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subulata elongata erecta persistentia in statu fructifero apice liamata; 
corolla anguste infundibuliformis, tubo gracili supra paullo dilatato 
intus supra basin pubescente, lobis 4 oblongis patentibus obtusis 
valvatis; stamina inclusa tubo medio affixa, antheris oblongis dor- 
sifixis sagittatis; discus late conicus; ovarium biloculare, dissepi- 
mento tenui, ovulis paucis peltatis, placentis dissepimento verti- 
caliter adnatis; capsula valdc compressa cordato-orbicularis co- 
riacea sepalis coronata oligosperma septicide dehiscens; sernina 
parva verticalia valde compressa levissime reticulata anguste alata. 
Species unica, Br ade a brasitiensis Standl. Genus Lipos- 
tomae et praecipue Standleyae arcte áííine, ba bitu íruticoso sepalis 
duobus (non 4) seminibus etuberculatis atque anguste alatis bene 
Sdistinctum. 
Bradêa brasiliensis Standl,, sp. nov. 
Rami vetustiores ferruginei subteretes secl stipulis decur- 
rentibus subangulati gabri, internodiis elongatis; stipulae usque acl 
9 mm. longae glabrae; folia mediocria graciliter petiolata, petiolo 
6- 10 mm. longo glabro fere ad basin anguste marginato; lamina 
oblonga vel lanceolato-oblonga 4-6,50111. longa 1,2-2,5 cm. lata 
acuta vel breviter abrupte acuminata basin versus longiuscule at« 
tenuata, supra viridis sparse scaberula venis vix prominulis, subtus 
pallidior glabra vel liinc inde ad venas minute pilosula, costa crassi- 
uscula elevata pallida, venis utroque latere circa 8 obliquis prominen- 
tibus; cymae sessíles vel pedunculatae dense multiflorae 3-5 cm. lon¬ 
gae, ramis brevibus gracilibus bifariam puberulis, bracteis subulatis 
viridibus calyce brevioribus; liypanthium scaberulum, sepalis circa 
3 mm. longa glabra; corolla coerulea extus sparse villosula, tubo 
7- 8111111. longo, lobis 3 mm. longis; capsula purpuras cens sparse 
scaberula 4 mm. longa, disco paullo supra capsulam elevato; se- 
mina minuta pallide brunnea orbicularia. 
Hab. — Brasil: Estado do Rio de janeiro, Sto. Antonio 
de Imbé, April 1932, A, C. Brade & Santos Lima 11556 Herb, 
Mus. Nac. N° 26290. Herb, Field Mus., type). 
Estampa VI. 
It is indeed remarkable that a plant so clistinct as this lias 
escaped for so long the attention of collectors wlio líave worked 
in Brazil, but it may well be that it is local in distribution, and 
of rare occurrence. The relationship of the proposed new genus 
is clearly with the Brazilian group Lipostoma , but all the species 
of that alliannce are small lierbs of creeping or erect habit. Moreo- 
ver, they have always four sepals, and their seeds are tuberculate 
and not at all winged. 
Rio de Janeiro 30 de Novembro de 1932 
