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BescripL Folia (rami .florentis) If— 2" longa, 9—12'" lata; petioli teretiuscuH, 2-3'" longi; pedicelli 5—6"' 

 longi, graciles; hracteae minutae caducae; cahjch fohula externa minuta vix 1'" longa, ovata acuta,»extus ca- 

 nescenti-pilosa, decidua; mtema diaiiietro 2'" busi breviter unguiculata, subcordata; ^ejfa/a superiora ' parte li- 

 bera couniventia obovato-cuueata, obsolete 3-loba; canna petalis superioribus loiigior, obsolete 3-loba; <.«^/.^/a« 

 biloculares, apice 2-poiosae; dylm e verfice germinis progressus, contiuuus, supra basin falciformi-curvatus, 

 apice in sUgma fiabellifoi-mi-capitatum dilatatus. Mox iatus unum germinis prope stylum diu persistentem ex- 

 crescit in alam prime acutam erectam, dein stylo deciduo excrescentem et cum apice suo extrorsum directam, 

 securis forma, (in specimine nostro) ad 6'" longam et U'" latam, tenuem coloratam (rubram?), germini nunc 

 oblique insidcntem et ad Iatus exterius (apicem priorem germiniis) basi gibbam acutam. Fructus omnino ma- 

 turi autem desiderautur. 



Hab. Insulae Philippinae: cuming. 



XIL MOXNINA R. ET P. 



1. MONNINA PHYTOLACCAEFOLIA kunth. i?. viUoso-hlrta -ao. 



DC. Prodr. I. p. 339, 10 (5; speeng. Syst. Veg. III. p. 174., 5. 

 BescripL Ramull dense villoso-hirti fulvi, angulati, dein teretes pilosuli, foliosi; j5e//o^/ perparvi, vix 1'" exceden- 

 tes, primo villoso-liirti, dein pilosuli. Folia oblonga s. elliptico-oblonga, utrinque augustato-acuta, apice nunc 

 acuminata, 3 — 4'" longa, 1 — li" lata, membraiiacea, supra glnbriuscula, subtus dense liirta, dein excepto nervo 

 medio glabrescentia. Raeemi ad apicem ramorum axillares et termiuales (sub-) terni, pedunculati, ovato-oblongi, 

 acuti, dein elongati (?) laxi (?}, 5—7"' longi, inferne 3—4"' M\\ flores primo bracteis sufl'ulti, liisce mox 

 ■ deciduis patentes, parvi, diametro 1 — H'"; pedicelli brevissimi, curvati, basi erecti, apice patentes. Calycis 

 foliola 3 externa minuta tenera ovato-oblonga acuta, erccto-adpressa, vix ^"' longa, m/er/ora 2 lateralia maxima 

 petaloidea obovato-subrotunda concaviuscula, diametro 1^'", basi breviter unguiculata. Fetala 2 superiora 

 parva, tubo stamineo basi adnata, parte libera lineari-oblonga, obtusa, supra carinam couniventia; caritia cym- 

 biformis, carinata et ad carinam basi extus barbato-puberula, pariterque intus hirtula, geuit;dia fovens, \\'" 

 longa, 1'" lata, apice truncata et minute mucronulata. Stamina 8, in tubum membrauacema superne fissum 

 hyalinum nervis totidem crassioribus percursum connata; Jilamentorum apices superne breviter liberi, albido- 

 et longiter barbati; antherae termiuales parvae luteae ovato-subquadratac 2-loculares, loculi apice poro sat 

 magno dehiscentes; pollen globosum luteum. Germen oblougum acutiusculum, in stylum basi rectum atteima- 

 tum, 2-loculare; gemmulae in loculo quoque solitariae pendulae: stylus supra basin sub augulo recto incurvus, 

 sat crassus, apicem versus dilatatus in stigma truncatnm subbilobum. Fructus ovato-oblongi (sicci), biloculares, 



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sed saepe abortu l-loculares, indeque inaequilateri, altero latere magis recto, altero curvato, compressiusculi, 

 ala angustissima cincti, fere in peripheria tautura carinati, utrinque reticulato-nervosi et exscuipti, 3"' longi, 

 2'" lati. Semina in loculo quoque solitaria pendula estropliiolata, chalaza minuta alba ad apicem in latere in- 

 temo seminis, oryzaeformia, oblonga, apice acuta, compressiuscula, dorso carinata, autica facie interna angusta 

 plana, testa pallide flava glabra; cotyledones grumosae ci-assiusculae. 



IIab. Columbia: otto. 



2. MONNINA CARDIOCARFA st. hil. 



Diagnosis wai,p. Repert. I. p 245, 3, a nostro specimine discrepat. 

 Bescript Folia valde diversiformia ; inferiora ovato-oblonga, basi acuta, apice bilobo-emarginata s. incisa, 12 — 14'" 

 longa, 7—8'" lata, sensira adscendentia ramorum aut ramulorum angustiora, oblonga aut obovato-oblonga ant 

 elongato-oblonga, basi plus minusve attenuata, imoque cuneata, apice exciso-emarginata, mucronulo in sinu im- 

 posito vix conspicuo, 15—18"' longa, 4—2'" lata, margine minute glanduloso-ciliata, vix deuticulata; in axil- 

 lis superioribus folia novella progrediuntur minuta obovato-cuueata emargiuata, 2 — 3"' longa, i— 1'" lata, mi- 

 nute glanduloso-ciliata. Racani spiciformes termiuales, iuveniles ovato-oblongi acuti albcscentes, bradeis ala- 

 bastra excedentibus acuminatis obtecti, apice fere comosi, 5"' longi, 2'" lati, dein laxi elongati; Jlores parvi 



patentes breviter pedicellati, bracteis deciduis baud suffulti, pallidi, diametro 1 



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IIab. Brasilia: sellow. 



3. MONNINA EMARGINATA st. hil. 



WALP. ReperL I. p. 245, 8. — An M. retusa presl., walp. /. c. 1, huic affinis aut eadem? obstat drupa(?) 

 (uec capsula? aut samara ?J, quae autem in descriptione alata reticulate- venosa statuitur. 



Bescript. Caulis ramosus; ravd teretiusculi, glabri. Folia plerumque 12-15'" longa, apice l-i-2f" lata, saepe 



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