628 I. Urban. 
longa, longiora ad 9,5 mm, breviora c. 7 mm longa, filamentis strictis, parte exserta 
tenuissima, basi paululum coalitis, antheris minutis. Germinis rudimentum c. 3,5 mm 
lg., stylo puberulo, obtusiusculo. Perianthia Q supra levissime constricta, limbo 
5-lobulato et subinfundibuliformi, parcissime ferrugineo-puberula, demum glabra. 
Germen c, 3mm longum, ovario ovoideo in stylum capillarem distincte exsertum atte- 
nuato, stigmate digitatim fimbriato. Anthocarpia apice minute coronulata, »coccinea« 
(sec. WULLSCHL.) 
Habitat in Trinidad: Crueger (g') in herb. Grisb., in sylvis et. 
fruticetis ad Valencia m. Oct. flor.: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 1062 (g); 
— praeterea in Guyana batava: Kegel n. 653 (Q), 1157 (g), Wull- 
schlaegel n. 1005. 
12. P. cuspidata Heimerl (n. sp.). Arbor, 20 pedes alta. Folia elliptica 
v. ovato-elliptica, basi brevissime v. indistincte in petiolum 40—20 mm 
longum, contracta, superne f. euspidata, in acumen longiusculum v. attenuata 
v. subproducta, ipsa in apice acuta v. paulum obtusata, 145—145 mm 
longa, 48—60 mm lata, primum utrinque brevissime ferruginoso-tomen- 
tella, deinde nervis petioloque tomentellis exceptis glabrata, tenue 
coriacea, nervis lateralibus distincte prominentibus, laxe anastomosantibus. 
Inflorescentiae pedunculo rigido, firmo, elongato, multi- ac densiflorae, 
corymbosae, ramificationibus breve rufo-tomentellis. Flores extus dense 
rufo-tomentelli, sessiles v. rarius brevissime pedicellati. Perianthia J' 
3—4 mm longa, oblongo-infundibuliformia. Stamina 7, perianthio duplo 
longiora. Perianthia Q 2,5—3 mm longa, oblongo-ovoidea. Anthocarpia ignota. 
Arbor 20 pedes alta. Rami ultimi divaricati, firmiores, nodulosi, peridermio 
sordide luteo-brunnescente, ruguloso, glabri, innovationibus autem indumento adpres- 
sissimo, rufo-tomentello, apice folia pauca et inflorescentiam terminalem gerentes. Folia 
infra dimidia parte latissima, adulta fere glabra, utrinque opacata, nervo mediano 
eximie conspicuo, prominente, nervis lateralibus c. 6—9, distincte in pagina inferiore 
prominentibus, arcuatis, versus marginem laxe anastomosantibus. Inflorescentiae 
terminales, convexae, floribus dense approximatis, pedunculo communi 50—70 mm 
longo, ramis primariis spurie umbellatis, valde ramificatis, erecto-patentibus, ramulis 
ultimis cymulas v. solum 3—4 floras v. plurifloras gerentibus. Flores plerumque 
subsessiles rarius pedicellis tomentosis brevibus (c. 1—3 mm longis) suffulti, basi 
bracteolis minutis, c. 4 mm longis, ovato-triangularibus, tomentosis circumdati. 
Perianthia ($ apice latius aperta (2—2,5 mm in diam.), limbo erectiusculo, breve 
5-dentato, dentibus triangularibus, obtusiusculis. Stamina 7 (in 3 flor.), inaequilonga 
longiora c. 8 mm, breviora c. 6 mm longa, filamentis capillaribus, antheris minutis. 
Germinis rudimentum c. 3,5 mm longum, stylotenui, obtusiusculo. Perianthia (non 
bene evoluta!) superne paululum constricta, limbo minute 5-dentato, dentibus obtusius- 
culis. Germen c, 2,5—3 mm longum, ovario oblongo-ovoideo in stylum tenuem atte- 
nuato, stigmate paulum exserto, digitatim lacerato. 
Habitat in Trinidad ad Caroni flumen: Eggers hb. propr. n. 4413 
(IN), 1430 (Q). 
Sectio B. Glanduliferae m. Arbores, frutices non raro aculeata (sed 
etiam inermes), perianthiis extus verrueis in seriebus 5 longitudinalibus 
dispositis, anthocarpiis subprismatieis v. oblongo-clavatis, coriaceis v. 
