. 129 



Brasilia. Sellow. 



9. CoRDiA sallcifoUa N. p. 48. 



Drupa unica nobis obviam venil, ex ovoldea basi 

 subpyramidata, acuta, axi circitcr 5 lineas melicnte, dia- 

 mciro quinquellncari, calyce fisso suffulla. 



Brasilia. Sellovv. 



3. VARRONIA. 



10. CoKDiA calocephala N. Linnaea p. 488. 



Aliud pulcbriusque accepimus specimen. Caulls rectus, 

 obscure angulatus, crassitie pcnnae cygneae, hirsuto-tomen- 

 tosus, follis vestitus tripollicaribus, duos et dimidium pol- 

 llccm latis, petiolo semipollicari, semipollicem circiler 

 distantlbus, primigena iermiuatijs inflorescentia. Splca 

 capitata, pedunculo bipolHcari suffulta, fructu malurescenle 

 poliicem crassa, ad duos et dimidium pollices latos clon- 

 gata. Ilanc spicam asilem alarem rami duo e basi pedun- 

 culi orli paululum superant, ipsi apice spicigeri. Fructus: 

 drupa calyce persistente inclusa et veslila, ejusdem den- 

 libus subselaceis hirlis coronata et superata, paulo oblique 

 ovata, axi tres lineas latas paulo superante, sarcocarpio 

 tenui luberculis ossiculi tuberculala; monopyrena. Ossicu- 

 lum semen Vifis aemulans, basali latiori convexa parte 

 eximie tuberculalum, rostro obluso laevi in planiorera 

 faciem deorsum decurrens, angulo obtuso laeviori longitu- 

 dlnaiiter strialo; lignosum est, pariete tenui fragili crassitie 

 m omni ambilu subaequali; uniloculare, monospermum; 

 semine conformi. Facile crediderimus angulum facialenj 

 loculos abortives foverej paries in sectione transversa hoc 

 loco nobis foraminulum unicum obtulit. 



Brasilia. SclIow. 



H. CoKDiA sesslUfolia N. p. 488. 



Vulgaris ßrasillae meridionalis et aequinoctialis stirps, 

 jnluu'rum magniludine corollarum varians, Micvantham 



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