23 
(Descriptio Juxta specimeii Luscliiiatliiaiuim lloriferiim in herb, 
Liicaeano asservatum.) 
5. Ottonia macropJiylla. 
Ramis flexiiosis, obsolete sulcatis, petiolis foliisqne gla- 
bris, bis subiiiaequilateris, ovato - oblongis , aciimiiiatis , basi 
rotundatis 5 subcoriaceis, ubiqiie, praesertim in venularum 
rete pellucido- piinctulatis ; pedicellis glabris 
Crescit prope Rio Janeiro Brasiliensium, (Sellow 
legit.) % 
Rami nodosi, flexiiosi , teretes, obsolete snlcati, glabri; 
iiiternodiis 1 — 2 - pollicaribiis. Folia alterna, petiolata,, snb- 
iiiaeqiiilatcra, ovato-oblonga acuminata, basi aeqiialia vel 
iiiaequalia et rotiiiidata, reticulato - veiiosa, nervo medio ve- 
jiisqiie primariis siibtns promineiitibus , swbcoriacea, glabra, 
in veuularnin rete subtilissime pellucido -piiiictiilata, laete vi- 
ridia, opaca, siibtus pallidiora, 7 — 7 Y 2 ”P 0 ^^icaria, 34 — 37 
liiieas lata, Petioli semipollicares, midi, glabri, Stipulae 
in apice raraviloriim convoliitae, glabrae, siibsemipollicares, 
rectinsciilae. Racemi oppositifolii , solit'arii, peduuculati, pa- 
teiitissimi, subblpollicares ; pediiiiciilo 3 lineas longo rhachi- 
que angulata glabris. Flores loiige pedicellali, patentissimi; 
pedicelli glabri, vix liiieam snperantes, basi iiiiibracteati ; 
bracleae parvae , breviter petiolatae, saccato - galeatae, gla- 
brae. Stamlna 4?, ovario dimidio b^eviora. Filamenta bre- 
via. Aiilberae siihrotiindo - reniformes , bilocnlares. Ovarium 
obloiigum, tetragomim?, glabriim, stigmatibus 4? brevibiis 
erectinsciilo - patnlis coronatum. 
Bacemi in altero siippeteute specimiue subblpollicares; 
aetate provecliores. 
6. Ottonia propinqua. 
Ramis flexiiosis, obsolete striatis, petiolis foliisque gla- 
bris, bis iiiacqiiilateris , ovatls vel ovato - oblongis, acuniina- 
