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AMFHISTBIiMA griseb 



B. — FOLIA PARVA, OVALIA, PERSISTENT1A, 

 GLABRA 



1 . — AMPHISTELMA PALLIDUM Alv. Silv.— Rami 

 ramulique bifariam leviter pilosi, flexuosi ramosissimi alte 

 scandentes. Folia petiolata ovalia, basi biglandulosa, glabra, 

 acutninata, marginibus et mesoneuro pilosa, nervis crenatis 

 paullo conspicuis, supra secus mesoneuron espaçatim puberula, 

 siccitate utrinque pallida, 1,5-2 cm longa, 6-8 mm lata (lim- 

 bo solo), petiolus 3-4 mm longus. Cymae umbelliformae ses- 

 siles, bracteolatae, pedicellis inaequalibus pe tiolum aequanti- 

 bus vel paullo irregulariterque super antibus, glabris. Cálix 

 profunde flssus, sepalis albomarginatis fauce m corollae sequan- 

 tibus, extus minute hispidus, intus glabris et axilla uniglandu- 

 losis; corolla alba, glabra ; C0R0NA3 phylla late ovata gy- 

 nostegium aequantia, plana ; stigma acutum, mamillatum. 



Tabula nostra IV. 



On silvis in Serra da Treituba : Henrique Magalhães, Aug. 1895 ; n. 

 2SS in herb. Silveira. 



Nota. — Ab A parvifloro Fourn. folis basi biglandulosis, acuminatis, se- 

 palis faucem corollae aequantibus differt. 



2 , — AMPHISTELMA HENRIQUE ANUM Alv. Silv.— 

 Kamis volubiles, juniores bifariam puberuli, veteres glabres- 

 centes. Folia ovalia acuta, utrinque glabra, in pagina superiore 

 virescentia, in inferiore pallidiora, nervis saepe inconspicuis, 

 petiolata, supra secus mesoneuron espaçatim breviterque pilo- 

 sa, basi biglandulosa, 3 — 4 cm longa, 8 — 12 mm lata; petiolus 

 2 mm longus. Cymak sessiles pedicellis basi bracteolatis, 

 inaequalibus, petiolum saepe supera ntibus, minute pubescen- 

 tibus. Cálix basi extus pilosus, sepalis ovatis faucem corollae 

 attingentibus axilla gfandulosis ; corolla alba, petalis linea- 

 ri-acutis, quam sepala duplo longioribus ; coronae phylla hya* 

 lina basi coalitâ, lobis ovalibus acutis gynostegiuin fere attin- 

 gentibus; membrana authsrarum basi rotundata summa 



