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viresccns, paululum purpurco afflalus. S(amlna feililla 

 didynama iiiclusa, filameuLls ad inscrtioncm pubescentibus 

 ncc barbalis, lobls antlicrae oblongo-elllpticis subdivarica- 

 iis. lludinieiilum quinti staminis caplllare, breve, paulo 

 inferius insertum. Discus hypogynus carnosus, integer, 

 planus. Gcrmen glabrum, lanceolaluin, sulcatuni, lalcribus 

 paulo compressis, acle .illcra dorsali, altera venlrali; bilo- 

 culare; dissepimenlum lamiliarlum more transversuni ho- 

 rizontale, loculo altero dorsali, allere venlrali, parietibus 

 adnalum; juxta parictes utrinque lumlduni, ovuliteruui; 

 ovulis nunierosissimis inibricatls. Stylus staminibus paulo 

 longior; lamellis sligmatis obovalls aculiusculis. 



Brasilia. Sellow. Nunc caldarlorum nostrorum decus. 



16. BiGNONiA araliarca N. Foliis quinalis, foliolis 

 laurinis glabris (sub microscopio composilo tenuissimu 

 rariter lepidotis) petiolatis ellipticis, basi aculis, apice 

 (inlerdum subcauuato-) acuniinalis aculis, marginalis, au- 

 lice obsolete repando-denlalis crenalisve subinlegerriniis- 

 que, supra planis, subtus tenuiter reticulato-venosis, ve- 

 narum ulrinsecus sub- 8 axillis scrobiculalis, scrobiculis 

 rariter barbatulis; inflorescentia terminali furl'uraceo-slel- 

 Jalo-tomentosa, corymbo sessili abbrevialo, ramis tri- et 

 aborlu unifloris; calyce obconico quinquedenlalo, dentibus 

 lellipiicis aculis; corolla tenuiter membranacea glabra 

 recta, e tubo brevi elongato-campanulala, limbo subaequali 

 amplo. 



Erecta, specie glaberrima, pscudo-opposilil'olia oppo- 

 •iililollaque; ramis terelibus griseis saepe albo-punclalis; 

 iinlernodiis brevibus rarius ad tres poliices elongatis. Pc- 

 jjolus communis gracilis, angulatus, supra planus, maxime 

 iälongalus vix tripollicaris; parlialcs canaliculali, solilo 

 nore cum communi arliculati, sub foliolo etiam calloso- 

 Humidl et specie arliculati; omncs juniori salteni statu sub 

 ' enle forti inconspicuc tcnuissimc pubcsccnlcs, pubc paulo 



