







Monographia generis Coccolobae. 



183 





scentibus , sub ochrea insertis , oblong*! vel sublanceolalu-nhlonga , apice obtuso-acu- 

 niinala, basi cordata, 42 — 1 8 cm longa, 5 — 7 cm lata, subcoriaeea, margine piano, utrin- 

 ([lie praescrlim ad ncrvos pubescenlia, supra nitida, sublus opaca ct pallidiora, nervis 

 lateralibus angulo 60 — 70° abeuntibus, subrectis, prope marginem in complures arcus 

 procurrentibus, primariis utrinque (praescrlim subtus) prominentibus, nervulis pro- 

 minulis dense reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia racemusa, sulilaria, I'oliis longinri- 

 bus aequilonga, densiflora, nodulis plurifloris , pedunculo circa I cm longo rbacbi(jue 

 pubescentibus angulatisque; bracteae ovatae, acutae, 2mm longae, pubcsccnlcs ; ocbreo- 

 lao bracteas aequanlcs , bilobae, membranaceae, pubescentes; po«liceili 11. subnulli, 



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Flores albi (ex Linden!). Pcrianthii tubus plane conieus, Y 2 Illm longus; lobi 

 ovali, S'/q mm longi, extus puberuli, in antbesi rcilexi. Filamcnta e lata basi subulata, 

 4 mm longa, basi in annulum l^nini altum connata, antberis exsertis. Ovarium 

 oblongo-ovoidcum, trigonum, 4 y.j mm longum, slyli 3, x [^ mm longi. 



llab. in Mexico in prov. Tabasco prope Teapa: Llnmsn n. 1602. 



Floret Majo. (v. s. in herb. limss.-BAiiu., Candoll.) 







75. Coeeoloba plantaginea Wedd. 



Ochreae puberulae, laxae. Folia obovato-oblonga, apice subrotundata 

 vel obtuso-subaeuniinata , basi angustata, glaberrima, nervis primariis 

 utrinque cxpressis. nervulis majoribus obsolete prominiilis punclalo-venosa. 

 Inflorescentia spicae Plantaginis mediae sinii!is ; nodulis 1 -Boris, rhachi 

 pubescenti. Pedieelli n u Hi. 



Coceoloba plantaginea Wedd. in: Ann. sc, nat. 3. ser. Mil, 257; Walp. Ann. Ill, 

 288; Meissn. in: Fl. bras. V, 1 p. 24 et in: DC. Prodr. XIV, 4 69. 



I'rutex scandens ramis cinerascenlibus, sulcato-subrimosis, lenlicellis cllipticis, 

 dilute fuscis. Ochreae oblique truncatae, membranaceae, puberulae, laxae, mox eva- 

 nidae. Folia [>eliolis supra eanaliculatis, circa 8 mm longis, glabris, ad basin ochreae 



insertis, obovato-oblonga, apice subrotundata vet obtuso-subacmniimla, basi angustata, 



circa 9 cm longa, circa 4 cm lata, coriacea, glaberrima, margine revoluto, in sicco nigre- 

 scentia, subtus pallidiora, utrinqtic nitida, nervis lateralibus angulo 65 — 80° abeuntibus, 



ad eostam subdecurrentibus, plane arcuatis, primariis utrinque expressis, nervulis 

 majoribus utrincpie obsolete prominulis punctato-venosa, 1 n 11 o rescen ti a terminalis 

 in ramulis, I'oliis longior, spiciformis, densiflora, nodulis 1 -Moris, pedunculo 8—4 mm 

 longo rhachique pubescentibus sulcatisque; bracteae ovatae, acutae, vix 1 nam longae, 

 pubescentes; ochrcolac bilobae, circa 2 mm longae, pubescentes, membranaceae; pedi- 

 celli nulii. Perianthii tubus subcampanulatus, vix 1 mm longus; lobi ovali, lubum 

 subaeipiantes, extus pubescentes. Fi laments e lata basi subulata, lobis breviora, an- 

 theris inclusis. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, circa 1 ! / 2 m,u hingum; styli 3, ! / 2 mm 



longi, sligmatibus exsertis. 



Hal), in Brasiliao prov. Bahia: Blanciikt n. 1491, 



(v. s. in herb. Berol,, Deless.) 







70. Coceoloba sticticaulis Wedd. 



Ochreae oblique truncatae, subadpressae. Folia oval ia vel oblongd- 

 ovata, apice acuminata, basi subrotundata, sublus minutissimc puberula, 

 supra schistacco-nitida, nervis primariis supra immersis, sublus pro- 





