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Urban : 



7. Piriqueta Duarteana Urb., perermis, caulibus 15— 60 cm longis, 

 setulis secernentibus brevibus vestitis , nunc pube simplice brevissima 

 et pilis stellaribus adjectis; foliis 2—10 mm longe petiolatis , ovatis, 

 oboyatis, subrhombeis v. oblougis, 2 — 6 cm longis, dimidio usque 3-plo 

 longioribus quam latioribus, paene usque ad basin eglandulosam crenatis; 

 floribus solitariis heterostylis; pedunculis subnullis usque 4 cm longis; 

 propbyllis nullis v. brevissimis; pedicellis 4 — 11 mm longis; calyce 

 7—16 mm longo, in */ 4 — 1 / 5 alt. coalito; petalis violaceis v. roseis v. 

 albis cum venis purpurascentibus v. nigrescentibus, v. purpureis; fructu 

 5 — 7 mm diametro, dorso sub pube tuberculato; seminibus parum v. vix 

 curvatis non tuberculatis. 



Turner a Duarteana Camb. ! in St Hü. Flor. Bras. mer. II, 162 (223) ; 

 Walp. Repert. II, 229. 



Icon: Urb. in Mart. Flor. Bras. XI II, III, t. 32. 



Caules 15 — 60 cm longi, 1,5—3 mm crassi, teretes v. superne angulato-striati, 

 simplices v. ramosi , setulis crassitie caulis 2 — 6-plo brevioribus inaequilongis dense 

 obsiti v. hispidi , pube alia brevissima tenui plerumque intermixta. Folia petiolis 

 5 — 10 mm longis, ovata, ovoidea v. subrhombea , rarius obovata, 2 — 4 cm longa, 

 1,2 — 2,5 cm lata, vix duplo longiora quam latiora, apice acuta v. obtusiuscula v. rotundata, 

 basi obtusissima, rotundata, rarius subacuta, nunc lutescentia,nunc nigrescentia, supra pilis 

 stellaribus tenui bus dense obsita, raro tomentosa, subtus eadem pubescentia v. flavido- v. 

 albido-tomentosa, setulis saepe utrinque.subtusadnervos,intermixtis.Pedunculi fructiferi 

 subnulli v. usque ad 5 mm, raro — 10 mm longi, plerumque patentes v. deflexi; prophylla 

 nulla v. callo notata; pedicelli 4— 8 mm longi. Calyx 11 — 13 mm longus, extrinsecus 

 dense pubescens v. tomentosus et praeterea plerumque breviter hirsutus , intus sub 

 corona breviter pilosus v. glaber, in */ 4 a lt. coalitus, lobis exterioribus lauceo- 

 latis acuminatis, interioribus oblongis, latiuscule membranaceis obtusiusculis, manifeste 

 v. obsolete apiculatis, 3- v. 5-nervibus. Petala calycem parte l / 3 v. fere duplo 

 superantia, 12 — 18 mm longa, 8 — 9 mm lata, triangulari-obovata, inferne subcuneata, 

 glabra, Corona er. 1 mm longa, nunc obscurius colorata v. nigrescente. Filamenta tubo 

 0,5 — 1 mm longe adnata, glabra, longiora 6 — 8 mm, breviora 4 — 5 mm longa; antherae 

 clausae oblongae v. ovato-ellipticae obtusissimae, 2—3 mm longae, 0,7 — 1,2 mm latae, 

 2 — 3-plo longiores quam latiores , in '/ 3 — 2 /s a lt- affixae et emarginatae, effloratae 

 superne recurvatae v. revolutae. S t y 1 i glabri, apice0,5 — 1 mm longe flagellatim multipartiti, 

 ab antheris 2 — 3mm longe distantes, longiores 5— 6m?w, breviores 2—2,5 mm longi et valde 

 divergentes. Ovarium 40— 60-ovulatum. Fructus 5 — 7 mm diametro, v. breviter 

 ovatus et 8 — 10 mm longus, nunc acutus; valvae extrinsecus flavo-virides v. nigres- 

 centes, setulis et plerumque etiam pilis tenuibus breviter hirsutae, intus stramineae 

 v. ferrugineae, nunc ad placentam atropurpureae, glabrae. Semina obovata v. oblongo- 

 cylindracea, 2 — 3 mm longa, 0,7 — 1 mm crassa, postremo badia, reticulato-striata, hilo 

 breviter conico, nunc vix prominente, chalaza parum v. vix prominula, arillo plerum- 

 que amplo. 



Habitat in Brasiliae prov. Minas Gerae's, Goyaz, Bahia, Piauhy et Ceard: Blanchet 

 n. 3750, Gardner n. 1665, 2417, 2615, 2878, 3749, 3750, Burchell n. 8049, Pohl n. 

 1888, 1929. — Flor, fere totum per annum. 



\ar. ß. chrysotricha Urb., praeter pubem brevem secernentem et 

 aliam tenuissimam pilis aureis crassi tiem caulis aequantibus v. superanti- 

 bus et coronula stellari pallidiore circumdatis hirsuta. 



