188 E K ^ hn <-'- - Lythraceae. 



et Mart, in Nova Acta Acad. nut. cur. XII. I. (1824) 23; Spreng. Syst. IV. 2. (1827; 

 190 . _ Ncsacac spec. II., B. et K. Nov. gen. et spec, VI. (1823) 191 in adnot. ; Spren S . 

 Syst. II. (1825) 455. — Friedlandia Cham, et Schlechtd. in Linnaea II. (jun. 1827) 

 348. — Dubyaea DC. Dissert, ined. (jul. 1827) sec. DC. 1. c. 94*. — Diploihn Sprain 

 Gen. pi. (1830) 391, non Poepp. et Endl. 



Flores typice 6- v. raro Smeri. Calyx 1 2 — multinervis v. primo aspectu enervis, 

 ± coriaceus, semiglobosus v. campanulatus , persistens; appendices raro deficientes. 

 Petala magna. Stamina paullo infra medium tubum inserta, raro 6, epipetala, plerum- 

 que (10)12 — 40, quorum semper ( 5) 6 epipetala, cetera episepala. Ovarium sessile, glo- 

 bosum; placenta brevissima, bipartita, partibus parieti adhaerentibus ; dissepimenta 

 semilunaria, marginc n>n\c\<> rrassisMina, sod lin>-.i i .mm . 1 1 i parieli niacin 

 concavo s. interiore arguta, cum placentae partibus decussata; stylus longus. Capsula 

 ivalyis; valvar medio srptilerae, brartenlis npposilao. N.miina plana , nrnnnriiva at. 



sala, saepissime coriacea. Racemi interne ± foliali. iul.-nluin paiminilalim apprnximali; 



Fig. 3 1, p. 1 87, Fig. 3 2, p. 1 93, Fig. 33, p. 194, Fig. 34, p. 196, Fig. 35, p. 200. 

 Fig. 30, p. 202, Fig. 37 ; p. 205, Fig. 38, p. 209. 



Species 53 brasilienses, quarum 52 (45 endemicae) in provinciis Minas Geraei i 

 Goyaz, nempe 32 (19 end.) in Minas Geraes, 28 (19 end.) in Goyaz; praeterea 1 



Kspirilu Santo, I (0 end.) in Rio de Janeiro. 



Clavis sectionum serierum.*) 



A. Folia 1- v. penninervia; rarissime nervus 1 utrinsecus e basi, 

 sed simul 2—4 e cost a orti, v. rarissime folia basi manifesto 



nquam impressi. (Cf. etiam Ser. 5. Sec- 

 Sect. 1. Subunii 



Sec 



«. liami idaberrimi. 



I. Folia basi rotundata v. subcordata, parva, 5 — 2 

 longa, 4 — 13 mm lata. Plantae glaberrimae. 



II. Folia basi acuta v. attenuata, majora, 18—9 

 longa, 5 — 50 mm lata, rarissime, ut calyces, ] 



fJ. Rami, folia, pedicelli, bracteolae, calyces diverso 



parva v. ii^usla. .,- 31) mm longa, 1,5—13 mm lata; 

 nervi utrinsecus 1 — 2 v. rarius 3, supra impressi, 

 subtus prominentes v. prominuli. (Cf. etiam n. 2 8. 

 et 3 4.). 



1. Appendices erectae v. suberectae (Cf. etiam n. 34.). Series 3. 



2. Appendices patulo-reflexae (Cf. etiam n. 88.) . • Series 4. 

 tates valde intricatae forsan capsularum dissepimentis melius notis melius 



