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G. Lindau: 



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Liane tordue Martinicensihns . 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Ducbassaing, Duss n. 2181, 3768; in Mar- 

 tinique: Halm n. 1005, Duss n. 36; in Grenada: Broadway n. 1206. — 

 Flor. Marl— Apr. et Oct— K'ov. — Praeterea in Brasiliae civit. Paiä 

 et Goyaz. 



44. Coecoloba Bussii Lindau in Kotixhl. Königl Bot Gart. Berlin 

 I, 213; Dicss Fl. Ant. Franp. p. 167; Kew Bull. 1893 p. 272 (sub G. 

 excelsa ?). Earauli nigro-fuscescentes. Folia petiolis longis ovata apice 

 + sonsim acuminata, basi rotundata, glabra, nervis onmibus utrinque 

 exprossis eleganter reticulata. Inflorescentia simplex nodulis 1 — 2-floris, 

 pedicellis fructif. ochreolas ca. 5-plo superantibus. Fructus globosus 

 apice obtusus, lobis periantbii arcte adpressis et vix conspicuis, basi in 

 stipitem brevissimura subito contractus. 



Liane tordue Guadalupensihus. 



Frutcx scandeus 10 — ISmetr. Eamuli nigro-fuscescentes, irregu- 

 laritor angulati in sicco, lenticellis fuscis obloiigis. Oclireolas mox decidiias 

 neu vidi, .Folia petiolis 3 — 41/2 cm. longis, supra canaliculatis et trans- 

 vcrsalitcr in sicco coiTugatis, subtus irrcgularitcr augulatis, glabris, ovata, 

 apice + scusira acuminata vel fere obtusa acnminataquo , basi rotunclatis yel 

 subcordatis, 11 — 12 cm. longa, 7 — 12 cm. lata, tenuitor coriacea, marguie 

 tenni, subplano, supra subopaca, subtus fere nitida, glaberrima, nervo medio 

 supra subscmiimmcrso subtus crasse expresso, nervis primariis supra ae- 

 currentibus, loviter i)rominentibus , subtus expressis, arcuatis, angulo 65—80 

 abountibus, nervulis majoribus parallelis , nervös primarios conjungeiitibus 

 miuoribusque supra prominulis, subtus magis expressis eleganter denseiiiie 

 reticulata. Inflorescentia racemosa, simplex, ca. 10 cm. longa, laxiflora, 

 nodidis 1 — 2-flons, podunculo ca. 13 mm. longo rliachiciue subangnlatis 

 nigrescoutibus , minutissime pubendis postea glabris ; bracteae subtriangidares 

 concavae, ca. 1 mm. longae; ocbreolae bilobae; bracteam aequantos, mmi- 

 branaceae; pedicelli floriferi 2 mm. longi, in ^4 altit. articulati, fructifcn 

 crassi, ca. 5 mm. longi, borizontaliter patentes. Flores albi. Perianthn 

 tubus dimidiato - ellipsoideus , 1 mm. longus, apice 1,5 mm. diametro; low 

 ovati, 2,5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati, in antbesi reflexi. Filamenta subulata, 

 2mm. longa; antherae ^j^mm. longae, exsertae. Ovarium oblongum 

 gonum, ly^ mm. altum; styli tres, V4 mm. longi, stigmatibus sublobatis 



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, tri- 



Fructus globosus apice obtusus lobis periantbii arcte adpressis vix con- 

 spicuis, basi in stipitem brevissimum subito contractus, sublaevis, in sicco 

 (imprimis ad basin) pauci-angulatus, in toto 11 mm. longus, 10 mm. diam., 

 pericarpium crustaceum, fuscum, nitidum, apice subobtusum. Semen gw- 

 bosum apice subito acuminatum, basi breviter tenuiterque stipitatum, aeqaa- 

 liter profunde 6-sulcatum; albumen album, profunde ruminatum. Bnibrjo 

 normalis, radicula 1,5 mm. longa. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Duss n.2180, 3430, 3711; in SiVince^*- 

 H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 1259. — Flor. Jun.— Julie, fruct. Dec.-Jaii- 



45. Coccoloba Sintenisii Urb. mso\; Li?idau Mon. Cocc. p- 1^'^- 



Uvifera Sintenisii 0. Ktxe. Mev. IL 562. 



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