320 



Ign. Urban: 



colorata; antherae dorso in Ys ^^^t. affixae, ovatae muticae ad connectivum 

 coloratao. Ovarium in floribus masculis ovulis abortivis minutum, in flori- 

 biis henuaphroditis (unico tantiim mihi obvio) basi receptacnli insertum, ca. 

 3 mm. longe stipitatum lanceolato- lineare pilis erectis donsissinie villoso- 

 tomentosum; Stylus duplo brevior siiperne v. ad apicem glaber incurvns; 

 Ovula 4 pendula elliptico-oblonga. Fructus pauci (2 — 3 pro racemo ex 

 Düss), usquo 8 mm. longe stipitati 7 — 10 cm. longi, 3,5 — 4 cm. diametro, 

 exocarpio in sicco sublignoso, aquae immerso crasse coriaceo ca. 1,5 mm. (ex 

 Duss 3 — 4 mm.) crasso, dorso „ rubre -flavescente" brevissime tomentosulo 

 plus minus granulato, mesocarpio brunneo-purpureo, endocarpio tenuiore al- 

 bido. Semina frnctui aperto ^funiculis amplis brevibus applanatis satis 

 longe adhaerentia, liilo albo oblonge laterali prope basin seminis, arillo clauso 

 cinnabarino, in statu vivo 1 mm, crasso circumdata'^ (ex Duss) 1 — 4, si 1, 

 tum ovalia 3 — 4,5 cm. longa, 1,3 — 2,5 cm. lata, pauUo latiora quam crassiora 

 margine subacutata, si 2, tum oblique semiovalia v. semielliptica i. e. facie- 

 bus vicinis oblique desectis, dissepimentis nullis; testa in vivo „coccinea 

 laevis" (ex Drss), crasse coriacea 1,5 mm. crassa, in sicco postremo rufesccns 

 dense et tenuiter plicato-rugosa; albumcn nulluni. Cotyledones a basi 

 (ad partem latiorem) ca. 8 mm. profunde et oblique incisae idooque bilobae 

 (basibus cotyledonum sub germinatione verisimiliter radiculam liastato-circum- 

 dantibus); radicula ad incisionis partem intimam inserta inter cotyledones 

 omnino occulta perbrevis, 2 mm. longa, obtriangularis, plumula parum evo- 

 luta, e squamis apice pilos brunneos gerentibus formata. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe frequens in sylvis Trois-rivieres, rarior in 

 praeruptis difficilibus Ei viere rouge et noire prope Camp Jacob, alt 

 280 — 600 mm.: Duss n. 3757; Dominica ad Laien Eiver: Ramage; 

 Martinique passim in sylvis Morne-rouge, Cliampflore, Fonds-Saint- 

 Denis: Duss n. 2, 1072; St. Yincent in sylvis Marriaqua Valley, alt. 

 500 — 600 m., rara: Smith n. 1633. — Flor. April — Jul, fruct 

 Jim. — Aug. 



Ormosia Krugii Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 7- v. 9-, in plantis juvenil. 

 iisqiie 3-foliolatis, foliolis 7— 15 mm. longe petiolulatis, ovalibus v. bre- 

 viter ovalibus v. ovali-ellipticis v. apicali obovato v. ovato, apice ob- 

 tusissimis, rotimdatis v. truncatis, semper abrupte et plus minus longe 

 cuspidato-acuminatis, basi rotundatis v. subtruncatis, 7—25 cm. longis, 

 3,5—14 cm. latis, nervis utrinque valde manifestis rectis, supra glabris, 

 subtus minute et adpresse pilosis coriaceis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et 

 terminalibus panniculatis v. subcorymbosis rufo-tomentosulis, usque 

 35 cm. longis, pedicellis 4—6 mm. longis, prophyllis minutis calliformi- 

 bus; cal^'ce 10 mm. longo, vexillo suborbiculari, apice exciso, supra 

 unguiculum vix t. breviter auriculato, 13—15 mm. longo; fructibus 

 1 — 5 - speim is. 



Ormosia dasyearpa Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 256; Stahl/ Est. lH 

 p. 99; Krug Ic. t 300!, — non Jacks. 



Matos V. Palo de Matos Portor. 



