Nova genera et species III. 493 



Semina in pulpa immersa, ovalia subcurvata, latere altero leviter emarginata 

 brunea reticulafa subgranulata. 



Hab. in Jaraaica in Luckj vallej, m. April, fl. et fr.: Fawcett 

 n. 8527. 



Obs. Affinis B. vineiflora Griseb. (e Cuba) foliis iiiferne longius an- 

 gustatis, pedicellis 2 — 3-plo longioribus, calyce breviore, corolJae tubo bre- 

 viore, lobis orbicularibus, (an etiam fructu?) recedit. B. americana L. praeter 

 alias notas fructibus valde alienis statira dignoscenda est. 



Scropl 



Scrophulariaceae. 



er. 1 mm. crassis; foliis 2 — 4 mm. longe petiolatis, semilanceolatls, e 



basi truncata sensim an^ustatis, apice ipso obtusis, 0,5 — 1,5 cm. longis, 



"j2 — 0,7 cm. latis, raargine crenatis; inflorescentiis simpliciter racemosis; 



caljcis lobis anguste ovatis; corolla flava, 7 mm. longa; staminodio 

 perbrevi. 



Caules 20— 50 cm. longi, subdecumbentes, ad basin radicantes, teretes 

 bisulcati , sub foliorum insertione minutissime pilosuli, caeterum glabri, 

 üigrescentes, simpliceSj internodiis inferioribus 1— 2 cm., snperioribus usque 

 6 cm, longis. Folia opposita, reticulato- nervosa, reticulo supra impresso, 

 supra in sicco nigrescentia, subtus brunea, Inflorescentiae terminales, 

 ^ — 12 cm. longo pedunculatae, brevissime glanduloso-pilosae; bracteae pri- 

 J^iariae alternae lineares 2 — 4 mm. longae; pedieelli 7 — 12 mm., inferiores 

 deflorati usque 18 mm. longi, subrecti, ad v. supra medium bibracteolati, 

 uniflori; bracteolae (prophylla) lineares v. spathulatae, 1 — 1,5 mm. longae. 

 Calyx fere usque ad basin partitus, 3 mm. longus, extrinsecus minute 

 glanduloso-pilosus; lobi in aestivatione initio leviter quincunciali-imbricati, 

 äpice obtusissimi v. rotundati, nervis inconspicuis. Corollae tubus sub- 

 oblique cylindraceo campanulatus, in statu compresso 3 mm. latus; lobi sub- 

 orbiculares v. semiovales, apice rotundati, in aestivatione cochleari-imbricati, 

 anteriore intfmo, sub anthesi erecti, tubo 2 — 3-pIo breviores. Stamina 

 perfecta 4 tubo corollae ima basi adnata, subdidynama, inclusa; filamenta 

 crassiuscula 4 — 5 mm. longa; antherae a latere ovales, juniores verticaliter 

 Positae, connectivo crasso (an re vera uniloculares?). Staminodium paullo 

 supra basin tubi coroUini abiens filiforme er. 0,5 mm. longum. Discus 

 ßullus. Stylus filiformis aequicrassus 5 mm. longus apice stigmatosc 

 trassiere integer. Capsula (non plane matura) ovato-globosa, 2,5 mm. longa, 

 glabra, Semina breviter ovata, 



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Hab. in Santo Domingo' satis frequens inter saxa in Valle 

 ^uevo, 2270 m. alt, m. Majo flor.: Eggers n.226I. 



Obs. Altera species hujus sectionis, Scr. mierantha Desv., caufibus 

 y?que 4 mm. crassis, foliis 1-5 cm. longa petiolatis, ovatis v. ovato-tnan- 

 gularibus 3- 8 cm longis, 2,5— 5 cm. latis, inflorescentiae ramis nifenoribus 

 Plerumque plurifloris, caly eis . lobis linearibus, corolla alba 3 mm_^ longa, 

 «taminodiis filamenta dimidia aequantibus plane abhorret (cf. Urb. bynib. 1 

 P. 403). 



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