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stipite paleaceo; piniiis obtusis v. acntis, — inferioribns bre- 

 viter petiolatis oblongo -lanceolatis piuiintiGdis, — siiperiori- 

 bus confliientibiis; laciniis ovato-oblongis , obtusis, integerri- 

 inis, ciliatis. Sori parvi , in raedio iiervorum lateraliiiin ses- 

 siles; indusio glabro. — Patria Brasilia. Riedel seraiiia 

 misit. 



Banisteria Riedeliana H. Petrop. 



Foliis elliptico-ovatis breviter aruminatis integerrimis, 

 snpra adpresse-pilosis laete viridibus, snbtiis sericeo- argen- 

 teis, petiolo tonui, cgl.indulnso v. glandnla nnica mnuito; 

 panicnlis terniinalibns axillaribnsqne, amplis; floribns in pa- 

 nitMilae ramnlis oppositis, racemosis; calyce S-glanduIoso ; 

 petalis glabris fimbriato-denticnlatis v. laciniatis ; antheris 

 glabris; stylis 3 inaequalibns. 



Ranii snbangulati, juniores adpresse-pilosi, deinde gla- 

 brescentes brnnnei. Folia ß^/^ pollices longa et ad 3 polli- 

 ces la(a , reticnlato-venosa, nervis venisqne promiuentibus; 

 peliolo semi-pollicari, snperne carinato. Panicnlae plernin- 

 qne terminales ainplae, rarius axillares et parvae. Panicn- 

 lae rami et ramnii oppositi, brnnnei, tomentosi. Flores in 

 ramnlis oppositi, racemosi. Pednncnli breves, sesquilineares, 

 basi bractea nnica fnlti , apice bibracteolati, onm pedicello 

 florifero articnlati. Calycis laciniae 5, ellipticae, obtusae, 

 ferrngiueo - pilosae, erectae, adpressae; ralyris tubns glan- 

 dnlis 8, per paria approximatis, oblongis, viridibns, glabris 

 vestitns. Petala 4, calyce dnplo longiora, sesqnilineas longa, 

 nngniculata, lamina snbrotnnda, fimbriato-laciniata, lutea, 

 glabra. Stamina 8, antheris glabris snbaequalibns. Styli 3, 

 snbaeqnales , antheris vix longiores. 



Affinis B. Gardnerianae Jiiss. differt tarnen foliis snpra 

 pilosis , petiolo tenui eglanduloso v. glandnla nuica instrneto^ 



