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abbrevjatis ineiassatisque glandulas parvas utrinque 1- 4 gerentia; bracteae 30— 3 mm 

 longae, 8—1,5 mm latae, late orbiculares, obovatae, v. intimae oblongo-lanceolatae v. 

 lanceolatae, obtusae v. apiculatae v. acutae, ruargine praesertim intimae integrae snb- 

 integraeve, sed manifeste ciliato-pilosae, ad basin petioliformi-contractae v.- angnstatae. 

 Pedunculi 2 — 1mm longi liberi; prophylla spathuiata, saepe satis longe petioliformi- 

 angustata, 7 — 3 mm longa, concaviuscula, apice acuto v. apiculato saepe recurva, 

 m argine integro circumcirca ciliato-hirsuta, ramosi- v. plurinervia, ad basin brevissime 

 stipulata, intus glabra, dorso papillifera et ad nervös parce hirsuta. Calyx extrinsecus 

 inferne glaber, superne ad lobos, nunc parce, hirsutns, tubo intus superne v. ad faucein 

 pubescente subcylindraceo, lobis oblongis v. lanceolatis 3- v. 5-nervibus, muticis et ob- 

 tusiusculis v. brevissime mucronatis. Petala calycem paullo superantia, infeine intus 

 dense pubescentia. Filamenta basi eximie inter sese in annulum circa 1mm altum coalita 

 et hoc loco tubo adnata, tenuissime et dense patenti-pilosa, basi extrinsecus glanduloso- 

 incrassata, longiora 5 — 6 mm 9 breviora 3—4 mm longa; antherae clausae basi in'/ 6 — V* 

 alt. emarginatae, sub medio affixae, effloratae subrectae. Styli flagello 0,5—1 mm 

 longo, 15 — 20-partito, ab antheris er. 2 mm distante, longiores 4 — 5, breviores 2—3 mm 

 longi. Ovarium 10 — 16-ovulatum. Fructus ovatus v. breviter ellipticus, 4 — b mm 

 longus, 3 — 3,5 mm diametro; valvae patentes et apice recurvae, dorso parce pilosulae, 

 nunc ad basin glabrae, apice hirsutae, intus ferrugineae v. badiae glabrae. Sem i na 

 breviter obovata subrecta brunnescentia v. nigrescentia 1,5 — 1,8 mm longa, 1 — 1,3 mm 

 crassa, reticulato-lacunosa, chalaza parum prominente coneava, hilo hemisphaerico ob- 

 tuso v. acutiusculo, arillo unilaterali flavescente plerumque ad medium, raro fere usque 

 ad apicem ascendente. 



Habitat var. cc. prope Rio de Janeiro: Lund, Glazioa n. 6812: in prov. Bahia: 

 Blanchet n. 1267; in collibus siccis prope Parakyba m. Maio flor. et fruet.: Riedel 

 n. 8. — Var. ß. in prov. Bahia prope Cachoeira: Casaretto n. 2074, in campis siccis 

 ad Joazeiro m. April, flor. et fruet.: Martins n. 2293. 



Series VI. Microphyllae. 



Fruticuli v. frutices. Stipulae e petiolis supra basin dilatatam prodeun- 

 tes. Folia basi eglaodulosa, 0,5 — 3 cm longa, margine reem-vata v. 

 revoluta, nervis supra profunde impressis Pedunculi liberi usque ad 

 4 mm longi, petiolis inter stipulas inserti. Valvae dorso obsolete v. 

 parum prominenti-tuberculatae. Semina obovata v. obovato-oblonga. 



39. Tumera diffusa Willd. pube valde variabili, sericea, tomen- 

 tosula v. lanata, nunc paene deficiente; stipulis 0,2 — 1 mm longis; foliis 

 obovatis usque oblanceolatis, raro suborbicularibus, 0,5 — 3 cm longis, 

 0,2 — 1 cm latis; calyce 5 — 7 mm longo, in V2~ 3 /s coalito; petalis 

 flavis glabris v. supra basin intus parce pilosis; filamentis glabris v. 

 raro extrinsecus breviter puberulis; seminibus arcuato-curvatis. 



Tumera diffusa Willd.! Msc. in Schult Syst Veg. VI (1820), 679 

 et Herb. n. 6092!; Urb. in Archiv d. Pharm, vol. 220 (a. 1882) fasc. 3 

 et in Therap. Gaz. (Detroit 1882). 



Tumera Pumilea Poir.! in Lam. Encycl. VIII, 143 (excl. syn. 

 plurim.), — non Linn. 



Tumera microphylla Desv. in Hamilt Prodr. (1825) p. 33; DC. 

 Prodr. III, 347. 



Bohadschia humifusa Presl! Beliqu. Haenk. II, 98. 



