422 



Ign\ Urban : 



coalitis, petalis basi ima parum adliaerentibus; ovulis in quoque loculo 

 numerosissimis; Capsula obovata v. obovato-oblonga, 5 — 8 mm. longa, 

 superne 3,5 — 4 mm. lata; seminibus circumcirca alatis. 



Exostema sitbcordatmn Kr. et Urh. in Ber. Deidsch. bot. Ges. XV 



(1897) p. 262 (nomen). 



Frutex 2 — 3-metralis (ex Jacqtjemoxt). Rami teretes cinerascentes. 

 Stipulae inter petiolos ovato- trianguläres, satis longe persistentes. Folia 

 niargine angustissime recurva v. revoluta crassiuscule chartacea, nervis snpra 

 plus minus impressis, supra in sicco obscure brunnescentia , non v. vix ni- 

 tentia, subtus pallicle brunnea minutissime et obsolete , ad nervös panllo magis 

 conspicue pilosula, in axillis non v. minute doniatiata. Inflorescentiae 

 minute pilosae; bracteae lineares v. subulatae. Flores 5-meri. Calycis 

 tnbus a latere compressuSj minutissime pilosus laevis; lobi intus sulcati. 

 Coro IIa glabra; tubus anguste cylindraceus ; lobi in aestivatione imbricati, 

 sub anthesi arcuato-recurvi. Filamenta filiformia iuterdum basi ima intus 

 brevissime pilosula; antlierae exsertae, lobis corollinis pauUo breviores, basi 

 inter crura affixae^ lineares 10 — 12 mm. longae. Stylus filiformis glaber 

 ca. 50 mm. longus; Stigma ovatum v. breviter ovatum a latere compressum, 

 antheras superans. Discus circa styli basin annularis crassiusculus. Ova- 

 rium 2-loculare; ovula placentae lanceolatae parieti fere ab aj)ice usque fere 

 ad basin dorso medio adnatae ca. 12-seriatim affixa. Capsula supra caly- 

 cem non producta, valvis demum vix 2-fidis. Semina ca. 1 mm. longa plana, 

 ipsa suborbicularia tonuiter reticulata, ala apice excisa. 



Hab. in Haiti in fruticetis saxosis montiimi supra La Ei viere 

 froide, in montibus apricis La Coupe 160 m. alt, m. Dec, Jan. flor.: 

 Jacquemont, Jaeger n. 210, Picarda n. 892. 



Obs. Alia specimina a cl. Picarda sub n. 13 et 89 2 ^ coUecta iolüs 

 3 — 5 mm. longe petiolatis, basi obtusis, pedicellis 12 — 15 mm. longis rece- 

 dunt, sed fructibus deficientibus dici non potest, an varietatem, an speciem 

 propriam praebeant. 



Kr, 



tissime pulverulento-pilosulis; foliis 1 — 2 mm. longe petiolatis ovato- 

 oblongis, basi obtusis v.rotundatis, apice mediocriteracuminatis, 4— 6 cm. 

 longis, 1,5—2,5 cm. latis, 2— 2V2-pIo longioribus quam latioribus; in- 

 florescentiis coiymbosis terminalibus et ex axillis supremis lateralibus, 

 pedicellis 5 — 9 mm. loDgis; calyce toto 7 — 8 mm. longo, tubo oblongo 

 lobis linearibus obtusis aequilongo; corolla 30 — 35 mm. longa, in Vs ^^^ 

 in tubum medio 1,5 mm. crassum coalita, lobis anguste lanceolato- 

 linearibus 1,5 — 1,8 mm. latis obtusis; staminibus liberis; ovulis in quo- 

 que loculo perplurimis; Capsula oblongo -cylindracea 12 — 15 mm. longa, 



superne 3,5 — 4 mm. lata; seminibus circumcirca, sed lateraliter an- 

 guste alatis. 



Eami teretes cinerascentes. Stipulae inter petiolos ovato-triangulai 

 roha margine angustissime revoluta crassiuscule chartacea, nervis supra p 

 mmus impressis, supra opaca, subtus praesertim ad nervös minutissime 



r. 



