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Ign. TJßBAN: Sabiaceae. 



bninnescentia, supra glabra, subtus miniitissiine punctulata et ad nervös 

 praesertim jiLxta medium plus minus brevissime pilosula. Panniculae ter- 

 minales usque 10 cm. longae; bracteae inferiores eupliylloideae 4 — 2 cm. 

 longae, superiores s(][uamiformes 2 — 1 mm. longae trianguläres; rhacliis et 

 ramuli pilis brevibus ferrugineis erectis v. subpatentibus vestita; flores sub- 

 scssileSj prophyllis 3 — 5 triangulari-semiorbicularibus obtusis niärgine bre- 

 vissime ciliatis suffulti, (juniores). Sepala ovato-orbicularia apice rotundata, 

 margine pilis brevissimis simplieibus ciliata cliartaceo-coriacea. Petala ex- 

 teriora suborbicularia, crasse coriacea margine extero minutissime scabrius- 

 cula; interiora e lanceolato linearia apice obtusa concava. Staminodia pe- 

 talis basi adnata, apice truncata, Filamenta latiuscule linearia, in cupulam 

 subito dilatata; cupnla antlierifera suborbicularis , basi non emarginata, lo- 

 bulis lateralibus apice valde incrassato late disjunctis. Discus breviter 

 cupulifonnis , basin ovarii cingens, margine denticulis linearibus obsitns, 



Hab. in Haiti in montibus Fiircy et in Morne tranchant 1800 ni. 

 alt; Picarda n. 786, 832. 



