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Ign. Ubban: 



anastoraosantibus, margine et siibtus ad nervum medium brevissime pilosa, 

 membranacea, viridia, subtus pallidiora glancescentia. Racemus 5 — 15 cm. 

 longus V. postremo etiam longior, terminalis; rhachis pube caulis; pedicelli 

 floriferi 1 — 1,5 cm. longi filiformes, brevissime glanduloso - pilosi. Sepala 

 lineari-lanceolata acuta, 2 mm. longa, 0,5 — 0,7 mm. lata, sub anthesi erecta. 

 Petala ex- sicco pallida (albescentia?), oblonga, apice obtusissima v. rotun- 

 data, ad basin sensim angustata, non unguiculata, 5 — 6 mm. longa, 1,5 

 1,8 mm. lata, glabra. Discus subglobosus. Stamina 6; filamenta 1,5 

 2,5 mm. longa; antlierae oblongo- lineares, 1,5 — 2 mm. longae, in Ys ^^*'- 

 affixae. Stylus perbrevis; stigma subbilobum; ovarium lineare, superue 

 sensim in styhim attenuatum. Siliquae in pedicoUis subdiraricato-patenti- 

 bus 3 — 6 cm. ab invicem remotis; valvae 3 — 3,5 mm. latae, dense reticu- 

 lato-nervosae, pilis glanduliferis patentibus, tenues submembranaceae. Se- 

 mina numerosa brunea, conduplicato-reniformia, crure radiculari sublongiore, 

 er. 1,3 mm. longa. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince in montibus Tessard, m. 

 Majo flor.: Christ n. 1736. 



Obs. Affinis Gl. polygama L. differt ramis glabris , foliolis semper 

 ternis v. infimis solitariis, margine argute denticellatis , bracteis minimis 

 subuliformibus, siliquis snpra calycem sessilibus v. brevissime stipitatis 

 lineari-cylindraceis, longitrorsum striatis, seminibus duplo majoribus. 



Cleome Wrightii Urb. (n. sp.) perennis inermis, caulibiis 10 

 15 cm. longis, glabris; foliis indivisis, 2 — 1 mm. longe petiolatis, ellip- 

 tico-oblongis v. lanceolatis, apice obtusis v. plerumque acutis, 0,5 

 1 cm. longis, 0,15 — 0,3 cm. latis, glabris; pedicellis ex axillis foliorum 

 superiorum prodeuntibus, fructiferis 1 — 1,5 cm. longis; siliquis pedi- 

 cello dimidio v. duplo brevioribus, supra calycem non stipitatis, linoari- 

 bus V. oblongo -linearibus, 0,7 — 1 cm. longis, 2 — 2,5 mm. latis, tenuis- 

 sime longitrorsum striatis, stylo persistente er. 1 mm. longo apiculatis; 

 seminibus pluriseriatis, tubercuktis, 1 mm. longis. 



Cleome procimbem Grüeb.f Cat. (1866) p. 6; Sanv. Cuh. n. 48 

 p. t; Maxa Periant p. 224; — non Jaeq. 



Volantines v. volatines Cub. ex Wr. 



Caulis Primarius usque 2 mm. crassus, hornotini plures simpHces 

 striati 0,35 — 0,5 mm. crassi, a basi foliosi, internodiis 0,5 — 1 cm. longis, 

 folia subaequantibus v. paullo longioribus. Folia basi obtusa, margine ob- 

 solete papulosa, uninervia, nervo medio snpra parum conspicuo, subtus pro- 

 mmente, chartacea, superiora paullo decrescentia. Pedicelli floriferi 15 — 

 tJ mm. long]. Sepala anguste ovata oblongo -lanceolata, acuta v. brevissime 

 apiculata, 2,5 mm. longa, er. 1 mm. lata, margine glabra, patentia v. refiexa. 

 l'etala ex sicco pallide flava unicolora, elliptica, inferne sensim angustata, 

 sed non unguiculata, apice obtusiuscula v. obtusa, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata 

 glabra. btamina 6; filamenta 3 mm. longa; antherae ovato-oblongae, superne 

 recurvae. Stylus vix 1 mm. longus; stigma capitatum; ovarium ovali-ellipti- 

 cum, stylo duplo longius. Siliquae in cedicellis natentibus v. divaricatis, 



nbis minus 



prominent! 



