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is OISSV1O BED RELI SI@ DP aac) col xo] cy Pad <a ® n ri be ) <= oD = > 2. ° 1S) Massey University Metallophyte Herbarium BRAZILIAN SERPENTINE PLANT EXPEDITION Universidade Federal de Goids, Massey University, New York Botanical Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden BRASPEX # 180 Malpighiaceae Byrsonima BRAZIL, Goias. Macedo, ca. 15 km N of Niquelandia; 14°18'S, 48°24'W. NW facing hill slope, rocky pyroxenite/peridotite-based slope, and flat area adjacent to roadside below, about 1-1.5 km west of nickel ore workings. Ca. 1000 m. Campo. Shrub to 70 cm, from woody stock. Flowers in ter- minal spikes, 5 cm., down pointing recurved flowers to 2 cm diam. Petals yellow, crimped. a R. R. Brooks, R. D. Reeves, A. J. M. Baker, | | iii | H. Diaw Ferreira April 22, 1988 00295934 | Funded by The National Geographic Society, NY and MO
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