Species novae, praesertim portoriceoses. 353 



opposita vel rarius alternantia, abrupte pimiata; foliola 4—17, alterna 

 vel siibopposita, ex oblongo vel elliptico lanceolata, apice + acuniinataj 

 acumine obtuso, basi acuta, integerrima, subsessilia, chartacea, multi- 

 nervia, reti venarum utrinque + prominulo, supra subtusque glabrius- 

 cula, glandulis digitiformibus basi immersis praesertim subtus ornata, 

 punctis pellucidis nee non lineolis reticulatis (in forma 2.) dense notata, 

 plerumque ad medium l-foveolata; rhachis superne dilatata, marglnata; 

 paniculae laterales, foliis aequilongae longioresve, breviter puberulae; 

 bracteae minimae, triangulari-subulatae; flores pedicellati; calycis lobi 

 deltoidei; petala rudimentaria ; discus glaber; stylus apice in Stigmata 

 2 — 3 intus papulosa recurvata divisus; fructus ambitu breviter subtur- 

 binatus, 2 — 3-coccatus, infra medium in stipitem abrupte contractus, 

 glaber; semen obovoideo-subglobosum, glabrura, arillo cupuliformi car- 

 noso basi cinctum. 



Matayha apetala Eadlk. in Sitz. k. b. Ae. IX (1879) p. 535 

 n. 462 etc., p. 624 n. 2, p. 636. 



apetala Macfad. Fl. Jam. I (183 7) p. 162 n. 2; Walp. 



(1842) 



Walp. Rep. II (1843) 



■folia A. Rieh. Fl. Cub. I (1845) 



Jriseh., non PL Wright, Fl. Brit. W. Ind. (1859) 

 p- 126 n. 19, excl. syn. „Cup. juglatidifolia Bich.", quae Chip, macro- 

 phylla A.Bich., et Cat. Fl. Cub. (1866) p. 45 n. 14, coli. Wriyht n. 2180!, 

 excl obs. „Cup. juglandif. Bich. quoad fruct"; Walp. Ann. VII, 4 

 (1869) p. 627 n. 1; Sauv. et Wright Fl. Cub. (1873) p. 24 n. 434; 

 „?"Hemsl. in Biol. Centr.-Am.IV, nm I, quaeM. mexic, (1886—88), 

 p. 111, coli. Gaumer! 



Vulgo: Macurige ap. Sagra Eist etc. de Cuba (1831) p. 353 

 „Cupania?'' et 355 „Cupania (nitida?) BC"; t. Sauv. et Wr. l c. 

 — Macurije t. A. Bich. l. c, t Grosourdy Fl Medtco Criollo II 

 ß864) p. 397 „Cupania oppositi folia'' et t. Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. (1866) 



(sphahn. 298). — Bastard Locust-tree t. March in IIb. 



Kew. (Locust 



X.) _ Bastard Maha- 



gony, Cronianty t. Wilson in Hb., Griseb. List of Colonial Names 

 in FL Brit. W. Ind. p. 783, 785. 



Arbor 15 — 20- pedalis (Macfad.), 30 — 40 - pcdalis (A. Richarp), 

 50 — 60 - pedalis (Wilson), ligno duro, magni aestimato. Rami pamciüas 

 gerentes 2-3 mm. crassl, cortice fusco. Folia 5-20 cm. [onsa-^^^hola 

 2 — 8 cm. longa, 1 — 3 cm. lata. " " ' --^ '"- 



pedicelli 

 profunde 



2-3 mm. longi, fructiferi longiores. Calyx 1 mm. vix superans, protunae 

 lobatus, lobis acutis, coriaceus, extus puberulus. Petala ca. 0,5 mm. longa, 

 Pubescentia; sqiiamao minimae vel subnullae. Staminum 3 mm. longoiura 

 filamenta filiformia, glabriuscula, antherae glabra^. aermen obovoideo- 



ürban. 



