6S 



F. A. W. MlQUEL, 



XVII. SPH AEROST ACH Y S Syst. p. 375. 



Amenta globosa densiflora hermaphrodita. Bracteae coria- 

 ceae persistentes subspathulatae subconchaeformes, vertice subpeltatae, 

 adultae glabrae. Stamina 3 an 4? ovario circumposita, filamenta 

 filiformia persistentia, apice incrassata. Ovarium obovatum; Sty- 

 lus brevis, Stigmata duo subulata longa recurvato-reflexa articulatim 

 decidua. Ba cca e pulposae stylo diutius coronatae. Semen obova- 

 tum compresso- trianguläre, testa laevi, albumine farinoso. — Conf. 

 Tab. LXVIII. analysin. 



1. Sphaerostachys Humboldtii 1. c. p. 376. 



Crescit in declivitate Andium Regni Quitensis (Humb.!). 



Frutex biorgyalis. Rami teretes cinerei glabri, ramuli appresse 

 pubescentes. Folia brevissime petiolata, lobis basilaribus amplexi- 

 caulia, membranacea, supra saturate viridia, subtus pallida, et in nervo 

 medio et costis pilis densis appressis hirtella, oblique oblongo- lanceo- 

 lata, inaequilatera, apice longe acuminata, acumine lineari obtuso, 

 basi contracta ibique auriculatim inaequaliter cordata, 10-11 cent. 

 longa, 2'/ 2 -3 1 / 2 lata, petiolis appresse hirtellis 1-2 mm. longis. 

 E nervo medio utrinque infra '/ 2 alt. costae circiter quatuor adscen- 

 dentes, quarum summa ad apicem ducta. Stipula oppositi folia 

 lineari- lanceolata acuminata, convoluto-carinata, postice hirtella, fere 

 2 cent. longa. Pedunculi tenues 1 cent. circiter longi appresse 

 hirti. Amenta globosa 6 mm. in diam. Bracteae inferne lineares 

 planiusculae, superne dilatatae spathulatae, antice subconchaeformes 

 vertice incrassato truncato, ibique subpeltatae, glabriusculae. Bac- 

 cae immaturae obovato-trigonae, inferne compressae, apice stylo 

 (demum deciduo) rostellatae. Pericarpium superne crassius glan- 

 dulosum. Semen fere maturum compresso -trianguläre faciebus 



