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ribus, verlicali angustlorlbus ; allcrnis e valvarum margliil- 

 bus, altcrnis e mcdils illarum faciebus orlis. Nucleus 

 ovoidcus, acutus, sexcostatus, basi profunde uinbonalus, 

 jugis convexis oblusis, sulcis aculis profundis; seclionc 

 transversa albumen fere corneum album dendroldeo-til- 

 radialum, radiis mox bifidls subsexradiatum sese praebct, 

 llneola percursum diamclrali leviter slnuosa lactea cmbvyo- 

 uein sectum indicanle, radiis sinuatis lobatisque, anibilu 

 et slnubus atrorubentibus, vel matcrla corllcali, vcl senii- 

 nis penetrante tegumcnto. Embryo inversus, foliaceo-com- 

 pressus, nlveus, paulo brevior et angustior semine; coty- 

 ledoncs foliaccae, cordatae, rotundatac, tenuissimac, flcxuo- 

 sae; radlcula exserla supcra aplcem serainis altingente; 

 plumula inconspicua. 



Brasilia. Sellow. 



Dublum adest speclmen in herbario nostro brasillcnsi 

 florlferum, a C. crescentiacfoUa paucis notis rcccdens: , 

 Foliis majorlbus angusfata basi oblusloribus utrlnsecus sub- 

 dcccmvenüs septempolllcarlbus, laliludine quadripollicari; 

 racemo terminali decempolllcarl infcrnc ranils pluribus 

 (Iribus) auclo; pcdicellis longloribus e brevloribus subin- 

 consplcuis squamulls longius exscrlis; flore magis globoso, 

 perlanthii crassiori lacinlis latiorlbu.. magis rolundalis, 

 stamlnibus non exsertis. 



TRIPLARIS. L. 



( B[.OCHMANNIA Wcigelt. ) 



Triplakis americana aucl. 



Plures hoc sub nomine linliiinae .similllmacque con- 

 iundi specics comperlum habenius, qiiarum una Bloch- 

 inannia IVcl^elfiana Rchb. — V^ulgarissim.ic .sub ier- 

 vente sole amerlcanac arbores. insignes pllcis iollorum 



