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et lanceolata seiisim dimlnuta, glandiiHs basilaribus iioii di- 

 minntis; stipulae iiitrapetiolares cordato - trianguläres, 4'" 

 loiio-ae 4 — 6'" latae, supreraae haiid minores quasi iuvolu- 

 crales, inferiores decidnae. Panicula terrainalis aniplissima, 

 plus quam pedalis, ramis patenühus dlstantibus trirliotome 

 dispositis pyramidata, tota puberula cxceptis pedlcellis sepa- 

 lisque albo-tomontosis ; urabollaruni , quibus omncs rami ra- 

 niulique tcrminantur , pedicelli qiiatenii, crassiusculi, unciales, 

 patentes, contlnui, Jiasi articulali et tribracteolati. Sepala 

 oblonga, obtusa, apice revoluta, Z'" longa, intus glabra, 

 basi glauduüs binis oblougis, invicem et a margine paullura 

 remotis, vix \"' longis mnnita. Petala 6"' longa, limbo ob- 

 ovato lacero - riliato secus nnguoni decurrente, nerris ideo 

 quasi peltatis. Stamina 19, 5 si'palis opposita pauilo rea- 

 jora stcrilia, 5 fertilia aequalia; filamenta linearia, iina basi 

 coalita, 3 — 4'" longa; connectivum in sterilibus difforme, 

 amplius, in ferfiiilnis suljglobosum , niinutum, filamento obli- 

 que impositum, a loculis intus et superne cirenmdatum. Ova- 

 rium subglohosum , ex trlbus carpopbyllis connexis constitu- 

 tum, liispidum, Stigmata 3 linoaria apieo truneata acquans; 

 ovuli ex apice axeos cujusque carpopbjlli penduli pars de- 

 seendens cylindriea partem ascendentcra apice obtusinsculam 

 acquans. Fructus uon suppotit. 



3) P. niacrophylla noi\ sp. ramis (omentosis, foliis co- 

 riaceis magnis ovali-sulirotundis ntrinque rotundatis in- 

 tcgerrimis sunra scaliro-puberulis glabratisque subtns 

 tomentosis, pauicnlae terrainalis ramis in umbellas qua- 

 (IrUloras abeuntihus. — In Brasilia merldionali floren- 

 tem et fructiferam legit Sello. Ex Prorincia Matte 

 Grosso formam foliis snpra glabratis floriferam misit 

 lihotzky (ej. Flora Matto - Grosso - Cujabensis nr. 

 99,). 



