578 



rcticuIatO' penninervia j integra, PctioU nudu Sti'pulae 

 in apice ramulornm convolntae , svhxäatae , pJerurnque 

 curvatac, Racerin oppositifolii ^ solitarii-, juveniles spi~ 

 caeformcs, densijlori^ jioribus scssilibiis per quincunces 

 dispositt's; fructus anistini rcdolentcs, 



Character dllfereiitialis. 



Flores pedicellati, Iiermapliroditi. Stamiua 4. Antlierae 

 biloculares. Stylus brevissimus vel iiulliis. Stigmata 4, 

 crassiusciila. Fructus pedicellati elliptici vel subrotuudo- 

 elliptici, sulcato-tctraquatri vel quadraugulares. Semen fru- 

 ctui conforme. • — Bracteae apicc saccato - galcatae y re- 

 ßexae» Folia pcnninerviu, 



J, Specics legitimac. Flores et fructus pedi- 

 cellati. 



1. Ottoiiia diversifolia» 



Ramis striato - sulcatis ; ramulis puberulls; foliis subac- 

 quilaterls, oblougls vel lauceolatis, loiige aiigustato-acnmi- 

 natis, basi oblique rotuudatis, wembranaccis, obsolete pel- 

 lucido - punctulatis , subtus in nervo, venis pctiolisque 

 dense hirtellis; pedicellis glabriusculis, fructu pauIo lon- 

 gioribus. 



Crescit prope Rio Janeiro Brasiliensium. (Sellow 

 legit.) t). 



Radix ramosa. Caulis crcctus, fripedalis, subdichotomo- 

 ramosus, nodosus ramiqiie striato -siilcati, glabri, divarlcati; 

 ramuli juveniles pubcruli. Folia alteriia, petiolata, sultae- 

 qiiilatera, oblouga, oblongo-lanceoiata et lanceolata, longo 

 angustato-acuminala, basi oblique rotundata, reticulato- vc- 

 nosa, nervo medio venisque primariis subtus prominentibus, 

 membranacea, snpra glabra, subtus in nervo et veuis dense 

 liirteila , obsolete et subtilissime pellucido - puuetulala, lacte 

 viridia, subuitida, subtus pallidiora, 4 — b^L-^olWiiSinüj 11 



