582 — 



Proxima Ottoniac Jalioraudi, distincta glabritle omniiira 

 partium fructuuinque forma. 



4. Ottonia cucalijptifolia, 



Rarais llcxnosis Icvitor sulcato- an^nlatis, petiqlis foliis- 

 que glabris, his inaerjuilateris, lanceolatis, siihfoliatis, ]on2;e 

 angustato-actiraiuatis, basi iuaeqiialiter niiieafo-acntis, sub- 

 coriaceis, pelliicido - pnuctulatis; pedicellis glabris, fnictii 

 pauIo lougioi'ibus. 



Crescit in Brasilia (prope Rio Janeiro legit Gau d ich au d, 

 propc Macahe ad 11. Para hvba Luschiiath.). t> 



Rami nodosi, llexuosi, leviter siilcato -aiigulati, glabrl; 

 internodiis */« — 1 Yo-P*'"'^''*''''"*'' Folia altcnia, brcvitcr 

 petiolata, inaequilatero-lancooiata, subfolia(a, longo angu- 

 Btato-acurainata, basi inaequaliler cuneato -acuta, reticulato- 

 Teuosa, nervo medio subtus prominente, vcnis primarlis te- 

 iiuibns, subcoriacea, mcmbranacca, subtilissime pcllucido- 

 punctulato - glandulosa praesertira iu vcnularum rete, iitrln- 

 que glabra, opaca, siibtus pallidiora, ö'/a — 61/3 poll. lon- 

 ga, 14 — 15 liueas lata. Pctioli sesqnilineara longi , nndi, 

 glabri. Slipnlae iii apice ramnlorum convolutae, glabrae, 

 leviter curvatae, 2 lineas longae. Racemi oppositifolii, so- 

 litarii, pcdunculati, secnndi?, patuli, lY4-po]llces longi; 

 pedunculo 3 liueas longo rliachique angiilata glaltris. Flores 

 longo pedicellati ; patontissimi ; pedicellis vix lineam superan- 

 tibns, glabris, ad basiu instructis bractea parva, breviter 

 petiolata, saccato-galcata, glabra, persislcDtc. Stamina 4?. 

 Filameuta brevia. Antlierac subrotundo-reniformcs , bilocn- 

 larcs. Ovarium ovatnm, glabrum, stigmatibus 4 crassiuscu- 

 lis brevibus rccurvatis terminatnm. Fructus (in specimine 

 Gaudicliaudiano) subrotnudo-clliptici, tetraquetri, angulis ob- 

 tusis, stvlo brevi acuininalo-mucronati , glabri, niagnitndine 

 grani raajoris papaveris; suppeteutcs uoudura satis raaturi. 



