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Ign. TJrban 



Amanoa caribaea Kr, et Urb. l c; Duss Flor. Änt f^ 



foliis 5 — 8 mm. longe petiolatisj ovatis v, anguste ovatis v. obovatis, 

 basi obtusis et saepius perpauUo in petiulum protractis, apice breviter 

 V. mediocriter et obtuse acuminatis, 6 — 10 cm. longis, 3,5 — 5,5 cm. latis, 

 chartaceis; pedicellis 5 — 12 mm. longis; sepalis flor. masc. et fem. sab- 



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aequalibus; petalis in flor. fem. paullo majoribus; capsulis 20— 25mni. longis- 



Carapate, Caconier v. Palötuvier gris Oiiad, ex Dtiss. 



Arbor elata magnifica recta, trmico usque ad 12 — 15 m, niido, basi 

 anfraetuoso, cortice ingrescente, paene laevi, lenticellis albidis obsesso. Rami 

 teretes, in sicco brunnei v. cinerei glaberrimi. Stipulae intrapetiolares 

 breves. Folia petiolis supra obtuse canaliculatis , fere duplo longiora quam 

 latiora, margine integra, nervo medio supra subimpresso, lateralibus crebris 

 supra vix v. parum prominentibus , utrinque reticulato - anastoniosantibus. 

 Inflorescentiae in apice ramorum et ramulorum subspicatim dispositae, 

 inferiores in axilla euphyUorum valde diminutorum, superiores in axillis 

 ßtipularum squamiformium, 3^ — 5-florae, umbellulatae; pediceUi basi bracteo- 

 las plures gereutes. Fl eres odorati, utriusque sexus in eadem umbellula 

 obviij feminei paullo praecocius evoluti, albido-flavi, masculi: Sepala 

 5 libera, margioe in aestivatione quincuncialiter sibi imbricata, coriacea, ex- 

 teriora ovata v, anguste ovata, 4 — 5 mm. longa, 2,5 — 4 mm. lata, interiora 

 ovato-oblonga V- oblonga, margine tenuiora, 1,5— 2,5 mm. lata, sub anthesi 

 horizontaliter patentia v. subdeflexa, Petala cum sepalis alterna, disci sulcis 

 accumbentia, superne tenuia, triangularia v. semiorbicularia , inferne stipiti- 

 formi-contracta crassiora, 0,5 — 0,8 mm. longa, Discus bene evolutus car- 

 nosus, basiri columnae cingens. Filamenta horizontaliter patentia, quoad 

 libera 2,5 mm. longa crassiuscula; antlierae dorso supra basin affixae, ovatae 

 apice obtusissimae, introrsae, loculis longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, intiis con- 

 tiguis, dorso connectivo late sejunctis. Gynaeceum abortivum colunuiare 

 trigonum, apice truncatum et obsolete trilobum, a basi 3 mm. longum, 

 0,8 mm. crassum. Flores feminei: Petala manifestiora, silb disco inserta, 

 in aestivatione disjuncta, superne semiorbicularia margine denticellata , laten- 

 bus subincurvis, crassiuscule membranacea, inferne breviter cuneata et cras- 

 siora, 1 mm. longa et lata. Discus ca. 0,3 mm. altus crenulatus e squamis 

 plus minus connatis compositus. Ovarium ovatum 3 — 4 mm. longum, 

 2,5 — 3 mm. crassum 3-loculare, ovulis in quoque locxilo 2 collateralibus. 

 Stigmata 3 sessilia apicem ovarii vestientia, basi cordato-emarginata. Cap- 

 sulae globulosae, extrinsecus densissime subgranulatae , exocarpio ca. 1 mm. 

 crasso,^ endocarpio aequicrasso v. paullo tenuiore ligneo, postremum soluto, 

 intus inter crura scutellum ovatum ca. 10 mm. longum, apice profunde 

 emarginatum praebente; columna 12 — 15 mm. longa trigona. Semina in 

 quoque loculo solitaria ovata, basi late et leviter emarginata, apice obtusa, 

 14 — 16 mm. longa, 9 — 10 mm. lata, dorso obsolete carinata, ventre sub- 

 plano in Yg alt affixa, testa laevi; albumen mediocre carnosum. Embryo 

 anguste ovatus, latere altero latissime et levissime emarginatus, apice ob- 

 lique subplicato-curvatus; cotyledones subplanae carnosae, basi inaeqiiaU 

 profunde emarginatae, radicula brevis ex emarginatura vix prominens. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe, satis communis in sylvis primaevis, inter 

 la Pointe -Nojre et la Ravine chaude, hauteiirs de Pigeon et de h 



