516 



Ign. TJrban: 



hiscentibus; disco nullo; stylo apice bifido; fructu 15 — 22 mm. longo, 



12 — 17 mm. crasso. 



MeUosma Herhertii Rolfe! in Kew Bull 1893 Nr 

 Uv. 171 Hook. Icom IV t 2305!; ürb, in Bei\ Deutsch. Bc 

 XIX f 10—14; Diiss! Flor. Ant frmig. p. 126. 



XIII 



(1881) p. 289 t V!; Stahl! Estud, 



Kl 



Cacao bobo v. Aguacatillo Portor. ex Bella ^ Kimg, Pagmi, 

 Sint,^ Stahl; Graines-violettes v. Bois-violette Oiiad. ex Dtiss; 

 Gross Grain Grenad. ex Broadway. 



Var. martiiücensis Kr. et Urb. foliis ovalibus v. ellipticis, utrin- 

 qiie subaequaliter angustatis, apice plerumque mimis abrupte acuminatis 

 coriaceis; cupiila antherifera pro localis minore; stylo apice brevissime 

 bifido. 



Bois-de-sept-ans Martin, ex Duss. 



Arbor 10 — 20 m, alta, valde ramosa, ligiio intus nigreseente , dn- 

 rissimo, ad usum aptissimo. Rami vetustiores teretes grisei plus minus 

 plicato - striatelli , lenticellis ovalibus usque oblongis longitrorsum sulcatis 

 hinc illinc notati, hornotini obtuse et inaequaliter trianguli, ad apicena püis 

 ferrugineis brevibus subpatulis dense vestiti, sed cito giabrescentes; gemmae 

 dense ferrugineo-piibescentes. Folia petiolis supra late et leviter canali- 

 culatis, basi incrassata et cortice in squamulas lacero atque desiliente arti- 

 culatis, acumine angusto 0,5 — 2 cm. longo, uervis lateralibus 7 — 10 sub 

 angulo 50 — 60^ abeuntibus, utrinque dense anastomosantibus, reticulo supra 

 obsolete V. temdter, subtus magis prominulo, subtus in sicco brunnescentia, 

 margine plana integra, glabra v. secus nervös parce pilosula; folia in plantis 

 junioribus obovato- v. elliptico - oblonga ad basin valde sensim angustata, 

 usque 40 cm. longa, usque 12 cm. lata, usque 4-plo longiora quam latiora, 

 nervis lateralibus 8 — 12 supra prominulis, margine inaequaliter sinuato- 

 dentata. Panniculae terminales et ex axillis foliorum supremorum multo 

 minorum et sensim decrescentium laterales, 4 — 22 cm. longae densiflorae; 

 bracteae ovatae obtusae 1,5 — 1 mm, longae; rhachis et ramuli plus minus 

 breviter ferrugineo - villosi v. tomentelli; flores in ramulis abbreviatis et ad 

 apices ramorum panniculae glomerati sessiles subsessilesvo , albi; prophylla 

 2 breviter ovata v. suborbicularia ca. 1 mm. longa, margine breviter ciliata. 

 Sepala orbiculari - ovata v. suborbicularia apice rotundata, margine pilis sim- 

 plicibus V. inforne articulatis breviter ciliata, 1,3 — 1,5 mm. longa, basi 

 3-nervia chartacea. Petala 3 exteriora suborbicularia coriacea, margine 

 glabra v. latere exteriore minute papulosa; interiora 2 oblonge - linearia v, 

 sublinearia, 1—1,4 mm. longa, 0,3 — 0,4 mm. lata. Staminodia in 1/2 »!*• 

 pctalis adnata apice truncata y. emarginata, 0,8—1 mm. longa. Filamenta 

 petalis interioribus in 1/3 eorum alt. adnata linearia 0,8 — 1,2 mm. longa, 

 apice geniculata; cupula antherifera ambitu reniformis, basi emarginata 0,3 mm- 

 longa, 0,5 mm. lata, lobulis lateralibus vertice valde incrassato plane dis- 

 junctis; pollinis granula in sicco ovalia 3-sulcata, 25,5 — 27 fi ^ongii, 

 18,7 — 20 fi crassa laem. Ovarium suborbiculare coixvexum; ovula in 

 quoque loculo 2 superposita; placentae ad v. supra medium subcollatcraliter 



