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Ys brevioribus ; bracteis vertice Iruiicato-triangularibus; cl- 

 liatls; stigraatibiis 3'?, ^subulatis; fructibus obovatis, trigo- 

 nis; semine subtiiissiiue scrobiculato, 



PIpei" ponulifoliura Kth, oliin, 



Crescit in Brasilia meridiouali. (Sellow legit.) 1). 



Ramuli nodosi , cxsiccati angulati, laeyes, glabri ; iuter- 

 nodils 2^2 — Sy^ pollices longis. Folia alterna, pctiolata 

 levitcr cordata, subrotiindo-ovata, acuminata, acumiue obtu- 

 siuscnlo, basi subaequalia, reticulato- venosa, venis iitrinque 

 7 — 8 uorvoque medio subtus promiuenfibus, iuferioribus val- 

 de approximatis, folia unde sub- 11 — 13-nervia, membrana- 

 cca, obsolete pellucldo-punctulata, utriuque glabra , supra 

 (siccatioue?) punctulis plurlbus miuutissimis albidis irregu- 

 laribus sacpe coufiueutibus obsita, 7 — 8-pollicaria, 5 1/3 — 

 7 pollices lata. Petioli 2 — 3 lineas longi, glahri. Stipu- 

 lae solitariae, terminales et oppositifcliae, lanceolatae, late- 

 ribus involutae, giabrae, 10 liueas longae. Spicae in apice 

 ramulorum oppositifoliae, solilariae, peduuculatae; fructiferae 

 cvlludraceae, rectae, sexpollicarcs, crassitie pennae scripto- 

 riae tenuiorls; pednnculo 9 lineas longo, glabro. Bracteae 

 lineari - spatliiiiatae , vertice tninoato - trianguläres , ciliatae. 

 Autherae reniformrs , filameutum terminantes, biioculares, vix 

 aniculatae.' Frnctus rbaeljim dense obtegentes, sessiles, di- 

 stincti , solu])Iles, obovati, trigoni, apice truncato-rotundati, 

 sligiuate triplici'?, snbuiato, recurvato corouati, magnitudiue 

 grani miuoris papaveris. Pericarpium tenue. Semen fructni 

 ronforme, obovatum, inaequaliter trianguläre vel turgide len- 

 tieulare, apice truncato-rotundatum, o))Solete apicatura, sub- 

 tilissiine scrobiculatiim, castaneo-fuscum, opacuni. Albumen 

 farinoso-corneura, albidum. 



