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cllipsoideum, glaberrimum, in styl um 3 — 4-plo longiorem, subtriangularem scnsim attc- 
nitatum, stigmatc subdiscoideo, trianguläre. Fructus ignotus. 
Hab. in Roraima monte Guyanae an g lic ae , ad flumcn Wayna: Sc/tomburgk 
n. 765, 1508. 
Floret mense Octobri. ( V. s. in herb. Berol., Boiss.-Barbey., il fus. Biit., Candoll., 
Delessert., Kew., Lips., l’aris., Vtndob.) 
Obs. Spccies a nobis ob androeceum perianthii lobos aequans praesertimque 
scrierum I., II., IV. et glandularum defectum ad Silviam relata maximc affinis videtur 
Silviae Sprucei transitumque ad Acrodiclidii genus pracbet. 
XI. Endlicheria Nees. 
Endliclieria Nees in Einnaea VIII, p. 37 et Progr. p. 16; Meissn. 
Gen. p. 326. — Goeppertia Nees, Syst. p. 365; Endl. Gen. No. 2051 
p. 321 et Euch. p. 197; Dietr. Sgn. II, p. 1332, 1350; Rchb. Nom. p. 70, 
n. 2659; Spach, Veg. phan. X, p. 473; Eindl. Veg. Jcgd. p. 537; Meissn. 
in DC. Prodr. XV, 1, p. 172 et in Mart. fl. Bras. V, 2, p. 281; Baill. 
Hist.pl. II, p. 480. — Schauer a Nees in Eindl. Nat. syst. ed. 2 , p. 202 
in adnot. — Ayclendron Gris. (nec Nees) e. p., Fl. Br. W. Ind. lsl. 
I, p. 284; Benth. et Hook. Gen. pl. III, p. 153. 
Flores panniculati, exinvolucrati, dioici. Perianthii tubus bre- 
vissimus v. si conspicuus lobos subaequans v. longior; lobi 6 aequales v. 
rarissime 3 exteriores manifeste majores. Stamina fertilia 9 v. rarissime 
Serie tertia staminodiali 6. Filamenta antheris breviora v. rarius sub- 
aequilonga, rarissime longiora; seriei tertiae, rarissime omnium, basi 
glandulis binis aucta. Antherae serierum 2 exteriorum bilocellatae, 
introrsae, tertiae rarissime qnadrilocellatae, snbextrorsae v. extrorsae. 
Staminodia seriei quartae nulla v. rarius parva, stipitiformia. Ova- 
rium glabrum stylo crassiuscnlo manifeste breviore v. rarissime aequi- 
longo, stigmate obtuso v. discoideo, saepius trianguläre. Bacca ovoidea 
v. ellipsoidea, laevis, cupulae hemisphaericae v. subpateriformi insidens, 
perianthii lobis persistentibus v. deciduis. Embryo cotyledonibus magnis, 
plano-convexis, corculum includentibus; plumula glabra, bene evoluta; 
radicula brevis, + acuta v. acuminato-acuta. 
Arhores fruticesv e Americam tropicam a regionibus Panamensi - 
bus usque ad Uruguay incolentes, nec non Antillanae. Folia sparsa, 
chartacea v. coriacea v. rigicla, vestita v. rarius glalrra. Panniculae 
