Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. III. 621 
modice decrescenti-foliati, ramulis ultimis inflorescentiae f. divaricatis, subtenuibus, 
glanduloso-puberulis, 140—835 mm longis post anthesin paulum elongatis, demum subrigi- 
descentibus. Folia opposita (saepe paribus valde inaequalibus), inferiora et media 
plerumque longius petiolata, petiolo hirsuto laminam aequante v. paulo breviore, 
superiora brevius petiolata, summa bracteiformia subsessilia, paulum discoloria, subtus 
pallidiora. Flores minuti, c. 2—3 mm longi, sessiles v. subsessiles (pedic. vix 0,5 mm), 
erecti, basi bracteolis paucis, 4 mm longis, lanceolatis, ciliolatis suffulti. Perian- 
thiorum pars ovarialis quinquenervata; pars superior c. 4,5—2 mm longa, late cam- 
panulata (? rosea), levissime quinquelobulata, lobulis latis brevibusque subtruncatis, 
inprimis in nervis glandulifera. Stamina duo, filamentis c, 2,5 mm longis, basi in 
cupulam cyathiformem 3—4-lobulatam connatis, antheris didymis c. 0,5 mm latis. 
Germen c. 2—3 mm longum, ovario ovoideo, c. 0,5 mm longo, stylo tenui, stigmate 
peltato c. 0,5 mm in diam. Anthocarpia basin tenuem versus valde angustata rufo- 
brunneola, sectione transversa quinquangulata, angulis paululum nodulosis glabrisque, 
areis interangularibus modice depressis, convexis, laeviusculis. 
Habitat in ruderatis, eulturis, locis glareosis regionis tropicae et sub- 
tropicae Americae borealis et centralis (Florida, Mexico australis, 
Guatemala, Nicaragua) et Antillarum. Verisimile ex his locis in insulas 
Gallapagos et Guayaquil, Americam australem introducta. — Vidi e Cuba: 
Wright n. 3667; Jamaica ex Grisb.; Haiti et Sto. Domingo: Picarda 
n. 1058, Prenleloup n. 455*; Puerto-Rico: Blauner*, Sintenis n. 930 *, 
2905, 2953, 3241, 3293, 3540, 3917; St. Thomas: Eggers ed. Toepff. 
n. 44 (B. pann.), Read; St. Croix: Benzon*, Eggers*, Ryan; St. Jan: 
Eggers n. 3166; Antigua: Wullschlägel; Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, 
Duss n. 2474, Martinique: Duss n. 2099, Hahn n. 463 (B. diffusa), 
Sieber n. 2 (B. hirsuta) ; St. Lucia: herb. Monac.; St. Vincent: Krause 
n. 60, Smith n. 979; Barbados: Eggers n. 7209, Waby n. 36, Warming; 
Grenada: Eggers n. 6494”. 
SectioB. Adenophorae m. Flores spectabiliores, v. umbellatim v. 
vertieillatim dispositi. Anthocarpia gibbulis viscum exsudantibus glutinosa. 
5. B. scandens Linn. Suffruticosa, f. omnino glabra. Caules v. erecti 
v. diffusi v. scandentes, dichasiale ramificati, supra in panieulam saepe 
amplam, latam abeuntes, ramis inflorescentiae divaricato-patentibus, 
rigidulis, tenuibus, ultimis ad 45—85 mm elongatis, umbellulas f. semper 
singulas, typice 6—9-floras, laxiuseulas gerentibus. Folia pleraque cordata 
v. ovata, infima obtusiuscula, sequentia acutiuscula, summa ovato-lanceolata 
in bracteas parvas abeuntia, glabra, epunetata, firmiora, integra v. paululum 
repanda. Flores longius pedicellati. Perianthiorum pars ovarialis 9—3 mm 
longa, 4 mm lata, oblongo-clavata, glabra; pars superior albida v. 
flavescens, infundibuliformis. Anthocarpia 8—10 mm longa, 2 mm lata, 
oblongo-clavata, apice obtusata, glabra v. scabrido-papillosa, longitudinale 
40-striata, inprimis sub vertice gibbulis viscum secernentibus glutinosa. 
*) Specimina asterisco notata caulibus vix v. parcissime ad nodulos hirsutis tran- 
situm ad celeras formas Boerh. diffusae praebent. 
