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Wilbrandia Glaziovii Cogn. dioica?; foliis longiuscule 
petiolatis, ambitu late suborbicularibus, supra brevissime sub- 
sparseque piloso-scabriuseulis, subtus brevissime denseque 
pubescentibus, plus minusve lobatis vel subintegris; floribus 
masculis parvis, in spicas densiusculas brevissimas ad apicem 
pedunculi communis foliis paulo brevioris dispositis; bracteis 
nullis; calyce leviter pubescente, dentibus erecto-patulis, 
anguste ovato-triangularibus, tubo 2-3-plo brevioribus. 
Caulis robustus, leviter sulcatus, subglaber. Petiolus brevis- 
sime puberulus, striatus, 5-6 em longus. Folia tenuiter mem- 
branacea, 10-14 em. longa, 12-16 cm. lata, supra laete viridia, 
subtus viridi-cinerea, margine minute remoteque spinuloso- 
dentieulata ; sinus basilaris subrectangularis, 2-5 cm. latus, 
1-2 em. profondus ; nervi laterales bi-trifidi, imum sinum 
marginantes. Cirrhi robusti, longissimi, basi leviter incrassati, 
striati, subglabri Pedunculus communis masculus 10-13-florus, 
gracilis, striatus, glaber, !/,-1 dm. longus, ab 1-2 cm. florife- 
rus. Calycis tubus anguste obconieus, 4-5 mm. longus, apice 
2-2'/, mm. latus ; dentes pallidi, 1 !/,-9 mm. longi, 1 mm. lati. 
Petala imperfecte evoluta extus brevissime puberula. Flores 
feminei et fructus ignoti. 
Var. e, subintegrifolia. 
Folia 5-angulata vel leviter trilobata. 
Var &, lobata. 
Folia usque ad medium 5-lobata, lobis acutissimis vel suba- 
euminatis, mediano oblongo, lateralibus anguste triangula- 
ribus. : 
Habitat var. z, in littore maris ad Gavia prov. Rio de Janeiro; 
decembr. 1878 (Glaziou in herb. Warming). — Var. B. in prov. 
Rio de Janeiro (Glaziou, n. 12109, in herb. Eichler ct War- 
ming). 
