420 C. Mkz: 
Guadeloupe crebra: Beaupertuis, Duchassaing, Duss n. 2283, L’Her- 
minier; Dominica: Imray n. 296, Nicholls n. 21; Martinique: Duss 
n. 236, Hahn n. 529, 970, 1134, 1145, Sieber Mart. n. 296; St. Vin- 
cent: Guilding n. 14; St. Lucia: Ramage; Trinidad: Crueger n. 154, 
Hart n. 5711. — Floret Septembri, fruct. Novembri. (V.s. typ. Swartz. 
in herb. Mus. Brit., cet. in herb. Krug. et Urban., alibi.) 
V. Conomorpha A. DC. 
Flores hermaphroditi vel reductione sexus alterius dioici vel sub- 
dioici, 4- vel rarius 5-meri. Sepala basi brevissime vel breviter vel 
rarissime fere medium usque connata, parva, sueto acuta raro rotundata, 
saepissime punctulata, margine fere constanter pilis glandulosis capitu- 
latis brevissimis ciliolata rarissime nuda. Petala basi brevius altiusve 
nec tamen unquam ultra medium connata lobis acutis vel rarius rotun- 
datis valvatis vel obscure imbricatis, sueto punctatis et intus lepidotulis. 
Stamina petalorum tubo altiuscule nune alte inserta, e fauce emergentia, 
petalis constanter permulto breviora; filamentis brevibus vel brevissimis 
saepius nullis rarissime antheras longitudine superantibus, semper fere 
basi callis sueto lobulos episepalos parvos formantibus arcuatis vel 
horizontalibus conjunctis; antheris elongatis lineari-triangularibus, apice 
acutiusculis vel saepius rotundatis constanter recurvis, paullo supra basin 
dorsifixis, introrsum rimis 2 tota longitudine apertis dehiscentibus. Ova- 
rium ovoideum, saepius adpresse leprosum, in stylum crassum cylin- 
drieum breviorem vel raro longiorem attenuatum; stigmate late obtuso 
saepius lobuloso; placenta prope apicem uniseriatim pauci- vel perpauci- 
ovulata. Fructus pisiformis, l-spermus, endocarpio erustaceo. Semen 
globosum, basi profunde intrusum, reliquiis membranaceis placentae in- 
dutum, albumine corneo laevi. Embryo cylindrieus, transversus. — 
Frutices vel arbusculae lepidibus nunc parvis nunc e majoribus fer- 
rugineis vel bruneis insignes vel rarissime subglabrae. Folia (in sub- 
genere andino inedito optime pseudoverticillata vel) sparsa, petiolata, 
integerrima vel raro manifeste crenata vel serrata. Flores parvi in 
racemos simplices axillares vel raro in panniculas e racemis compositas 
axillares dispositi, flavi albi vel albo-virides, breviter pedicellati, pedi- 
cellis basi bracteis semper parvis nunc minutis deciduis suffultis. 
Genus austro-americanum a Brasilia australi usque ad Venezue- 
lam Antillasque extensum, maxima copia in Venezuela, Guiana, Hylaea 
vigens. 
Conspectus specierum. 
A. Folia obovata apice late rotundata vel obtusiuscula. — Martinique 
® a : 36. ©. Dussii Mez 
. Folia elliptica apice anguste caudatimque acuminata. — Antillae minores 
37. 0. perwviana A. DC. 
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