586 . 



Ovarium uniovnlatiiin anlicc appendice hirlo auctaro, sttf- 

 lus adscendens compressus glaber si^^//la/c subrapitellato. — 

 Legumeti orbicuiarc in alain prodiicUim? — Frutear suri- 

 namensis , sericeo-pubescens , foliis simpliciluis ovalis el- 

 liptiiis penniveniis, ßorihus racemosis violaceis. — Locus 

 in hac tribu mihi haad certus, nee affiiiitates, ob logumeu 

 ir.atnruin iucoguitum , rite inteilectae. 



1. Rodschiedia surinamensis. Species nnica, 



Crescit prope plant, Zwarigheid ad Vredenbnrgerkreok, 

 in solo lutoso, „Frntex raodice ahns_, fl. violaceis (in sicco 

 luteis); in. Oct." 



Rami tcretes pube appressa raolli pro parte relror^a 

 lutescenti sericeo-pubescentes. Folia altcrna pulviniilis cle- 

 vatis basi iitriuque e stipula decidua miaute cicatrisatis in- 

 serta, siinplicia, peliolis piibcscentibus 1—2 mm. longis 

 sustenta, ovata, basi late rotundata, apice obtiisa vel emar- 

 ginata, superiora elliptica vel oblouga apice obtasa vel aca- 

 tiusciila raro late- truncata, crassiuscule membranacea, siipra 

 praeter nervuiQ medium versus basin tenuiler piiberulum gla- 

 bra, subtas puberula, nervo medio prominente utriiique reti- 

 culato- vcnulosa, venulis prope basin magis approximatis, 

 5 — 7 Cent, longa, 2 '/2 — 3 lala_, quaedam minora, margiiie 

 in Omnibus fere versus basin subrevoin,to. Racemi 5 — 12 

 cont. longi, ratnnlos terminantes, paniculalim conferti, den- 

 sins pubescentes. Flores reraoliusculi solitarii raro gemini, 

 pcdicelli filiformes 5 — 3 mm. longi, bractea tripartita (la- 

 ciuiis linearibus, media (foliacea) longiore, lateraiibus (stl- 

 pulaceis ) brevioribus) 1 — 2 mm. longa incano-pubescenli 

 patula persistente stipati. Alabastrum valde juvenile calyce 

 tolum inclusnm sed hnjus laciniae jam distincte separalae, 

 leviter imbricalae; provectius subdimidiato- ovatum. Calyx 

 lriphyllus_, lobi basi in tuhum brevissiinum connati , Itisci 

 membrauacei dorso sparse puberuli, margiuibus subciliolati, 



