Bernardia pulchella (Baill.) Müll.Arg.

Bernardia pulcliella, Muell. Arg. in Mart. FI. Bras., xi, pt. 2, 392.
Caballero (60?).. January. Balansa 1688.
A tall shrub or small tree, The fruit as in Caperonia in 3 cocci,
but these are only minutely pubescent. The staminate flowers are
in slender spikes 3-4 cm. long; usually on a different stem or another
part of the stem from the pistillate; stamens 8-12. Pistillate
flowers few or solitary. Leaves elliptical, narrowed at both ends,
sessile, serrate on the upper half, 6-13 cm. long and 2-4 cm. wide,
appressed-pubescent on the nerves beneath.	_
ED
ÏÏDR. N. L. BRITTON,
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PLANTS OK SOUTH
Collected by Thos. Morong,
Central Paraeuav.
1888—1890.
MORON® Paraguay
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