







I 



























350 



Aemiliiis Koehne. 



nitidula, cano-viridia, marg. rcflexa; nervi laterales utrinsecus 4 — 8 utrinq. 

 prominuli, interjectis venis dense reticulars. — Flo res foliorum axillas 

 in ramulis supra descriptis 2 — Gfloris (et interd. praeterea cataphyllorum 

 minutorum axillas in ramulis brevissimis) occupantes solitarii v. altera 

 accessorio gemini; pedic. 9— 24 mm. ig., \ — iy 2 min. infra apicern pro- 



phylla sessilia oblonga coriacea gerentes. 



Calyx semiglobosus fauce 



purpurascens; tubus 2 — 3 mm. Ig., intus ad loborum basin annulo promi- 



nulo (ut in Lager stroemiis nonnullis) flexuoso munitus; 



>a 



circ. 4 mm. lg.; append, nullac. — Pctala obovata v. ovalo-elliptiea, 

 II — 16mm. lg., rosea v. lilacino-rosea. — Stamina 22— 25, quorum 6 

 episepala, cetera 2— 4na epipetala, omnia subaequalia, supra lubum circ. 

 % exserta. — Ovarium 4 — 5Iocularc. Semina 1 mm. longa, complanata, 



exserla. — Ovarium 4 — 5Ioculare. 

 elliptica, pallide flava, madefacta minutim hirtella. 



Ant, Cuba orientalis! 



324 (5) . G. Diplusodou Kochne. 



Sjiioii. Diplusodon ginorioidcs Gris.! 1. c. 



[Vulgo : Guarcs m il I a arbol sec 



Sauvallc]. 



Icon. Koehne all. ined. t. 79. f. 324. 



Rami vetust. purpureo-fusci v. demum grisei parum niliduli foliis 

 denudati; internodia 2 — 4y 2 cm. Ig. infra nodos compressa et in foliorum 

 pulvinos crassos abeuntia; ramuli viridi-cani ; gemmae cataphyllorum pari- 



bus 1 — 3 oblectae. — Folia petiolis 2 — 4 mm. lonyis insid., basi acuta v. 

 sub acuminata , ovato-elliptica v. oblonga (30 — 70 mm.: 18 — 38 mm.), apice 

 obtusiusculo saepe subrellexo, tenuiter coriacea parum nitidula, subcano- 

 viridia, penninervia et rcliculato-venosa; nervi ulrins. 5 

 utrinq. prominuli. — Ramuli floriferi exacte ut in G. curvispina dis- 

 positi, sed omnes (apicalibus exceptis) brevissimi , interd. umbelli formes , 



13, ut venae 



—6( — 20)flori; bracteae minimae squamiformes , vix semiorbicularcs, 

 fuscae, deciduae; pedicelli raro gemini (allero accessorio), 13 — 43 mm. Ig., 

 — 10 mm. infra calycem, rariss. infra medium prophyllu circ. 1mm. longa 



ovata v. fere subulate, gerentes, saepissime ftoribus lateralibus longe 



9. 



24 mm.) pedicellatis instrncti. Flores raro 5meri. 



Calyx (5 — 6mm.) 



semiglobosus, intus annulo vix prominulo (ut in G. glabra) instructus; lobi 

 lubum acq., erecti, dein patentes ; append, calliformes v. corniformcs 1 

 2 mm. ig. — Petala 14— 20mm. Ig., violacea v. viol. -rosea, obovalo- 

 rhombica. — Stamina 18—25, 6 episepala lobos circ. l / 3 superantia, 

 epipetala 2 — 3na illis paullo breviora. — Ovarium 3 — 41ocularc. Se- 

 mina plana, oblongo-elliptica. 



Ant. Cuba occidcnlalis ! 



