ï2 g PLANTES DU BRÉSIL 
cellis bracteolatis. Calyx parvus, 5 -partitus, tomentosus, rufescens ; 
laciniisovatis, obtusis. Petala5, linearia, obtusiuscula, tomentosa, 
viridia. Stamina io : filamenta subulata, glabra, in squamani dila- 
tata linearem, truncatam, lanatam : antheræ ellipticæ, glabræ, 
rubræ. Styli5, in unum glabrum, subulatum moxcoaliti. Stigmata 5, 
minutissima, vix manifesta. Ovaria 5, ovato-5-gona, lanata, gyno- 
phoro insidentia cylindrico, io-costato, hirsuto, coccineo. 
Flores reddunt mellis odorem. 
Inveni in campis intersitis arboribus retortis , vulgoque dictis Ta- 
buleiros cobertos, in deserto occidentali ( Certao ) provinciæ Minas- 
geraes propè prædium Macauba. Florebat Septembre. 
4 . SlMABA SUAVEOLENS. f Tab. XI, A- 
S. foliis abrupte pinnatis , superioribus ternatis aut simphcibus; 
foliolis ellipticis vel subrotundo-ellipticis, glabris ; lloribus termina- 
libus, racemosis; racemis compositis. 
Ramuli cinerei, 4'§ on L pubescentes. Folia' abrupte pinnata; supe- 
riora ternata vel simplicia ; foliolis oppositis vel suboppositis, bre- 
xiter petiolatis, 1 |-5 pol. longis, ellipticis vel subrotundo-ellipti¬ 
cis, obtusissimis, margine revolutis, coriaceis, glabris. Racemi 
compositi, terminales, breyiter pedunculati, circiter 5 pol. longi, 
laxiusculi, pubescentes ; pedicellis bracteolatis. Calyx parvus, pu- 
bescens; laciniis ovatis, obtusis. Petala 5, hypogyna, patentia, 
lineari-lanceolata, basi lata, obtusa, pubescentia, puuctis glandu- 
losis conspersa, alba. Stamina 10 , interdùm 8 : filamenta glabra, 
subulata, squamâ membranaceâ instructa sublineari, apice emar- 
ginatâ,villosâ; pilis invicem intertextis, et indè stamina sub-i-adel- 
pha : antheræ ellipticæ. Styli 5, in unum mox coaliti basi pubes- 
centem. Stigmata 5, parva, cylindrica, obtusa, compléta. 0varia5, 
gynophoro columnæformi, sulcato, crasso, apice submarginante, 
villoso, aurantiaco insidentia, basi forsan angulo interiore subcoa- 
lita , villosa : ovulum ovatuin 
