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Species novae, praesertim portoriceiiäes. 361 



vissime et oUnse apiculatae 2 — 3 mm. longae, longitudinaliter dehisccntcs. 

 Discus vix 1,5 mm. diametro. Ovarium obtuse qnadrangulum, perfecte 

 4-loculare, intus glabrum; ovula in quoque loculo 4, 2-senata. Stylns a 

 basi crassa ad apicem sensini attenuatus 2 mm. longus, apice obsolete stig- 

 matosus. Capsula breviter apiculata, pube brevissima rufa v. ferraginea, 

 4-valvis, pericarpio 2 — 2,5 mm. crasso lignoso. Semen solitarium, inferne 

 arillodio rubro obtectum (ex Duss). 



Hab. in Guadeloupe, e. gr. bord de la riviere noire pres du 

 Camp Jacob 600 m. alt, satis frequens in sylvis 3Iatouba et Bains- 

 jaunes, m. Jul. flor., m. Maj. fruct: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2348, 3485; 

 Dominica: Imray; Sta. Lucia in Fonds St. Jacques 600 m. alt, m. 

 Oct. fl., April, fruct: Ramage. — Floret per 3 — 4 annos semel tantuiu 

 (ex Duss). 



Obs. Ex affinitate S. panniculatae Spruce. 



Sloanea Dussii Urb. (n. sp.) raniis novellis pubescentibus; stipulis 

 lanceolato-linearibus valde caducis; foliis alternis, obovatis, basi obtiisa 

 in petiolum contractis, apice rotundato bre vissime triangulari-productis, 

 7 — 10 cm. longis; sepalis (sub fructu) 3 v. 4 ovatis; Capsula globulosa 

 V. ovoidea 2,5 — 3 cm. diametro, dorso setis aculeiformibus teretibus 

 valde inaec[uicrassis et inaequilongis fragilibus densissime obtecta. 



Sloanea s]^ec. Duss! Flor. Ant. franQ. (1897) p. 92. 



Chätaignier-coco v. Petit-coco v. chataignier-petit-coco 

 Mariin. ex Duss. 



Arbor elata pulchra pyramidalis (ex Duss). Kami in sicco bmnneo- 

 nigrescentes teretes glabrescentes , hornotini subangulati, pube plus minus 

 patente, ad apicem densa. Stipulae juxta petioli angulum inscrtae in- 

 tegrae concavae ca. 4 mm. longae, dorso tomentosae. Folia petiolis 0,7 — 1,5 cm. 

 longis subteretibus supra applauatis, basi et apice subincrassatis puberulis, 

 4 — 6 cm. lata, superne obsolete crenulata coriacea, nervis supra impressis, 

 lateralibus ca. 9 supra tenuissime, subtus manifeste reticulato-anastomosanti- 

 bus, subtus ad nervös pilis longiusculis obsita. Flore s ignoti. Capsula 

 setis 3 — 12 mm. longis e tuberculis plus minus crassis prodcuntibus rcctis 

 V. subrectis plus minus manifeste spinuloso-exasperatis brunncscentibus v. 

 nigrescentibus vestita, 3- v. 4-locularis, loculis 2 — 4 semen fovcntibus, cae- 

 teris cassis, valvis 5 — 6 mm. crassis lignosis intus longitrorsum disse- 

 Pimento carinatis, intus nitidis rubris, in centro columnam relinqucntibns. 

 Semina in quoque fructu 2—4 pendida, elliptico-oblonga, subteretm ca. 

 10 mm. longa, 4 mm. crassa, arillodio integre usque ad apirx;m obtecta; 

 testa laevis, basi tantum cum arillodio connata et hoc loco mcrassata latero 

 altero fere ab apice usque ad basin raphe liueari albida notata; endosper- 

 mium dorso cotyledonum evolutum satis amplum carnosum. Embryo uu- 

 ovato - oblongus , longitudine endospennii, planus 8 mm. longus; cotyledones 

 crassiusculae ad radiculam profundiuscule emarginatae; radicula supera recta 

 cotyledonibus 5-plo brevior; plumula nulla. 



Hab. in Martinique satis rara in sjlvis Fontaine Absalon et 

 Champflore (bord de la riviere Ciaire): Duss n. 148, 1368. 



