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lignosis, sectione transversa quinquangulatis, in angulis emergentiis fili- 
formibus v. capitatis viscum secernentibus valde glutinosis. 
43. P. subcordata Sw. Arbor, ad 20 m alta, inermis. Folia forma 
valde variabilia, suborbieularia v. obovata v. elliptiea, basi saepe asym- 
metrica v. subcordata v. rotundata v. paulum in petiolum firmum attenuata, 
supra v. rotundata v. paulum obtusata, saepe magna v. maxima, glabra v. 
tomentosula, firmiora v. coriacea, nervis lateralibus infra prominentibus, 
5—9 utrinque, arcuatis, marginem versus anastomosantibus, magis minusve 
retieulatim coniunctis. Inflorescentiae pedunculo tenui, subbrevi, densi- 
et multiflorae, primum contractae, deinde corymbosae, subhemisphaericae, 
magis minusve hirtae. Flores puberuli v. tomentosi, brevissime pedicellati, 
perianthiis extus seriatim glanduliferis. Perianthia J 3—4 mm longa, late 
campanulata. Stamina plerumque 8, perianthio subduplo longiora. Peri- 
anthia Q 3 mm longa, subeylindriea. Anthocarpia subeylindrica v. oblongo- 
clavata, apice v. rotundata v. obtusata, in angulis emergentiis conicis viscum 
secernentibus uniseriatim obsita. 
Rami inermes, robustiores, rigidiusculi, v. albidi v. rufescentes, gemmulis inno- 
vationibusque puberulis exceptis subglabri, ramulis oppositis, patentibus. F olia adulta 
opposita raro subalternantia, margine integro, paululum revoluto, opaca. Inflores- 
centiae terminales, parce puberulae v. ferruginoso-tomentosulae, c. 40 mm latae, 
pedunculo communi 45—32 mm longo, tenui suffultae, ramis primariis saepe 3—4, 
subumbellatis, tenuibus, divaricatim patenterque ramificatis, flores paucos dense con- 
fertos in apice gerentibus. Flores viridescentes v. viridi-lutescentes, fragrantissimi 
(sec. SiwTENIs), basi bracteolis minutis, c. 4 mm longis, sublinearibus, hirtulis suffulti. 
Perianthia & limbo 5-angulato subexpanso, lobis acute triangularibus, magis minusve 
adpresse tomentosa et glandulis in seriebus 5 per longitudinem dispositis instructa. Sta- 
mina 6—9, plerumque 8, longiora perianthium subduplo superantia, breviora c. 4—6 
mm longa, filamentis tenuissimis, basi subdilatatis paulumque cohaerentibus, Germi- 
nis rudimentum c. 2,5 mm longum, ovato-conicum, stigmate breve lacerato v. papil- 
loso. Perianthia Q 3mm longa, non raro paulum curvata, quinquangulata, angulis 
seriatim glanduliferis, magis minusve griseo-puberula, apice indistincte 5-denticulata, 
Germen 3 mm longum, ovario ovoideo-conico, basi annulo nectarifero circumdato, in 
stylum tenuem attenuato, stigmate digitatim lobulato, paulum exserto, Staminodia 
pauca. Anthocarpia 7—13 mm longa, 2—3 mm lata, pedunculis c. 3—42 mm longis 
insidentia, recta v. paululum curvata, griseo-viridia (sec. SiNTENIS), siccatione atra, opaca, 
coriacea v. sublignosa, basin versus brevius angustata, imprimis supra dimidium in 
sectione transversa pentagona (rarissime 6—7-angulata), angulis paulum v. vix promi- 
nentibus, »apicem versus muricatis« (Swanrz l. c.) i. e. in superiore parte emergentiis 
conicis ex apice capitato viscum secernentibus (c. 0,5 mm longis) uniseriatis obsitis, 
faciebus interangularibus v. subglabris v. parce et adpresse griseo-hirtulis, substriolatis 
Fructus proprii 6—8 mm longi, c. 1,5 mm lati, subcylindrici, atro-brunnei. 
Indigena in Florida et in Antillis. 
Var. a. typica. Arbor 40—20 m alta. Rami vestutati crassiusculi, 
laeves fragilesque (sec. Swartz), peridermio cinerascenti v. rufescenti, 
laeviusculo, innovationibus gemmulisque parce ferruginoso -tomentellis, 
glandulis resinam secernentibus supra foliorum insertionem instrueti, Folia 
adulta maiora v. maxima inter formam suborbicularem et ellipticam vari- . 
