Hl, 



bavbalrj, larliilis Hm]»i ohnvalis ()I)lnsls iilr'mque pnbes- 

 cenlibus. iSlamina in fauce qnaluor subdiilynania ; iila- 

 menta brevla, aniherae sagiltalae. 



1. CixnAREXYLUT« pentandrum Vent. Hort. Cels. 47. 

 E San Doiningo misit C Ehrenberg. 



Generis Cilhnn'.ryH re vera species. Fructus: drnpa 

 calyce snffulta ccpuliformi qulnqncdcntalo, dentibus dila- 

 tato-elliptieis oblusis, obovata, axi 4^ lin., diametro 3 lin.; 

 foela ossiculis duobns, dorso convexis, facle paululnni 

 concavls fere plaiiis, bilociilaribns, dispermls. Specinilnl- 

 bus .sponfancis nostris lolia forma varlabilla firmiora , flo- 

 rcsqiic brevius pediccllatl quam hortensibus. 



2. CiTHAKExvLi'M hnrbiucrvc N. pentandrum, splnosum, 

 ramis letragonls, folils obovalls (rarins elliptlco-lanccolalis) 

 obUisls rclusis aculisque, allenuala basi in pctinluni do- 

 curreiitibus, supra glabris nilldis, snblns iii nervo et venis 

 püosis, axillis venarnm barhalis, spieis simplicissimis ler- 

 ininalilius laxis . lubo cornllne longlludine calvcis irregn- 

 lariler dentaii. 



E provineia Cisplalina nee non e Brasilia tropica ml 

 Sit Sellowins noster. 



Inter C. vHIosiim Jacq. Linjiaca 6 p. 752 et C. moUe 

 HBK. ambit, snperiori similius, similllmnin vero C. chiereo 

 hortorum bospiti pariler pentandro, ab onmibus diversum: 

 foliornm forma, axillis venarnm barhalis, spinis. Rami ob- 

 tusangnli arutanguliqne epidermide pallidc griseo-nilidnla ; 

 opposilifolii, oppositione rarius perturbata, inlernodiis snb- 

 pollicaribns (semi- et sesquipolücaribus). Spinae axil- 

 lares, validae, conlcae, acutae , nunc pollicares nunc ses- 

 quillneam longae, rarius vestigio nuUo deficientes. Rami 

 cxterius inier spinam et folium evolvuntur. Folia subinle- 

 gerrima, inlegerrima (vix in multis speclminibus deniis 

 unius alteriusve obsoleti rudimenlum), obovafa, oblusa : 

 floralia et apicalia saepe elonganlur, lanceolala aculaqiic 



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