Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. II. 617 
Maravilla Cub. ex Rich.; Siciliana Portor. ex Krug et Sint. ; Four 
ó clock in ins. Dan. ex Eggers; Belle de nuit v. Fleurs des quatre 
saisons Guad. et Mart. ex Duss. 
Provenit a Mexico per Americam centr. ad Brasiliam. Spec.typica 
vidiex ins. Baham. New Providence: Eggers n. 4389; Cuba: Otto n. 140; 
Haiti: Ehrenberg, Favrat n. 143; Sto. Domingo: Eggers n. 2732; 
Puerto-Rico: Garbern.5, Krugn. 922, 923, Sintenis n. 1840, 2362", Stahl 
n. 1007; St. Thomas: Ehrenberg; Antigua: Wullschlaegel n. 458; 
Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2887; Martinique: Duss n. 2102, 
Hahn n. 1029, Sieber n. 49; St. Vincent: Smith n. 432; Grenada: 
Eggers n. 6266 (floribus albis); Trinidad ex Kuntze. — Specimina transi- 
toria ad sequentem formam vidi ex St. Thomas: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 752. 
Forma b. Eu-Jalapa m. Vix metralis, valde divaricato-ramosa. 
Folia basi plerumque subcordata et paulum asymmetrica, brevius petiolata 
(petiolo in foliis inferioribus c. tertiam laminae partem aequante), lamina 
fol. medior. c. 45—154 mm longa, 22—64 mm lata. Involucra ad medium 
v. profundius quinquefida, glabriuseula, demum 6—10 mm longa, lobis 
oblongo-lanceolatis, longius acuminatis acutisque, margine puberulis. 
Flores 26—50 mm longi, tubo glabro v. glabriusculo, modice elongato, 
limbo 15—35 mm in diam. Stamina perianthium v. aequantia v. longiora. 
Stylus 35—50 mm longus. Anthoearpia 6—9 mm longa, 4—6 mm lata, 
grisea v. brunnea v. atra, apice plerumque attenuata, glabra v. puberula, 
costis saepe obtuse prominentibus v. subindistinctis, faciebus obtuse 
verruculatis obsolete rugulosis. 
Mirabilis Jalapa Linn. Spec. ed. I. p. 177 ; Plenck Ic. med. t. 157 ; Curt. 
Bot. Mag. t. 971 ; Choisy in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. p. 427 (p. p.) ; Grisb. ! Flor. 
p. 69 (p. p.); Schmidt! in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIV. 2. p. 549 t. 81 (p. p.) 
Jalapa congesta Moench Meth. p. 508. 
Nyctago Jalapa DC. et Lam. Flor. Franc. III. p. 426. 
Haec forma in hortis fere totius regionis temperatae, subtropicae etc. 
colitur, ex Antillis mihi solum ex insulis St. Croix et St. Thomas 
(Eggers) in speciminibus haud typicis cognita est. 
II. Boerhavia L. 
Sectio À. Mieranthae m. Flores minuti, v. subsinguli v. saepe capi- 
tatim aggregati. Anthocarpia v. glabra v. glanduloso-pilosa, gibbulis vis- 
cigeris deficientibus. 
2. B. erecta Linn. Herbacea, glabriuseula. Caules erecti, saepe 
subvirgati, supra glabrati, infra pilis minutis breve puberuli, non glutinosi, 
saepe iam a basi panieulatim ramificati, ramulis ultimis inflorescentiae 
erecto-patentibus, tenuibus, elongatis, in apice v. solum 4—2 flores v. 
umbellulas 3—12-floras v. racemulas ex paucis umbellulis formatas geren- 
tibus. Folia varia, v. omnia ovato-oblonga acutiusculaque v. pleraque ovata 
usque subcordata obtusaque v. inferiora ovata et obtusa, cetera ex basi 
