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Xylopia Linn, 
Mart, I. c., Baillon 1. c. 284, 
1. X. cemarginata Mart. Il. c. 42. — Ad Lagoa Santa in 
lacubus juxta ripas et in paludibus sat frequens, quam ob rem 
»Pindaiba d'agua% v. ,Pindaiba do brejo% et ,Pindai- 
bunaf ab incolis vocatur.  Arbuscula 10—415—20 ped. alta, 
elegantissima, habitu fere Picee pyramidalis, sempervirens, quia 
frons novella ante dejectum vestustæ evolvitur; folia supra nitentia, 
Obscure viridissima.  Petala pallide crocea v. vitellina, svaveo- 
lentia; stamina purpurascentia; floret m. Jan.—Julio fronde no- 
vella eodem fere tempore evoluta; fructifera m. Octobri-Decembri 
visa (W.). 
Inter urbem Piedade dos Geraés et rancho Aguiar ap- 
pellatum (municipio de Bom Fim) in udis silvulas ex his arbu- 
Sculis compositas elegantissimas observavi (W.). 
Annot. Folia novella quoque interdum fere glaberrima; 
baccæ siccæ c. 8 in quoque toro, clavato-cylindrice, 2—3 cm. 
lg., diam. c. 42 mm., apice rotundatæ, rugulosæ, haud monili- 
formes, glaberrimæ; stipes 6—8 mm. Ig.; semina 14—6, discoideo- 
Compressa, testa nigro-fusca lucida glaberrima. 
2.  X. Brasiliensis Spreng., Mart. Il. c. 42. — Ad Rio de 
Janeiro: Glaziou (3856). 
Annot, Cortex in ramis specim. Glaziovii in laminas 
tenuissimas numerosissimas rufescente-fuscas solutus. Idem in 
Speciminibus sterilibus a cl. Glaziou (662) circa Rio Janeiro 
et a me ipso ad LagoaSanta lectis observatum est; hæc speci- 
mina a forma typica foliis paullo minoribus, glabrioribus, apice 
minus longe acuminatis differunt, sed inter se plane congruunt; 
nescio an ad aliam speciem referenda sint.  Planta Lagoensis in 
Silvis pluries, sed semper sterilis observata, frutex arborescens. 
3. X. grandiflora St. Hil., Mart. I. c. 44. — Ad Lagoa 
"Sa nta, in silvulis et virgultis silvestribus valde frequens, etiam 
in campis plantis silvestribus intermixtis obvia, arbor interdum 
