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calycinis duplo longiora, lutea obovato-euneata apiculata, 7—15 mm longa, 4,5 — 5,5 mm 

 lata, glaberrirna. Filamente longiora 6 — 7 mm longa, breviora 3 mm longa: antherae 

 juniores 2 mm longae, 0,8-linw latae, rectangulari-ellipticae v. ovato-oblongae, basi 

 in '/ a — 7 8 acute emarginatae, in l / 3 alt. in concavitate affixae. Styli longiores 

 anlheras 1 — 2 mm superantes, 3.5 — 4 mm longi, inferne villoso-pubescentes v. usque ad 

 Stigmata aequaliter pilosi recti, in parte 8 — 10-ma superiore obsolete fasciculato-rnulti- 

 partiti, breviores ab antheris 2-2.5 ?;m remoti, 1.5 — 2,5 mm longi, praesertim inferne 

 dense hirsuti v. glaberrimi, extrinsecus curvati, apice manifeste flagellato-mult.ipartiti, 

 flagello stylis 2 l 3 — 3-plo breviore. Fructus globulosus 5 — ß nun diametro, rarius 

 ovatus — 8 mm longus ; valvae extrinsecus flavido-brunneseentes, intus stramineae. Se- 

 mina obovato-oblonga, 2,5 mm longa, vix supra 1mm crassa, chalaza majuscula brevi 

 concava, hilo brevi, brunnea v. nigreseentia, arillo albido-flavescente supra medium v. 

 usque ad apicem ascendente. 



Habitat in Paraguay locis lapidosis prope Paraguari: Balansa n. 2338: in Bolivia 

 prope S. Ana: Pearce, m prov. Chiquitos: Weddell n. 3435, 3497, inter Paquicha et 

 Buturo: Pearce; in Peru: Lobb n. 292. — Flor, et fruct. m. Jul. — Nov. 



4. Tumera Hindsiana Benth., arbor v. frutex altus, stipulis 

 0,5 — 1 mm longis; petiolis 2 — 6 mm longis eglandulosis ; foliis elliptico- 

 oblongis usque ovalibus, 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus glabris; 

 floribus in axillis foliorum solitariis, remotis v. in ramulis abbreviatis 

 congloroeratis, pedunculis 1,5— 3 mm, pedicellis 2,5 — hmm longis; ealyee 

 6 — 8 mm loDgo; filamentis glabris, antheris ligulato-acuminatis glabris; 

 ovario glabro; valvis dorso verrucis cylindraceo-eloogatis densisshue 

 tuberculatis; seminibus parum curvatis, reticulato-striatis, plus miuus 

 pilosulis. 



Tumera Hindsiana Benth.! in Bot. of Beeck. Voy. of the Sulphur 101; 

 Walp. Rep. V, 782. 



Rami vetustiores teretes grisei v. brunnei, tenuiter v. obsolete striati glabri, hornotini 

 pilis brevissimis flavescentibus pilosuli, striati v. subangulato-striati, in axillis foliorum 

 ramulos abbreviatos bracteis obsitos et dense floriferos v. flores solitarios gerenies, 

 gemmis serialibus inter hos et ramos conspicuis. Stipulae e petioli basi prodeuntes 

 trianguläres v. triangulari-subulatae. Folia acuta v. acuminata, basi sensim angustata. 

 5— 9 cm longa, 2,5 — 3,5 cm lata, margine minute serrata, serraturis apice glanduloso- 

 incrassatis, ad basin cuneatam integra, supra nitida, nervis supra parum, subtus valde 

 prominentibus; folia in ramulis abbreviatis squamiformia. Flores verisim. imperfecte 

 dimorphi ; prophylla 0,5 — 1 mm longa triangularia v. triangulari-lanceolata, basi 0,5—0,8 mm 

 lata, opposita. Calyx extrinsecus brevissime et adpresse flavido-pilosulus, in 1 3 alt. 

 coalitus, tubo semigloboso-campanulato intus ad faucem pubescente, lobis lanceolatis 



3- nervibus, breviter acuminatis. Petala calycem dimidio superantia, lutea, obovato- 

 elliptica, 6 — 9 mm longa, glabra. Filamenta longiora 6 mm, breviora 4,5mm longa-, 

 antherae juniores ovato-oblongae 1,5 mm longae, 0,6 mm latae, in l / 3 alt. affixae, basi 

 breviter emarginatae, defloratae superne recurvatae v. revolutae. Styli inferne v. 

 usque ad apicem pilosuli, pilis erectis v. patentibus, nunc parcis et obsoletis, longiores 

 4,5—5 mm longi, antheras parum v. usque 0,5 mm superantes, breviores 2,5 mm longi, 

 ab antheris 2 mm distantes, apice 0,5 — 0,8 mm longe multipartiti Fructus globosus, 



4 — 5mm diametro; valvae dorso glabrae, brunneae v. nigrescentes, intus flavidae areo- 

 lato-reticulatae. Semina obovato-oblonga, 3 -3,3 mm longa, 1,2 — 1,5 mm crassa, hilo 

 couico, chalaza obsolete prominente concaviuscula, arillo lere usque ad apicem ascen- 

 dente satis amplo flavido. 



