Celaslraceae. 



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infloresccntiis in glomeruliim contractis, in axillis foliorum subsessilibus 

 V. usque 4 mm. longe pediinculatis, 5 — 11-floriSj pedicellis iisque 

 1 mm. longis; fructibus ovato-oblongis seiisim et satis longe rostrato- 

 acuminatis. 



Myginda ilidfolia Wr. in Saiiv. CuK (1868) p. 22 n. 381 (p. pj^ 

 — 71071 Poir. 



Ranii vetustiores grisei, liornotini teretes v, ad apiceni subcompressi, 

 striis eJeratis nuUis, internodiis quam folia ca. dupJo brevioribus. Stipulae 

 subulato -filiformes ca. 0,5 mm. longae. Folia opposita, basi obtusa v. acu- 

 tata, nervis utrinque prominentibus crassiusculis retictdato-anastomosanlibus, 

 crasse coriacea, snpra subglabra, subtus praesertim ad nervös minute pilo- 

 snla, nitida, obscure glaucescentia, Inflorescentiae brevissime pilosnlae; 

 prophjdla primaria triangulari-lanceolata, ca. 0,8 mm. longa. Sepala basi 

 iu cupulam coalita, quoad libera in aestivatione vix v. panira imbricata, 

 snb nnthesi aperta, semiorbicularia, majora 0,5 mm. longa, fere 1 mm. lata, 

 dorso mimite piJosula. Petala ovata, 1,2 mm. longa, fere 1mm, lata, sub- 

 coriacea. Filamenta sub disco inserta, 1,3 mm. longa; antlierae scmiovales, 

 clausae 0,3 mm. latae. Discus subplanus, margine obsolete crenulatns. 

 Stylus postremo 1 mm. longus, e basi crassiore linearis; stigma perbreve 

 integrum. Ovarium breviter conicum, 4-loculare; ovida in quoque loculo 

 solitaria, ad basin affixa, oblique et breviter obovata. Fructus ipse oblique 

 obovatus, sed apice sensim et solemniter acurainatus, stylo persistente, latere 

 altero subrecto, altero valde convexo, non v.' vix compressus, 7 mm. longus, 

 3 mm. latus, exocarpio tenui, verisimiliter postremo carnosulo, endocarpio 

 lignoso, 1-spermus. Semen oblique obovatum; testa brunea minutissime 

 reticulato-punctulata, lineis paucis e chalaza prodeuntibus percursa, tenuis; 

 albumen copiosum. Cotyledones ovatae plauae, radicula bene evoluta 

 breviter cylindrica fere G-plo longiores. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright d. 2210 (p. p.). 



V. Myg^inda Jacq. 



30. Myginda iiragoga Jacq. ramis, foliis, inflorescentiis breviter 

 V. brevissime patenti-pilosis; foliis subsessilibus v, breviter petiolatis, 

 ovatis, ovato-oblongis, elliptico-oblongis v. lanceolatis, sed semper in- 

 ferne latioribus, apice acuminatis acutis v. obtusis, 5 — 1,5 cm. longis, 

 2 — 0,4 cm. latis, margine manifeste v. obsolete denticulatis v. serru- 

 ^atis; inflorescentiis axillaribus cymosis 3 — 13-floris, pedicellis primariis 

 4 7 mm. longis tenuiter filiformibus. 



Myginda nragoga Jacq, Emim. (1760) p, 12 et Sei p, 24 1 16! 

 ^i Pict t 22 et Ä7mr, Gew. I p. 8 t 20! (excl patria SL Martin et 

 ^Jescriptione gynaecei); Sic. Prodr. p. 39; Lam. Tahl enc. p. 308 t. 76!; 

 ^G Prodi\ II p. 12 (excl syn. Linn, et P. Br); Vescomt Fl Ant 

 -^^>. 81 1 251!; Schlecht.! in Linnaea V p. 603 (cmn variei); A. Eich, 

 in Sagra CiiK X p. 141 et Ess. Fi Cuh. j>, 345; Oriseh. Cal p- 55; 



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