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stigmate obtuso; staminibus majoribus vix longius, petalo bre- 

 vius, pluriovulatum , ovulis ( circ. 8) sutiira superiore affixis. 

 Legnmen stipitatum , lineari - oblongnra j subcompressum, styli 

 basi apiculatum bivalve, Talrarum marglnibus parum iucrassa- 

 tis, 1 — 3-spernium. consistentia rigido-coriacea; colore sub- 

 anrautiaco fucatum, plurimis maculis atris promineutibus den- 

 sisnotatnm, glaberrimum, nitidiini, 1 — iy^<'longum, stipite 

 pollicari. Semina fimicnlo umbilicali piano, circ. lyä'^' lon- 

 go, figura irregularia, subquadrangiilari - reniforniia , utriiique 

 truncata ibique pariim excayata; arillus magniis albidus; inte- 

 gumeutnm membranaceiim , rngosum; embryo exalbnminosus, 

 semiui coiiformis: radicula parva ad hilum posita, ciirvata; 

 cotyledonibus crassis, intus planis, extus convexis, rugosis; 

 plumnla inconspicna. '.'•':.. 



Sellow c, fl. et fr. legit in Brasil, pr. Rio Jan. 



Obs, In Hrb. W. n. 10290 specimen occnrrit pr. Caracas 

 lectnm nostrae plantae satis siniile , at dirersum Tamulis petiolo 

 nerroque medio glabro, et stipnlis; fortasse ad Sw, myrtifoliam 

 Sw.accedit, Sw.eJegans Schott in Spr.syst. 4, seet, 2 p. 407 «t 

 Sw. Langsdorfii Raddi. Mem. soc. it. Möd. t. 18 p. 396 affines 

 qnidem at quautnin e descriptionibns breyibns patet diversae 

 sunt. 



5., Sw.robiniaefolia Willd! (Hrb. n. 10289). Sw. ramulis 

 pedunculis petiolisque tomentosis, foliolis 15 lanceolato- 

 oblongis subhirsutis, fioribus racemosis, caljce bibra- 

 cteolato, petalo rotundato-ovato, calyce majore, stami- 

 nibns mnltis , ovario stipitato glabro. 

 Arbor ö-orgyalis; coma ramosa, subglobosa, Foliold 13 

 — 15 lauceolato-oblonga acntiuscula, subniucronulata, utrin- 

 que praesertim subtus et nervo medio hirsuto-pubescentia, bre- 

 viter petiolata circ. 2^2" longa, 9; — 12'" lata; petiolus com- 

 munis intcr juga tantnm superiora alatus, tomento^o-hii:sntns. 



