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nenri, Intus glabrn. Stnmina forlilla qnatuor didynama in. 

 iiuliisa, anlerlora majora, quliili dorsalis rudinientum ste- 

 rile bicvliis; omnia una seile in inferloii tubo inserta, ad 

 jnserlioncin bavbala; filamenla filiforniia glabra, anlberae 

 bitoculares, patentim sagitlatae, loculis subdivarlcalis. Ger- 

 nicii ttretlusculum, glabrum; slylus fillformis, inclusus, 

 longlludlne circiter calycis, glaber; sligrna bilamellatuni, 

 laniellis parvis lanceolatis acutls. Capsula slliquaeformis, 

 compressa, linearis, ulrinque attenuata, obtuse mucronata, 

 faciebus nervo medlo percursls, subpedalls (brevlor longi 

 orque), i)clo lineas lala; coriacea, immalura glabra laevls- 

 que, ruiilura quasi renisoso-grosse pruinosa; aclebus debis- 

 cens nervo marginali ab ulraque valvula, ut in Crueiferis, 

 libero, nee vero ul in illis placenlario. DIssepinientuni 

 valvulis contrarium, liberum, e duobus constans lamellis 

 inarglne tnmido connatis, juxla marglneni utrinque ulrln- 

 secus seniinHerum. Semina (examini subjecta imperfecle 

 matura) imbricata, transversa, tenuissime membranaceo- 

 compressa, laevia , corpore nigrescente vix ala diaphana 

 id cingenle crassiori ; cellularum disposilio radlala a cor- 

 pore ad periphcriam in illa vix conspicua. Umbilicum 

 lineaie Iransversum juxla reclllineam basin in facie semi- 

 iiis, facialem vasorum fasciculum verticem versus amitlens. 

 Alllludo seminis subsemipollicaris lalitudinem dissepimentl 

 aequans; latiludo major, corporis 9-lineam, adjecla ala 

 15 lineas meticns. 



E Brasilia tropica pluribus locis lectam misit Sellowius. 



(Continuabitur io seq. fasciculi?) 



