Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. Ill. 575 
ipso leviter emarginata, subinaequilatera, chartacea rigida, supra nitida, subtus pal- 
lidiora, nervis lateralibus utrinque prominulis, punctis pellucidis in facie mediocribus 
manifestis v. sub lente valida conspicuis minutis crebris v. plerumque nullis, punctulis 
subtilibus praeterea subtus notata. Inflorescentiae laxi- v. densiflorae; bracteae 
persistentes triangulares v. semiorbiculares 1—0,5 mm longae; pedicelli plerumque 
obconici. Flores masculi: Sepala margine infero paullo decussato - imbricata, 
crassa v, crassiuscula, dorso glanduloso-incrassata, 0,6—0,8 mm longa, exteriora semi- 
orbicularia 1—1,2 mm lata, interiora subtriangularia v. semiovalia angustiora. Petala 
in aestivatione cochleato-imbricata ovali-oblonga, apice rotundata, ad basin angustata, 
erecto-patentia, chartacea v. coriacea, dorso sub apice glanduloso-incrassata 4—4,3 mm 
lata, sepalis 4&—6-plo breviora. Filamenta petalis paullo v. duplo longiora; antherae 
apice obtusae v. breviter apiculatae ovatae v. anguste ovatae, dorso medio v. sub medio 
affixae. Carpidium rudimentarium (in spec. Jam.) conicum in stylum valde evolutum 
crasse subulatum intus sulcatum apice obtusiusculum petalis triente v. paullo hreviorem 
productum v. carpidia 2 (in spec. Peruv.) e stylopodio breviter conico prodeuntia bre- 
vissime stipitata oblonga apiculata petalis dimidio breviora; stigma nullum. Flores 
feminei (e specim, Jamaic.): Staminodia bene evoluta filiformia, supra basin ovarii 
v. paene ad ejus apicem ascendentia; antherae nullae. Gynophorum brevissime sub- 
conicum ovario 3-plo brevius, dorso in hoc continuum, intus ab eo ope sulci transversim 
disjunctum; carpidium sessile, a latere visum oblique subrhombeum, convexum, apice 
in stylum subaequilongum parum recurvum longe persistentem attenuatum ; stigma stylo 
fere duplo crassius breviter capitatum; ovula placentae superne affixa. Cocci globulosi 
dorso sub vertice brevissime v. vix apiculati, intus ad basin, extrinsecus usque supra 
medium dehiscentes, endocarpio demum soluto. Semen globulosum. 
Habitat var. 8. in Jamaica, ad Fairfield m. Mart. flor.: Wullsghlaegel 
(a. 1849) n. 790, ad Tweedside prope St. Andrew, Port Royal Mountains, 
Yallahs Valley, below Mount Lebanon 800 m alt., in Blue Mountains m. Majo, 
Junio flor., m. Jan. fruct.: Bot. Dep. Herb. (W. Harris) n. 5157, 5193, 5209, 
5265, 5294, 5371, 5516, 5544, 5605, 5644, 5661. — Var. a. in Venezuela 
et Nova Granata ex Tr. et Pl., in Peruviae montibus: Ruiz, Spruce 
n. 4293, ad Jaén: Humboldt et Bonpland. 
Obs. Inflorescentiae speciminum Ruizianorum basi tantum sese ramificant, ita 
ut ex folii axilla racemi 3 simplices v. si intermedius aboritur, 2 tantum prodire 
videantur. 
20. F. pterota Linn. ramis ad apicem minutissime scaberulis, aculeos 
recurvos stipulares gerentibus v. interdum inermibus; foliorum rhachi inter 
foliola lineari v. oblongo-lineari 1—3,5 mm lata non venosa, plerumque 
inermi v. raro sub foliolorum insertione brevissime aculeolata, foliolis 7—9, 
raro —14 obovato-oblongis v. obovatis usque suborbicularibus 1—9,5 cm 
longis 0,7—1,7 em latis er. dimidio longioribus quam latioribus, praesertim 
superne crenulatis, nervis lateralibus parcis supra parum v. vix, subtus 
manifestius prominulis; inflorescentiis 1—3 axillaribus racemosis nunc 
capituliformibus; petalis 1,5—3 mm longis; ovario 2-, raro 3—4-carpidiato; 
stylis deciduis, stigmatibus liberis v. connatis; coceis 4 v. 2, interdum 3 v. 4 
manifeste v. solemniter stipitatis, oblique subglobosis v. ovali-globulosis 
3—4 mm longis. 
Fagara Pterota Linn. Syst. X. ed. vol. II (1759). p. 897 et Spec. II edit. 
