Nova genera et species IIL 347 



torulosae; valvae tenues fragiles. Sem i na pallide brunea, conduplicato- 

 reniformia, crure radiculari manifeste longiore, obsolete transversim costata, 

 costis tuberculas crebras acutatas praesertim dorso gerentibus. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 1868. 



Obs. Cl. 2}rocumbens Jacq. (ex Haiti) secundum descriptionem atquo 

 iconem foliis majoribus acuminatis, siliquis pedicellos duplo superantibus 

 longioribus acuminatis recedit. 



Cleome Sloanei Urb. (n. sp.) annua v. bieimis inerinis, caiilibus 



10 — 25 cm. longisj glabris; foliis indivisis, 3,5 — 1 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 anguste lanceolatis usque sublinearibus, superne magis quam infernc 

 sensim angustatis, apicc apiculatis v. brcviter mucronulatis, 1 — 2 cm. 

 longis, 0,15 — 0,3 cm. latis v. supremis etiam angustioribus, glabris; 

 pedicellis ex axillis foliorum superiorum prodeuntibus, fructifcris 0,7 

 1,2 cm. longis; petalis flavis v. in eodem racemo flavis et rubris; sili- 

 quis pedicello dimidio v. pleriimque duplo longioribus, supra calycem 

 non stipitatis, linearibus, 1,5 — 2 cm. longis, 1 — 1,5 mm. latis, tonuiter 

 longitrorsum striatis, breviter acuminatis, siylo persistente 2,5—3 mm. 

 longo coronatis; seminibus 1 — 2-seriatis, tuberculatis , fere 1,5 mm. latis. 



Cleome procumbens Sw. Obs. (1791) p. 253 fp. pj; Lun. Jam. 

 p. 67; Spreng. Syst. II p. 123 (p.p.); Mac f. Jam. p. 35; Oriseb. Flor. 

 P- 16 fp. p.); Eichl. in Marl Flor. Bras. XIU. I p. 259 (p. p.), 



non Jacq. 



Leucoiiim hdeum, sive Keiri minimum polygahe facie Sloane 

 Cat. (1696) p. 79 et Rist. I p. 193 tab. 123 f. 1 (mala). 



Sinapis ereeta herbacea, foliis oblongis, floribm soUtariis P. Br. 



Jnm. (1756) p. 273. 



Radix palaris perpendicularis simplex parum tortuosa usque 



6 cm. 



longa. Caul 

 striati, a basi 



is e basi ramosus; rami simplices v. iteniin ramulosi, angulato- 

 i foliosi, 0,6 — 1mm. cra'ssi, iuternodiis 0,5— 1,5 cm. longis. 

 folia basi obtusa, uninervia, nervo medio supra parum v. vix conspicuo, 

 subtus prominente, cliartacea, superiora sensim usque ad 0,5 cm. long, decrcs- 

 centia. Pedicelli floriferi 10 — 4 mm. longi. Sepala 2,8 mm. longa, bma 

 anguste ovata 1,2—1,3 mm. lata, bina oblongo-lanceolata vix l mm_ longa, 

 omnia breviter acuminata, margino papillis nonnullis obsita, patentia. 1 ctaia 

 unicolora v. initio flava posterius rubra, ovali - elliptica , mferae cuneatmi 

 angustata, apice obtusa, 4,5-5 mm. longa, fere 3 mm. lata, gUiDra. Ma- 

 rina 6; filamenta fere 5 mm. longa; antlierae ovato - oblongae superne 

 recurvae. Stylus 2 mm. longus; Stigma capitatum; ovanum lanceo ato- 

 lineare, stylo duplo longius. Siliquae in pedicellis patentibus v. subd.vai - 

 catis rubescentibus, ob semina prominentia torulosae; valvae tenues Iragii _s. 

 Semina pallide brunea, conduplicato-renifurmia, crure radiculan amfeste 

 longiore, transversim costata, costis tuberculas acutatas dorso gerentibu.. 



Hab. in J a m a i c a in Hope Grounds, m. Jnl. f 1. et fr. : Fa^vcett n. 830 1 , 

 in Prisen Farm prope Spanish Town, m. Jan. fl. et fr: Harris n. 8611. 



