3 



Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 319 



plus minus obscure lilacini, raro subalbcscentes. Bracteae et bracteolae 

 bene evolutae. 



Obs. L Gemis Diplotropidi Bontb. e Sopliorcis affine, differt floribus 

 andromonoecis, lobis calycinis imbricatiSj staminibus inferne in tubum coalitis 

 indole leguminis. 



Obs. II. Ex doscriptione Bentliamiana in Mart. Fl. Bras. XV. 1. 322 

 eml)ryo generis nostri candem structuram j^raebet ac Diplotropis nitida Bontlu 



Obs. III. Genera ilL Tulasnei Dib)'aekion et Diplotropis ab. ill. Bentüam 

 immerito unita esse mihi jjersuasum Jiabeö; stipulae nunc deficientes nunc 

 obviac aeque ac potalornm auricnlae, et verisimiliter structura embryonis (iu 

 uuica specie adhiic nota) cliaracteres generieos sine dubio pracbebuiit 



Dussia martiiiiceiisis Kr. et Urb. in Buss Leg. Mart. (1891) 



p. n (nomen) et in Engl-Frantl Nat. Ffl.-Fam. III. 3 (1892) 2J.193; 



Kew Bull. n. 81 p. 248; Duss Flor. Anf. franp. p. 224. 



Caconnier blanc Giiad. ex Duss, Pomm;er Bomin. ex Bammje, 



Bois-gamelle Martin, ex Duss. 



Arbor 10 — 20 tn. altaj trunco recto nudo. Rami patentes, hoii- 

 zontales v. saepe penduli cinerei glabrescentes , ad apicem pilis simplici- 

 bus ferrugineo-tomentosi, cicatricibus foliorum amplis iiotati. Folia alterna, 

 petiolis 7 — 12 cm. longis trigonis toraentosis, cum petiolo usque 40 cm. 

 longa, impari-pinnata, foliolis 7, 9 v. 11 suboppositis v. alternis, 3 — 4 mm. 

 longe petiolulatis , non stipellatis, basi petiolulorum deciduis, ovatis v. ellip- 

 tico-ovatis acutis basi tmncatis r. obsolete cordatis, magnitudine valde in- 

 aequalibus, intermediis maximis 10 — 15 cm. longis 5,5^7 cm. latis ca. 

 duplo longioribus quam latioribus, caeteris ad rliachidis basin et apicem saepe 

 celeriter descrescentibus, omnibus margine obsolete crenulatis v. snbintegris, 

 eleganter nervosis, nervis lateralibus utraque parte ca. 14 tenuiter reticu- 

 latim conjunctis, subtus prominentibus , minutissimepulverulento-tomentosulis, 

 supra subglabris. Inflorescentiae axillares simpliciter v. panniculato-race- 

 mosae usque 30 cm. longae ferrugineo-tomentosae multiflorae; bracteae ovato- 

 V. oblongo - lanceolatae v. lauceolatae acuminatae sessiles 20 — 7 mm. longae 

 5 — 2 mm. latae; pedicelli erecti v. erecto -patentes, floriferi 6 — 8 mm. longi, 

 fructiferi vix longiores; propliylla bina basi receptaculi paullo adnata elliptica 

 V. elliptico-lanceolata 6 — 7 mm. longa, 2,5—3 mm. lata. Flor es „cum 

 foliis novellis protruduntur " (ex Duss). Alabastra initio plane clausa, lobis 

 calycinis arcte sibi incumbentibus. Caljx pedicello sub angulo recto affixus 

 extrinsecus ferrugineo-tomentosus; tubus oblique campanulatus 6 — 8 mm. 

 diametro, receptaeulo 2 mm. longo suffultus; lobi tubo paullo breviores trian- 

 guläres V. ovato - trianguläres , lateraUbus 2 hinc inde denticulo unico praeditis. 

 Petala cum filamentis fauci receptaculi inserta, obscure lilacina, sed lirabo 

 medio fere usque ad marginem intensius maculata et -lincolata; vexillum 

 geniculato - erectum 15 mm. longum, explanatum 14 mm. latum, unguiculo 

 5 mm. longo, dorso albido-tomentosulum; alaerectae carina perpaullo breviores 

 subanguste et oblique ovales apice rotundatae 14 mm. longae unguiculo quam 

 bmbus duplo breviore, apice tomentosulae ; carinae petaJa 15 mm. longa ovaha 

 dorso tomentosa , apice rotundata sed sicut alae unilateraliter obtuse apicu- 

 lata. Stamina 13-15 mm. longa, anteriora pauUo longiora, superne sursum 

 curvata, posticum basi ima, caetera 1—3 mm. longe coalita subulata glabra 





