meii compressissimuni, albumiuosuin; embryo rectus ; cotyle- 

 doues plaui, subfoliacei; radicula exserta; plnmula iucou- 

 spicua. 



Arbores Brasilienses , foliis subabnipte pinuatis, floribus 

 siibspicato-racemosis. 



1. Sei, denudatujnn. ioWolis 2 — 4-jugis oblongis basi at- 

 tenuatis, 



Arbor; raml teretes , glabri, substriati ; ramuli compressi 

 anguloso-striati, Folia sparsa; petiolus semiteres , basi in- 

 crassatus, glaber, 4" lougiis; follola opposita, 2 — 3 juga, 

 (saepius vero alternm folioluin extremi paris in petiolo commnni 

 lateraliter eloiigato affixuui est , ut tiiiic folia impari pinnata 

 esse videautur) obloiiga, apice rotuudafa, basi plus minus at- 

 teuuata, coriaceo-memUranacea, glabra, supra sublaevia ner- 

 vig primariis impressis, subtus prominenti reticulato-venosa, 

 maguitudine ab apice petioli ad basin deerescentia, V/2 — 3^*2" 

 longa, 9'^' — 2'Mata. Racemi apice ramulornm plnres, »nde 

 racemus compositus; rhachis circ. pollicaris, anguloso-com- 

 pressa, glabra; flores nnmerosi, approximati , sessiles, quam 

 Ervi Lentis semina minores. Calyx sepalis crassiusculis apice 

 rotundato-obtusis extus pilis aurels hirtis adpressis tectis; pars 

 cui stamina insident, calyce delapso, forma annnli plerumque 

 sese solvit. Petala fila 5 angustissima, basi parum latiora, 

 pilis aureis patentibus hirsuta, (in alabastro) vix staminibus 

 majora, circ. 1^/2'" longa. Stamina filamenta subsubulata, 

 basi compressa, ad medium usque et ultra pilis aureis patenti- 

 bus hirsuta. Ovarium ovali - oblongum , aureo - ferrugineo hir- 

 sutum, rix 2'" longum, S-OTulatum; Stylus subteres, hiuc 

 inde pilosus, Legninen elliptico- oblongum, apice rotundatura, 

 glabrum, brunneum, totumlignosum, valvi's adpresso-conna- 

 4is indehiscens, 1 — 2 spermura. Semina medio leguinine af- 

 fixa, figura irregulari e lato oblouga, subsemipollicaria; testa 



