KONGL. SV. VET. AKADEMIENS HANDLINGAR. BAND. 33. N':o 2. 1<»9 



Caulis teretiuseulus v. costulis 2 paruin elevatis obsolete sulcato-angulatus, altus, 

 firmus, succulento-carnosus, florens procumbens, demura squarroso-ramosus, glaber, e l».-isi 

 innovationes, erectas, robustas, apice dense foliiferas emittens, foliis inferioribus in<>\ 

 deciduis. Folia alterna, rhomboideo-oblonga, ingequilatera, basi in petiolum longiusculura 

 attenuata, apice breviter contracta, obtusiuscula v. breviter acuminata, acumine ipso obtusiu- 

 scnlo (sed variant elliptico-rhorabea — sublanceolata), tenuia, plana, vix carnosa, 5 — 9- 

 nervia, nervis infirais ntrinque 3—4 ad v. paullo supra basin solutis, haud ad apicern 

 ductis, nervö mediano percurrente, subtus prominente, utrinque nervis 1 — 2 emittente 

 (nervis supra subimpressis), glabra v. apice ipso ciliolata, inferiora raox superiora deinuni 

 fere orania clecidua, petiolis cauliculatis glabris; folia innovationura intima rotundata, breviter 

 acuminata, caetera obovata. Amenta prinio erectiuscula, demum patentia et squarrosa, 

 terminalia et axillaria, apice caulis et ramorum saepe fasciculatim disposita, filiformia, 

 densiflora, folia 2 — 3-plo superantia, pedunculis teretibus glabris, petiolum + aequantibus. 

 Bractece pallidEe, parvse, rotundata?, erecto-patentes v. demum subadpressae. Baccce globosae, 

 viscoso-papillosas, apice scutello parvo, obliquo, postice breviter producto, medio stigmatifero 

 praeditae. 



Distribvtio geographica: Brasilia (Sellow in Hl». Rerol.), Minas Geraés (Widgren in Hb. Stockholm.), ibidem 

 ad Caldas ad terram v. in truncis putridis scandens (Henschen & Regneli n:o III, 1431 in Hb. Stock- 

 holm, et in Hl). Ups., Mosén n:o 1028 1. c), Sao Paulo, Serra de Caracol ad saxa silvae primasvse 

 (Mosén n:o 1671 in Hb. Stockholm.). 



4. P. alata Ruiz & Pav. 



Flor. peruv., v. 1, p. 31, 1798; A. Dietr. Sp. v. 1, p. 149, 1831; Miq. Syst. Pip. 

 p. 87; C. DC, Prodr. 16: 1, p. 418; Henschen, Ettides Pep. p. 40. — P. alata fi ptero- 

 canlis C. DC. Prodr. 16: 1, p. 418 & y angustifolia C. DC. 1. c. — P. pterocaulis Miq. 

 Syst, Pip. p. 86; Miq. in Mart. Fl. brås., f. XI, p. 11; Miq. in Arch. Neerl. p. 170. - 

 P Velloziana Miq. p.p. in Mart. Fl. brås. f. XI, p. 11 (quod Spec. a Mart. leeta in 

 Corcovado);? Miq. in Linnea v. 20, p. 122. — /'. dendrophila Gris., Cat, pl. cub., p. ii I 

 (excl. n:o 1688). 



Fig. Ruiz & Pav. 1. c, Tab. 48, fig. b; Henschen 1. c, Tab. IV, fig. 5. 



('•ml is pro majore parte erectus, basi decumbens et ramos saBpe approximatos 

 emittens, superne simplex v. apice ramosus, basi parura apice sat multum flexuosus, in- 

 ferne teres, superne foliis decurrentibus + anguste — late alatus, carnosus, basi firmus 

 supé purpurascens, e nodis imis radicans. Folia alterna, ovato-lanceolata v. oblongo- 

 lanceolata — lanceolata, longe et oblique acuminata, inferiora ovato-elliptica, acuta — 

 acuminata, basi in petiolum brevem tri(pietro-canaliculatum attenuata, tenuia, submem- 

 branacea, reticulo nervorum conspicuo, 3 — 5( — 7)-ner\ia, nervis subtus elevatis, mediis tres 

 supra basin solutis, utrinque glabra, apice s;i'piu^ ciliolata, rubro-punctulata. Amenta 

 terminalia et axillaria, ssepe solitaria y. false bijugata, longissima, sensim attenuata, folium 

 s:cpe duplo superantia, densiflora, rubropunctata, pedunculis brevissimis, firmis, petiolum 

 asquantibus v. paullum superantibus. Bractece minuta^, crassiuscuke, subadpressa: 1 . Baccce 



