590 



trnncnta sessilla, 4 — 6 mm. longa, 1 »/2 — 2 latSj nervo 

 niedio excenlrico latere supciiore raagis approxiniato nee ta- 

 rnen marginal!, ad basin paucis nervulis accessoriis quodam- 

 modo visibilibus. Spicae 12 — 15 cent. longac riifescenti- 

 toraentellae. Calyjc 5-dentatus fnsco- pubescens, coroUa 

 pubescens eiira bis tcrve siiperaiis. Statnina longe exserta; 

 antherarum glandula modica. Ovarium longe incano - 

 hirlum. 



2. Pipladenia'i (Sect. Piti/rocarpa Benih.l) polystachya, 

 Raraiilis petiolis subliiiter siibleproso- toraentcllis, pinuis 3 — 

 4-jiigis, foliolis 4 — 5-*vel 7-jiigis breviter pelioliilatis 

 ovato- vel elliptico- lanceolatis aeuraiuatis acnraine obtuso, 

 aequilateris, siipra nilidis, snbtus fuscescentibus, utrinqne 

 praeter nervum medium supra piibesceutera glabris, petiolo 

 infra singulam pinnam, excepta quandoqiie snpreraa, glan- 

 duloso, pinnis infra foliola , exccpto quandoqiie jugo iufirao, 

 glandulosis, glandulis couicis, truneaiis vel coneavis , spicis 

 densifloris paniculatis fusco-tomentosis, singulis paullo snpra 

 basin bracteis 2 vaginanti -conuatis stipatis, calyce pnbes- 

 cente, corolla glabra, ovario breviter stipitato albo-hirsuto, 

 stylo filiformi, 



Crescit prope pl, Bergendaal; arbor, m, Sept. 11, Pe^ 

 tiolus basi turaidus, auguloso-teres rigidua demura glabra- 

 (us, leviter tortns 12 — 14 cent. longiis ; pinnae ^ quarum 2 

 snperiores magis approximatae, 7 — 11 cent. longae, inferio- 

 res et superiores mediis breviores. Foliola rariiis 7, plernra- 

 quc 6 — 41/2 cent. longae, S^/aj vulgo 2 — 21/2 latae, mar- 

 ginibus in sicco leviter revolutae et nndulatae, venis patulls 

 dissitis subtus prominulis, secundariis subtus obsolctis, sn- 

 pra subreliculatis, Inßorescentia arapla paniculata. Spi- 

 cae 3 — 5 cent. longae densiflorae. Alabastra clavala, 

 apice albido-subpnberula. Calyjc breviter quinqaedcntatus. 

 Corolla triplo longior> petalis linearibus apicnlatis. 



