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simc ohlcgcutes , basi connati?, pressione mutna Iriangula- 

 rcs. Seinen fnietui coiiforine, turbiuato-triaugulare. 



Specics a mc visac. 



J, Specics Scliillcriac riviuoidi propiuqnac. 



1, Schiller la anjlostioides, 



Rarais, petiolis foliisque utriuque glabris, liis inacqulla- 

 teris, ova(o - obloiigis vcl oMongis, longe aciirainatis, basi 

 eubaequalibus et aciitiusrulis, subquiutupliiierviis, membrana- 

 ccis, peliiicido-puuetiilatis; spicis rectis, folio dimidio bre- 

 Tioribus; bracteis cucullato-inflcxis, conchaeformibus, gla- 

 bris; stigmatibus 2 — 3, eloiigatis, rccurvatis; fructi- 

 bus . * . . 



Crescit in Brasilia mcridiouali, i (Prope Montevideo aliis- 

 qne locis legit Sellow.) 1^, 



Rami dichotomi, nodosi, terctes, exsiccati sulcato-striati 

 ramuliqiie glabrl; iuternodiis 1 — 2^/4 poll. longis. Folla al- 

 terna, pellolata, inacquilatera, ovato-oblouga Tel oblonga, 

 longe acuminala, acuraiue olituso vel acuto, basi subaeqiialia 

 €t acntiusciila, rcticulato-veuosa, Tonis primariis ntrinque tri- 

 bns ncrvoqnc inedio subtus prominentibus, inferioribus appro- 

 ximatis, iindc folia subquiiituplinervia, membranacea, densis- 

 siiuc et subtilissimc pellncido - punclulata, utrinque glabra, 

 opaca, 3-pollicaria, rarius paiilo longiora, 12 — 14, rarius 

 18 lincas lala. Pctioli 4 — b liiieas longi, canaliciilali, gla- 

 brl. Stiptilae oppositifoliao et terminales, latcribus inTolutac 

 linear! -subiilatae, glabrac, 2 — 4 lineas longae. Spicac sub 

 fitipiila opposilifoliae, solilariae, longe pedunnilatae, cylin- 

 draceae, ohtiisae, rectac vcl curvatae, crassitie ponnac colum- 

 binac, 1 — 1 Y^-poHi^"'''«'«'«; pedunciilo scmipollicari , glabro. 

 Flores in qiiincuncem disposili, sessilcs, unibracteati. Bra- 

 cteac cncullato-iiillexae, comliarformcs , glabrae. Staniina 

 3?, pistiiium aupcrautia. Filauicula crassiuscula, glabra. 



