546 I. Urban, 
ovulatis. Semina cum ala 12—13 mm longa, quam ala vix duplo breviora, in medio 
3 mm lata, ala 3,5—4 mm lata. 
Habitat in Cuba orient. prope Monteverde: Wright n. 48. 
41. H. Curtyana G. Maza ramis junioribus pilis erectis v. adpressis 
strigosis; foliis 4—7 mm longe petiolatis, ellipticis, inferne sensim in peti- 
olum angustatis, apice obtusis, nunc obsolete emarginatis, 5—7 em longis, 
2—2,5 cm latis, 21/,—3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, nervo medio 
supra ad apicem non v. vix, caeterum mediocriter impresso, lateralibus 
utrinque parum prominulis et supra vix, subtus manifestius anastomosanti- 
bus, margine supero obsoletissime subserratis, chartaceis, subtus longiuscule 
adpresse pilosis; sepalis majoribus 7—10 mm longis; petalis 5 obovatis 
v. obovato-cuneatis, apice profundeexciso-emarginatis, majoribus 15—25 mm 
longis ; ovario (4-) 5—6-loculari. 
Haemocharis Curtyana G. Maza in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hist. nat. XIX (1890). 
p. 292 (10); O. Ktze. Rev. I. 62 (sub H. Courtyana). 
Laplacea Curtyana A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub. (1843). p. 225 et in Sagra 
Cub. X. 91. t. 267; Walp. Rep. V. p. 152; Grisb. Cat. p. 56; Sauv. Cub. 
p. 10. 
Almendro Cub. ex Rich. 
Arbor elegans 10—12 m alta (ex Ricu.). Folia nervis lateralibus 12—45, margine 
parum recurva, supra glabra, utrinque laevia. Pedunculi 4—2 mm longi; prophylla 
decidua. Sepala extrinsecus sericeo-pilosa, ad marginem glabriora, suborbicularia, 
chartaceo-coriacea, margine ciliata. Petala exteriora 4—2 breviora apice levius emar- 
ginata chartacea, dorso medio superne sericeo - pilosa, majora 42—15 mm lata, mem- 
branacea, dorso glabra, alba. Flor. masc.: Filamenta 2-seriala glabra 5—7 mm 
longa; antherae apertae breviter ovatae, er. 4 mm longae, extrorsae. Styli cr. 4 mm 
longi patentes, basi pilosuli; stigmata reniformia recurva. Ovarium semiglobosum 
tomentosum, loculis 3—5-ovulatis. 
Habitat in Cuba oce.: Wright n. 2109, prope Vuelta de Abajo: Va- 
lenzuela. 
42. H. haematoxylum Choisy ramis hornotinis pilis tenuibus suberectis 
v. adpressis puberulis v. subglabrescentibus; foliis 5—10 mm longe petio- 
latis, ellipticis v. ovato-lanceolatis basi in petiolum angustatis, apice bre- 
viter v. mediocriter obtuse acuminatis, 6—10 cm longis, 3—4 em latis, 
2—2!/,-plo longioribus quam latioribus, nervo medio supra anguste sulcato- 
impresso, lateralibus utrinque tenuiter prominulis, margine praesertim 
supero crenulatis v. serrato-erenatis, chartaceis, subtus pilis tenuissimis 
parum conspicuis adpressis obsitis; sepalis majoribus 9—14 mm longis; 
petalis 5—6 late obtriangulari-obovatis v. obovatis, apice profunde emargi- 
natis, majoribus 20—30 mm longis; ovario 5-, raro 6-loeulari; capsula an- 
guste ovali, apice obtusa v. rotundata, obtuse 5-angulari, 15—418 mm longa, 
8—12 mm diametro. 
Haemocharis haematoaylon Choisy in Mém. Soc. phys. Genève XIV 
4853). p. 144. 
