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Ign. Urbän; 



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pilosusj caetei'um glabcr, in Ys — Vs s^ip^i'^o^^ bificlus, lobis linearibus 

 aciitiSj margine et intus stigmatosis. Capsulae lobis calycis persistentibus 

 ooronatae, 4 — 5 mm. longaCj clorso hirsiitae, bivalves, valvis placentam 

 globulosani inter sese basi reliniiuentibus. Semina numerosa, 1 — 1,5 mm. 

 longa (cum alis), ipsa rotundata v. breviter ovata, lateribus margluata, antice 



et postice in alas producta. 



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Hab. in Jamaica prope Troy ad Tyre, 660 — 830 m. alt., m. Sept., 

 Nov., Dec. fl. et fr.: Harris n. 8804, 9088, 9469, in Dolphin Head 

 530 m. alt, m. Majo fruct: Harris n. 9248. 



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Obs. Ex affinitate R. cinctae Griseb.!, quae e specimine manco foliis 

 rigide coriaceis pube aliena praeditis, inflorescentiis 2 — 3-floris, corollis \ 



duplo minoribus differt. 



Casasia Ä. Rieh. 



Casasia A. Eich, in Sagra Ciiba XI (1850) p. 9 tah. 49; Benth. ei HcoL 

 Gen, II p. 84; K. Sckum. in Engl. - Pmntl Nat. Pflanxenfam. IV. 4 



p. 77. — Genipa Baill. Hist. Plant. VII p. 433 (p.p). 



JFlores 5-meri. Calycis tubus obconicus; limbus ultra ovarium 

 cupiiliformi-prodiictus, intus giaber, in dentos trianguläres acutos usque 

 filiformes productus, persistens. CoroUa extrinsecus glabra; tubus 

 elongatus cyliudraceus, superne paullo ampliatus; lobi in aestivatione 

 contorti, patentes, ovato- usque angustc lanceolati, coriacei v. subcoriacei. 

 Stamina fauci coroUae v. supra medium affixa; filamenta perbrevia; 

 antherae sub medio v. in »/g alt. affixae lineares apiculatae iuclusae. 

 Discus annularis. Ovarium 2-loculare; stylus superne v. a medio 

 n\ ramos stigmatosos lineares divisus, inclusus; ovula numerosa. 

 Bacca globosa v. ovoidea v. piriformis magna, pcricarpio crasso, 

 pulposa polysperma. Semina in pulpa nidulantia, arcte approxiraata 

 magna horizontalia, orbicularia v. subtriaugularia v. oblique ovata, 

 convexa; testa satis teiuiis cliartacea, tenuissime reticulata; endosper- 

 mium copiosum corneum. Cotyledunos suborbiculares v. ovato - 

 orbiculares planae, radicula terete dimidio breviores v. aequilongae. 

 Friitices v. arbores parvae, incrmes, ramulis tcretibus. Stipulae 

 luterpetiolares, trianguläres, intra petiolos plerumque annuliformi-cou- 

 juiictae, satis longe persistentes. Folia opposita, mediocria v. satis 

 ampla, coriacea, supra nitida. Inflorescentiae terminales, sed postea 

 ramulo excrescente saepe laterales, sessiles v. breviter pedunculatae, 

 cymosae. Flores in sicco nigrescentes. — Florida austr., Key ins., 

 Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica. 



Obs. Proxima geneii Randiae polyraorpho, quod praesertim stylo 

 mtcgro V. bidentato recedit. Longius distat Genipa calycis limbo intus sericeo 

 margme mtegro v. obtuse dentalo, coroUa pubescente, antberis ori corollae 

 affixis exsertis, stylo exserto, stigmate crasso fusiformi. 



