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Ign. Urban: 



ceunij superiie paullo ami^liatuui usclug 3 mm. crassunij iutus ad iiiucem 

 pubescens. Calyx ca. 2 cm. longiis, extrinsecus brevissime tomentosus sub 

 antliesi nnilateraliter iisc^ue ad basin fissus, caeterum praeter apices bre- 

 Yissimo subulatos liboros spatliaceo-coliacrciis. Petala in aestivatione valcle 

 imbrieata, fauci receptaculi inserta 1 — 1,5 cm. longo unguicnlata, 4 infcriora 

 albido-rosca, interdum rosoo- punctata et -maciilata, margine glabra, 2 su- 

 periora margine infero postico pilosa, superiu^ albi<b)-ro8eum5 sed margine 

 tlavnm et intns densissime purpureo-maculatum, margine infero pubescens. 

 Stauiina fauci inserta, infimum fertile 4 — 4,5 cm. longimi, 1,5 — 2 mm. 

 crassum, arcnato-cnrvatum, intus ad basin puberulum, ciietera anantlicra, postice 

 sensim decrescentia, 10 — 2 mm. longa subulata, inferne pubescentia, 4 iü- 

 fera saope binatim inter sese supra basin connata, caetera libera; anthera 

 oblonge -linearis 5 — 6 mm. longa, ca. 1,5 mm. lata, in -/g alt. affixa. Gy- 

 naeceum flor. liermapltroditurum (|uoad liberum 4,5 cm. longum; stipes rc- 

 ceptaculo inferne latins, superne antice tantum adnatus, parcissime pilosulus, 

 ca. 4 mm. sub fauce liber factus;- ovarinm ipsum in tlor. masc. 4 — 5 mm. 

 longum 5 ovulis pluribus minutis, stylo receptaeiilum parum supcrante 2 — 3 mm. 

 longo, Stigmata obsoleto, in liermapbroditis vix 1 cm. longo stipitatum, 

 1—1,2 cm. longum pubcruluni, stylo 2 cm. longo glabro, stigmate unilateral!. 

 Legumen in racemo plerum^iue solitarium, latiuscule lineare rectuni acutum 

 basi styU persistente mucronatum convexum brunncsccns 18 — 22 cm. longum 

 (nuncbrevius), 20 — 23mm. latum, 12—15 mm. crassum, stix^ite ca. 3,5cm. 

 longo, sed inferne plus minus v. unilateraliter a receptaculo arcte accum- 

 bente circumdato, glabrcsccns, venis tenuissimis creberrimis aretissimis obli- 

 q\iis obsolete rugulosum, intus inter semina faiina pallide flava subseptatum, 

 dehiscens. Semina in singulis legum. IG — 22, funiculo perbrevi crassius- 

 culo in laminam lanceolatam margiuibus inaeciuilongis liilo adnatam more 

 calceamentidilatato, ovalia, 10 — 11mm. longa, 6 — 8,5 mm. lata, 3— 3,5 mm. 

 crassa laevia nigrescentia; endospermium corncum juxta facies cotyledonum 

 satis conspicuum. Embryo forma seminis; cotyledones planae basi cordatae, 

 radiculam subretractam ovalem perbrevem 5-plo longitudine superantes. 



Culta ornamenti causa et quasi spontanea in Cuba prope Cien- 

 fuegos: Combs n. 449; Jamaica ex Hitchc.5 Portorico prope Naguabo 

 circa Hacienda Oriente, Fajardo, Adjuntas ad Saltillo, Peiluelas ad La 

 Cueva, Cabo-rojo in monte Buena vista, Magagüez, Manati in monti- 

 bus calcareis, Bayamon: Krug n. 278 (a. 1875), Sintenis n. 682, 1323, 

 1634, 4012, 5005, 5489, 6547, Stahl n. 488; St Thomas ad habita- 

 tiones et in fruticetis: Eggers ed. ToepfF. n. 322, 1080; Guadeloupe: 

 Duss n, 2619; Martinique in hortis et circa habitationes satis frequens: 

 Duss n. 1122; St.Yincent: Smith n. 571. — Patria? in Guiana gallica 

 ad Maroni super.: Kappler ex Sagot. 



Cassia Stahlli ürb. (n. sp.) foliolis 5-jugis, superioribus ovalibus 

 V. ellipticis, 2,5 — 3 cm. longis, 1—1.5 cm. latis, inferioribus brevioribus 

 orbiculari- ovalibus usque 1cm. decrescentibus, apice rotundatis mucro- 

 nulatis, chartaceis, rhachi inter paria inferiora glandulas oblougo -lineares 

 2 mm. lungas gereute; stipulis lineari-subulatis ca. 10 mm. longis de- 

 ciduis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et terminalibus multi- et longifloris, 



