19 
— 20 llnoas lata, Petioli 3 liiieas loiigi, caiialiciilati, nudi, 
(lense liirtelli. Stipulae in apice ramnlonim convoliitae, siihn- 
latae, cnrvatao^ dense hirlellae, diias lineas longao. Racemi 
oppositifolii , solitarii, brcviter pediincnlati ; fnictiferi recti, 
1% poll. longi; peduncnlo 1 1/2 — 2 lineas longo, hirtello, 
rliaclii angnlata, pilis minntis piinctuliformibus hirtella; ju- 
veniles (spicae) parvae, cylindraceae , 2 — 2% lineas lon- 
gae, bradeis per qiiincnnces dispositae, dense approximatis, 
Friictns pedieellati, patentissimo -subreflcxi, elliptici, snlcato- 
qnadrangulares , stylo brevi ( stigmatibns 4 brevibns recnr- 
vatis termiiiato) inncronati, pilis iniinitis pnnctiiliformibns 
seabrlnsciili , filamentis qnalnor brevibns apice subcapitellato - 
inerassatis adpressis, angnlis fructns respondentibus suffulti, 
magnitudine grani papaveris; pedicello frnctn paiilo longiore, 
vix lineani superante, ^glabrinscnlo , ad basiii instrncto bra- 
ctea minnta, petiolata, apice saccato -galeata, externe siibli- 
lissime liirtella, reflexa, Pericarpiiira crassinscnlnm. Semen 
subrotniido-ellipticiim , tetraqiietrnm , angnlis obtusis , obtn- 
sura, basi emarginato - impressum, snbtilissirae reticnlato- 
scrobiculatnm, castaneo -fnscura. 
2, Ottonia Jahorandi» 
Ramls striatis; ramulis hirtellis; foliis snbaeqnilateris, 
oblongis, acnminatis, basi inaequaliter rotuiidatis vel corda- 
tis, mcmbranaceis , snbtiis in nervo, venis potiolisqne dense 
hirtellis, epunctulatis; pedicellis hirtellis, frnctn elliptico- 
subgloboso^ sligmatibiis persistentibns coronalo dnplo longio- 
ribiis. 
Ottonia Anisnm Spreng» N. Entd, 1. 255. Ejusd» 
Grundz, t, 3. /*• 4 et 5. 
Serronia Jaborandi Guillemin Icon, D eiess, f, 90. 
Crescit prope Rio Janeiro Brasiliensinm. (Gandichaud 
misit.) %, 
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