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brevis, 6—7 mm. lg., fuscescens. Flos in apicibus ramulo. 
rum lateralium. 41/e—3!/e cm. lg. foliis parvis caducis paucis pra. 
ditorum terminalis. —Pedunculus c. pollicaris (ad 3 cm. lg), 
apicem versus crassior, nigrescens, puberulus. Calycis lacinis 
tres triangulari-ovata acute parve c. 4 mm. longe, utrinque 
dense fuscescente puberulo. Petala plana subinequalia 
patentia, introrsum curvata, libera, interiora majora late lan- 
ceolato-oblonga et subobovata, apice rotundata, basi 
contracta, flavescentia, extus in sicco sordide et virescenti-, 
intus dense et adpressissime sordide ochroleuco-tomen. 
tella, 3!9 cm. lg., supra medium 41jo—1?/4 cm. lt., exteriora 
eodem tomento ac interiora tecta, iisque fere zquilonga at angu- 
stiora, oblonga, apice obtusa v. subrotundata, 3—3'f cm. 
lg., c. 49 mm. lt., omnia in vivo crasso- carnosa. Stàmina lineari- 
oblonga, lutea, 4—85 mm. longa, apice truncata, filamentis fere 
nullis. — Pistilla in apice tori numerosa (c. 40), c. 5 mm. lg, 
sessilia; ovaria prismatica acute angulata, ad 4 mm. lg., 114 mm, 
crassa, ovulis ad 20 biseriatis horizontalibus; stigma capitatum 
incrassatum; stylus brevissimus ovario continuus. Bacce nume- 
ross (c. 40) in toro hemispherico maximo, c. 5 cm. lato, pedi- 
cellis cylindricis c. 91/7» cm. longis affixe, cylindrice, leviler 
incurva, apice rotundae, basi obtuse, ad 7 —8 cm. dg., c. 8 em. 
et ultra crasse, mature flavescentes. Semina biserialia, in 
quoque fructu c. 20, horizontalia, testa pallide fusca, submem- 
branacea, albumine fuscescente fortissime ruminato. 
Arbor intérdum prealta in silvis circa Lagoa Santa raris- 
sima, cortice glabrescente haud librum tenacem prebente; speci- 
mina perpauca mihi nota. ^ Lignum album, leviusculum, haud 
firmum. — Floret. m. Nov. post evolutionem frondis novella, 
vetusta jam plane dejecta; fructus m. Julio, Aug. maturescunt, 
ab avibus magnopere petiti. 
,Pindaiba do mato* incol. 
