracea, subarida (Leandr.) margine piano 

 inlegerrima, nitida, lanceolato-elliptica, acuminata, basi 

 obtusa — acuta , rarius brevissime curvillneo - acuminata, 

 2| — 6" longa, I — 1|" lata. Petioli glabri, intus ca- 

 naliculall, cum ramis arliculati, 2''' longi. Capitula soli- 



*) Limbo quam tubus aiigustiori Cass. 1, e. 



