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i. FLACOURTIA rrzxvosa. T 
F. ramulis flexuosis, spinosis; foliis ovato- oblongis, basi rotundatis, grosse et remote 
serratis, membranaceis , glabris , nitidulis ; floribus-(masculis) axillaribus , 4-8. 
Crescit in declivitate orientali montium Mexicanorum , prope Xalapam, alt. 00 hex. 
P Floret Februario. 
Fnurzx orgyalis; ramis sparsis, spinosis, teretibus, glabris, albidis; ramulis dense hirtellis, flexuosis; 
spinis substipularibus , solitariis, subulatis, rectis, patulis , puberulis, 5-5 lineas longis. Four alterna, bre- 
viter petiolata, ovato-oblonga, obtusa, basi rotundata, grosse et remote serrata, dentibus obtusis, reticulato- 
venosa, nervo subtus prominente , membranacea, epunctata, glabra, supra nitidula, subtus pallidiora, 18-22 
lineas longa, 9- 11 lineas lata. Prrior1 dimidiam lineam longi, hirtelli. Srrurg. .. . Frons masculi pedun- 
culati , parvi , per 4-8 in axillis fasciculato-congesti, albidi; feminei haud suppetunt, in distinctis plantis? ; 
pedunculis sesquilineam longis, filiformibus, glabriusculis, basi bracteatis; bracteis crebris, imbricatis, ova- 
tis, acutis, concavis, glabris, ciliatis, fuscescentibus, pedunculo duplo triplove brevioribus. Carvx quadri- 
partitus, membranaceus; foliolis ovato- oblongis, acutis, ciliatis, eequalibus, patentibus. Conorz nulla. 
GraxpoLzhypogyns octo?, subglobosz, carnos:w, glabre, connatz in annulum, stamina cingentem. SrAumsA 
circiter 2o, centrum floris occupantia, calyce duplo longiora, erecta, subcequalia. FrrawExrA capillacea, glabra, 
libera. Axruznz subreniformi- didymz, biloculares, glabrz, flavidz, basi affixce , interne (?) secundum longi- 
tudinem dehiscentes. Prsrizpuw : rudimentum nallum. 
2. FLACOURTIA czrasruwa. T 
F. ramulis spinosis ; spinis longis , rectis; foliis subrotundo-obovatis, basi acutis, crenatis, 
membranaceis, glabris, nitidulis; pedunculis (fructiferis) axillaribus ; 2-3; fructibus elliptico- 
subglobosis. 
Crescit in maritimis prope Acapulco Mexicanorum. b Fructificat Aprili. 
Anon orgyalis; ramulis spinosis, teretibus, lzvibus, fuscescenti-cinerascentibus, glabris. Spinzaxillares, soli- 
tarig, alternz, subulata, teretes, patentes, glabro, 9-12 lineas longc. Foria ad basim spinarum solitaria, breviter 
petiolata, subrotundo-obovata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, margine crenata ct rubescentia, basi acuta, reticulato- 
venosa, membranacea, epunetata, glabra, subconcoloria, supra nitidula,pollicaria, 7-8lineaslata. Prrrortlineam 
longi, glabri, basi articulati. Srrurz delapso ?. Fronzs haud vidi. Pzpuxcurt fructiferi nonnulli (2-5) in axillis 
foliorum fasciculato-congesti , sesquilineam longi, glabri, monocarpi , basi bracteati ; bracteis crebris, minu- 
tis, abbreviato- ovatis, concavis, imbricatis, squamulformibus, glabris, subciliatis. Carxxin fructu persistens , 
parvus , quinquepartitus, externe glaber, interne paberulus ; laciniis ovatis, obtusis, «qualibus, ciliatis, paten- 
tissimis. Discus hypogynus, annularis, subundulatus, persistens. Fnucrus ( bacca ex Bonpl.) elliptico- subglo- 
bosus, stigmate sessili sinuato-subtrilobo glabro umbilicatus, calyce persistente suffultus, lzvis, glaber, ruber, 
magnitudine pisi minoris, unilocularis, 2-4?-spermus, non dehiscens. Prnicanpruw tenue, crassiusculum. 
Ssuixa elliptico-subrotunda, hine convexa, inde planiuscula, lzvia, castaneo- fusca, glabra, nitida, magnitu- 
dine grani majoris cannabis. Ixrrev: x duplex ; exterius (endocarpium? ) eoriaceo- chartaceum, interne 
membranula tenuissima vestitum; interius membranaceum, fuscescens, endospermium arcte vestiens , ad 
extremitatem (inferiorem) a radicula aversam chalaza orbiculari saturatius colorata notatum. ExposPERMIUM 
semini conforme, parcum (?), carnosum. Eunnxo inclusus, rectus, inversus, endospermio brevior, virescens. 
