1184 DICOTYL. seu EXOGEN.E. SEBASTIANIA. 
ultra medium rectis apice quam in « brevius flexuosis. 5 In Cuba occi- 
dentali (C. Wright n. 2004!). Excaecaria venulosa Wright sched: ex Griseb. 
l c. — Preter differentias indicatas ab « albicante non recedit. (v. s.) 
B. Spice in ramulis senioribus axillares, i. e. aaes, e quibus spicae enascuntur, 
haud evoluti, sepe pulviniformes. — Folia omnium alterna, penninervia. 
a. Bractee masculz 3-flore. — , 
34. S. BYPOLEUCA, ramulis teretibus, foliis subcoriacels sparse impresso-pau- 
ciglandulosis, spicis fasciculatis, bracteis masc. late ovatis obtusis coriaceis 
integris basi haud angustatis, pedicellis omnibus ecalyculatis v. lacinia caly- 
cina antica unica v. in floribus 4-6-andris raro 3 subanticis exiguis late ovatis 
denticulatis praeditis: — Gymnanthes hypoleuca Müll. Arg. in Linnza, 
vol. 32. p. 103. Stillingia hypoleuca Baill. Rec. d'obs. bot. vol. 5. p. 330. 
a, farinosa , foliis ellipticis subduplo longioribus quam latis. 3 In Guade- 
loupe (Duchass.! in hb. berol.). Exczcaria farinosa Griseb. Veget. d. 
Karaib. p. 21 (1857). Gymnanthes hypoleuca « latifolia Müll. Arg. in 
Linnza. c. Limbus foliorum 6-8 cm. longus, 351-42, rarius usque 5 cm. 
latus. (v. s.) ] 
B, genuina, foliis latius elliptico-lanceolatis 25-plo longioribus quam latis 
majusculis. 5 In Brasilia septentrionali ad Rio Negro; (R. Spruce n. 28061). 
Gymnanthes hypoleuca Benth. in Hook. Journ. of Bot. 1854. p. 395. 
Gymnanthes hypoleuca 8 intermedia Müll. Arg. in Linnza 1. c. Petioli 
6-12 mm. longi, firmi, fusci, rugulosi. Foliorum limbus 9-13 cm. longus, 
3-5 cm. latus, utrinque acuminatus, integer, subtus ut in reliquis va- 
rietatibus albido-glaucus. Spica in axillis foliorum 3-5-ne, petiolos 
paulo superantes, quam folia 3-5-plo breviores. Pedicelli masc. evoluti 
gracillimi, in axilla cujusvis bracteze masc. 3. Flores intermedii 3-6-an- 
dri, laterales cujusvis bracteze 3-andri v. scepius diandri. Calyx foemineus 
omnino eglandulosus. (v. s.) 
y, angustifolia , foliis quam in « et & minoribus et angustius elliptico-lan- 
ceolatis 3-plo longioribus quam latis. j Secus Rio Negro (R. Spruce 
n. 3780!). Gymnanthes hypoleuca y angustifolia Müll. Arg. in Linnza 
l. c. Limbus foliorum 6-8 cm. longus, circiter 21 em. latus. (v. s.) 
35. S. ACTINOSTEMOIDES, ramulis subangulosis, fols coriaceis subopacis 
prope basin margine utrinque subbiglandulosis mox deciduis, spicis solita- 
riis, bractea masc. ovata breviter acuminata vix glandulas rigidas superante, 
calyce masc. 1-v. rarius 2-sepalo, sepalo ovato, calycis fcem. pedicellati laci- 
niis late ovatis obtusis. 5 ]n Mexico ad Zacuapan altitud. 1800 ped. (Linden 
n. 1357!), prope Mirador (Liebm.! in hb. copenh.). Gymnanthes actinoste- 
moides Müll. Arg. in Linnea, vol. 32. p. 103. Arbor 30-40-pedalis (Lind.). 
Rami validi. Ramuli erecti, breves, polyphylli. Petioli circ. 4 mm. longi. 
Limbus foliorum 4-9 cm. longus, 12-40 mm. latus, elliptico-lanceolatus, : 
utrinque acutus, imo apice obtusiusculus, distanter crenato-serrulatus, subtus 
haud glaucescens, glaber. Inflorescentia: brevissime puberule v. glabrate. 
Pedicelli feem. petiolis breviores, masculi graciles, laterales interdum calyce 
destituti. Calycis foem. lacinize sepe 1-2 obliterate; calycis masc. lacinia 
longiuscule infra partem liberam filamentorum inserta. Columna stylaris 
abbreviata. Fructus ignotus. — Abortu partiali laciniarum calycis fcem. Acti- 
nostemon tangit. (v. s.) 
36. S. LoNG1PES, ramulis teretibus, foliis coriaceis nitidulis persistentibus, 
Spicis solitariis, bractea masc. brevissime late ovata. calyce masc. intermedio 
bilacinulato lateralium deficiente, lacinulis ovatis, flore centrali 3-andro late- 
ralibus diandris, pedicellis fructigeris longissimis arcuato-pendulis, capsulis 
subglobosis. 5 In Mexici prov. San Luis (Virlet d'Aoust n. 125! in hb. DC). 
Gymnanthes longipes Müll. Arg. in Linnza, vol. 34. p. 216. Foliorum limbus 
breviuscule me elliptico-lanceolatus, obtuse cuspidato-acuminatus, 
basi acutus, distanter crenato-serrulatus. Spice masc. tantum eximie juve- 
niles vise in eo a similiter juvenilibus S. actinostemoidis recedunt, quod 
bractez ambitu latiores, vix acute, nec acute acuminate, margine parce 
