Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. Ill. 519 
ginátae; pollinis granula in sicco ovalia cr. 18,5 y. longa, 43 p. diametro. Ovarium 
superne sensim attenualum. Stigma sub anthesi obsoletum, postremo parum dilatatum. 
Habitat in Cuba prope Monteverde 800 m alt., m. April. flor.: Eggers 
n. 5122. 
Obs. M. oligandra Grisb. foliis brevissime petiolatis, 3- plo minoribus, prophyllis 
a calyce valde distantibus, corolla multo minore subulato-acuminata, staminibus pauci- 
oribus etc., M. Sintenisii Urb. foliis subtus glandulis crebris nigris adspersis, non porosis, 
manifeste nervosis, prophyllis a flore distantibus, corolla minore, ovario subito in stylum 
contracto etc. toto coelo diversae; M. affinis Hemsl. foliorum forma et nervatione, inflores- 
centiis paucifloris, pedicellis tenuissimis etc., M. picta Willd. foliorum forma et nerva- 
tione, ovarii forma et numero loculorum, M. Trianae Baill. petiolis 2—3 mm longis, pedi- 
cellis gracilibus, antheris subovatis etc. valde distant. 
40. M. Sintenisii Urb. foliis 5—6 mm longe petiolatis, ovatis usque 
oblongo-lanceolatis, breviter v. mediocriter obtuse acuminatis, basi obtusa 
v. rotundata paullo in petiolum productis, 6—11 cm longis, 2—4 cm latis, 
2—31/,-plo longioribus quam latioribus, nervis lateralibus utrinque plus 
minus prominulis et subtus saepius reticulato-anastomosantibus, subtus in 
tota lamina punetis glanduliformi-convexis atris inaequalibus notatis, poris 
nullis, coriaceis v. chartaceo-coriaceis ; racemis brevibus confertissime 
10—860-floris, pedicellis fert. infra medium er. 4 mm erassis, lenticellosis 
v. rarius laevibus, flori oblique insertis, prophyllis parti pedicellorum 
superiori insertis; bracteis ster. subgaleatis compressis 10—12 mm longis; 
petalorum calyptra ovata obtusiuscula v. manifeste apiculata 6—8 mm longa, 
5—6 mm crassa; staminibus 12—415, antheris oblongis, effloratis quam 
flamenta dimidio brevioribus; ovario breviter obovato-globoso in stylum 
paullo breviorem contracto, 5—6-loculari. 
Marcgravia Sintenisü Urb. in Berl. Bot. Jahrb. IV (1886). p. 245. 
Bejuco de palma Portor. ex Sint. 
Scandens et arbores excelsas circumdans. Rami floriferi quadranguli, lenticellis 
oblongis notati v. laeves, epidermide pallide cinerea v. flavo- v. ferrugineo-grisea saepius 
laxe accumbente et dirumpente obtecti. Folia ramorum sca nd. laxa, subsessilia, 
orbicularia v. ovato-orbicularia, basi cordata, apice rotundata, 0,6—1,2 cm longa et lata, 
supra obsolete, subtus manifeste nervosa, margine utrinque glandulis nigris crebris 
obsita, subtus praeterea elevatim nigro-punctata. Folia ramorum fert. acumine obtuso 
minute emarginato, nervo medio supra perpaullo convexo v. obsolete impresso, laterali- 
bus supra parum prominulis, subtus manifestioribus v. manifestis et saepius reticulato- 
anastomosantibus margine plano v. anguste recurvo integra, subtus in zona intermedia 
obsolete granulata, ad marginem versus laevia. Racemi rhachis 2—2,5 cm longa; pedi- 
celli fertiles sub anthesi 3—1,5 cm longi, superiores patuli, inferiores patenti-deflexi, 
supra medium sensim incrassali, in sicco striati v. angulati; prophylla manifesta, pedi- 
cellis in eorum 2/—7/g alt., nunc paene sub calyce affixa, opposita v. subopposita, semi- 
v. suborbicularia 4,5—2 mm lata. Flores steriles apicem rhacheos occupantes erecti 
7—12; pedicelli toti 4,5—2 cm, usque ad bracteas cr. 1 cm longi; bracteae 10—12 mm 
longae et latae »aurantiacae« sub vertice florem sterilem minutum gerentes, Sepala 
semiorbicularia v. semilunaria vix 1,5 mm longa, 3—4 mm lata, Stamina uniseriata 
»albida«; filamenta coriacea applanata aequilata apice angustata, antheris supra basin 
affixa, 3,5—4 mm longa; antherae clausae 3,5 mm, apertae 2—2,5 mm longae ; pollinis 
granula in sicco globulosa cr. 45 p diametro, Stylus crassus; stigma postremo parum 
