Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 321 



Ärbor 10 — 25 m. alta coma ramorum ampla. Eami juniores pulve- 

 nilento-tomentosuli. Stipulae non observatae. Folia petiolis usque 20 cm. 

 longis supra canaliculatis ; foliola opposita, siipra saturate viridia, sxibtus 

 pallidiora , nervo medio supra impresso , lateralibus 12 — 16 sub angulo 

 50 — 60^ abeuntibus supra in sicco albescentibus et parum, subtus crassius- 

 cule prominentibus , dense reticulato - anastomosantibus. Inflorescentiae 



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0,5 — 6 cm. longo pedunculatae , folio duplo et ultra breviores, demura gla- 

 brescentes, ramulis angulatis; bracteae trianguläres v. breviter trianguläres 

 obtusae 1,5 — 0,5 mm. longae. Calycis tubus late obconicus pulvcrulento - 

 pilosus; lobi 3 antici oblonge -lanceolati, tubo fere duplo longiores, 2 poste- 

 riores inter sese pauUo altius connati, oblique ovati. Petala obscuro vio- 

 lacea, glabra; vexillum macula ampla albida v. pallide flava notatum, 12 mm. 

 latum, basi in stipitem crassum 3 — 4 mm. longum contractum; alae oblique 

 obovato-cuneatae, 6 mm. latae supra unguiculum vix auriculatae; carinae petala 

 libera oblique oblonga apice obtusa 13 — 14 mm. longa. Stamina libera, 

 filiformi-subulata, alterna angustiora et pauUo breviora. Ovarium adpresse 

 et dense rufo-pilosum oblongo- lineare breviter stipitatum, 4 — 6-ovulatum. 

 Stylus ovario pauUo longior, inferne parce pilosus, supeme glaber, apice 

 incurvus, intus sub apice stigmatosus. Legumen rarius l-spermum rhom- 

 beum, plerumque pleiospermum usque 10 cm. longum et 2 cm. latum, inter 

 semina constrictum, supra semina inflatum convexum, caeterum planum ligno- 

 sum. Semina suborbicularia v. obovato - orbicularia convexa 10 — 12 mm. longa, 

 6 — 9 mm. crassa, omnino coccinea v. macula plus minus ampla nigra notata. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis prope Bayamon, prope 

 Juncos in monte Guvuy, Sierra de las Piedras in monte Frances, prope 

 Tabucoa in monte Piedra Azul ad Jäcana et in monte Cerro Gordo, 

 prope Adjuntas in monte Audubo et in monte Cedro, prope Utuado ad 

 Eoncador, in Sierra de Lares ad Guahataca, m. Aug., Nov. flor.: Sin- 

 tenis n. 1886, 2587, 3987, 4670, 5270, 5336, 6093, 6509, Stahl n. 319; 

 Dominica ad Castle Bruce, windward: G. A. Ramage (specira. fruct, in 

 floribus iterum comparandum). 



Obs. 0. monosperma Vrh. {Sophora monosperma Sw. 1788, Ormostu 

 dasycarpa Jacks. 1811), altera Antillarum species, differt foliolis 2 — 3 mm. 

 longe petiolulatis , multo minoribus, plerumque sensim acuminatis, inflores- 

 ceutüs et calyce viUosiusculis, prophyllis sub calyce lineari-subulatis. 



Prodi 



Poitaea glycypliyHa TJrb. 



JRobinia alvcvnhilla Poir.f in Lam. Enc. VI (1804) 



(1825) 



lati folia 



Campanilla Doming. ex Bert 



Frutex 0,70 — 2 m. altus, flori 



ixtehoxt). rior 



Egg 



Hab. in Haiti: Bertero, C. Ehrenberg n. 223, Jacquemont, prope 

 Port-au-Prince in plateau da Morne de l'Hopital 1029 m.: Picarda 

 ü- 1161: Stn Tinmino-n '^r^ mnnfft Barrero, 1100 m.: Eggers B. 2031. 



ürban. 



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