428 



Ign. Urban: 



Catesbaea parvißora Vahl Symb. II (1791) p. 31 et Ecl I p. 12 



1 10 f II; Qaertn. Carp, III p. 68 t 192 f 21; GriseL! Flor. (1861) 



jp. 317 (p. p) ; Egg. St. Croix p, 123 et St. Croix and Virg. Isl p. 59, 



non Sw. 



Scolosantkus versicolor Bello Ap, I (1881) p, 280; Kf'iig Ic. t 23! j 



non Vahl 



Frutex 2 — 3 m. altus. Eami elongati teretes. Spinae graciles 

 1 — 2 cm. longae, supra basin 0,6—0,8 mm. crassae, laeves, Stipulae 

 initio circumcirca connatae, intra petiolos brevissimae, inter petiolos triangu- 

 läres acuminatae v. subnlatae, mox in partes suas solutae, marcescentes. 

 Tolia nervo medio supra prominente, lateralibus tenuissimis parcissimis v. 

 non conspicuis non anastomosantibus, utrinque opaca, subtus brevissime et 

 paree puberula. Flor es (e specim. Antig.) in ramuüs abbreviatis plerumque 

 solitariij 4-nieri^ pedicello ca. 0,5 mm. longo. Calycis tubus 1 mm. longus, 

 supra ovarium parum productus; lobi 3 mm. longi acuti. Corollae tubis 

 anguste inf undibularis , intus glaber; lobi in aestivatione?, anguste ovati ob- 

 tuslusculi. Filamenta glabra; antherae paullo supra basin affixae ex ore 

 corollae 2/3 exsertae, corollae lobos aequantes, brevissime v. obsolete apicu- 

 latae. Stylus filiformis aequicrassus, antlieras vix superans. üiscus mi- 

 nutus annularis- Ovarium 2-loculare; ovuIa placentae ex apice loculi depen- 

 denti 3 — 4-seriatim dense affixa. Baccae sepalis usque 4 mm. longis 

 erectis v. patulis coronata, pericarpio crustaceo 0,3 mm. crasso. Semina in 

 quoque loculo 5 — 7 v. ex Yahl usque 10 orbicularia v. breviter ovata 

 brunnea, saepius concaviuscula, nunc angulata; testa tenuissime gramilata. 

 Embryo semine dimidio brevior; cotyledones ovatae planiusculae, radicula 

 terete duplo breviores. 



Hab. in Portorico prope Guanica in fruticetis litoralibus ad La 

 Montalba et ad La Plata, ibidem in declivibus fruticosis ad Punta de 

 la meseta, m. Jan., Febr. fruct: Sintenis n. 3362, 3542, 3786; St. Croix 

 ex Eggers; Antigua: Barber et Tillson n. 70, Wullschlägel m 262. 



Cates"baea parriflora Sw. ramis glabris v. obsolete scabriusculis; 

 foliis orbicularibus usque obovato-spathnlatis, 0,4 — 1,2 cm.^^longis, coria- 

 cois, glaberrimis, supra in sicco plicatis nitidis, nervo medio subtus 

 prominente; floribus sessilibus v, usque 0,6 mm. longe pedicellatis; caly- 

 cis tubo anguste obovato glabro, laciniis lanceolato-linearibus margine 

 incurvis ideoque specie subulatis aequilongo; corolla 12 mm. loDg<'i; 



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al- 



vatis^ anguste triangularibus; staminibus inter sese basi ima coalitis v. 

 liberis, filamentis quam antherae 2Y2"plo longioribus, hisce semiei- 

 sertls; ovulis in quoque loculo 2 — 4; bacca alba, laciniis calycinis pur- 

 pm-eis coronata, ovata 4—4,5 mm. longa, 3,5 mm. crassa. 



Catesbaea parpiflora SivJ Prodr. (1788) p. 30 et Flor, I p- 236; 

 Spreng. Syst. I p, 416 (p. p); DG. Prodr. IV p. 401; Maef. Jam^ ^^ 

 p. 213; Griseb. Flor, p, 317 (p. p); mtchc. Bah p. 92 (p- pj- 



