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Stigma simplt'X. Ovula 10 — 12 sutiira suporioro affix.i. Lc- 

 t^union siibscssilo, ani^iistiim, oloimaliim, (eres, transvcrsc 

 multi-articulatiiin, in lou;i;itii(iiucm striatum, hiiic iiide pilis 

 illis adsporsHin, l>asi calyce et staminum vagiiia primo cn- 

 rolla quoqnc marclda iMclusnm; matnrnm uou completum vidi 

 tautnm 4-artioiilatiiin. HL articuli cyliudrici sunt, ntroqnc 

 fiiic trnncati ilii(|iie clansi et sccedoutes, iiidehiscentos, mono- 

 spermi, crassitic fero canlis, pericarpio subcoriacco-mombra- 

 naceo cxtirs Tiridi intus pilis contcxtis pnbescentp, lonj^itudine 

 varii (3 — 6'"). Leguraeu spinimaturuni vidi integrum 10- 

 articulatuin, ultra 3" longnm, in quo adhuc Stylus persistit 

 scd crassior uou factus vcrosimilc postoa plus minus cvane- 

 scit. Semen fiiniculo vix conspicno affixum, snbanatropum, 

 lenticulari -comprcssum, angustura, circ. 3'" longnra, nou 

 ^1-2,'" latum; testa nitida, subbiunuea; hilus impressio rotunda 

 parum infra verticem sita. Embryo albuniine touui inclusus; 

 cotylcdones teuues , subplanac, quam radicula triplo longio- 

 res; radicula (supora) exserta, subrecta, apicc parumper cur- 

 vata; plumula vix conspirua. 



Ad Cartliagcna de Colombia logit Bilbcrg. (V. s. in Hrb. 

 R. Berol.) 



Sect. II. Ccdjj: tubuloso-campanulatus ^ orc b-dentato 

 inter dcntes sctaccos sjibtruncato, 



2. R, ßrasilicnsis w. foliolis 4-jugis subovaii obova- 

 tis, iloribns subbinis axillaribns. 



Praeter sectionis eharacteres et florcs non raceraosos priori 

 valdc similis, sed magis glaber. Petiolus teres, supra cana- 

 liculatus, inferne saepe hispidulo-pubescens, 3*/^" longns, 

 ut in priorc anfracto - flexuosus et foliola codem modo (quo 

 superiora eo magis approximata) gerons. Foliola ovali vel 

 oblonga obovata, raucrouulata, subtus glaucescentia , nsque 



