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subbasilaris v. folii infimi alterius v. utriusque solitarii; pedicelli 7 — 10 mm 

 longi filiformes, paullo sub calyce bibracteolati, bracteolis lanccolatis 

 cr. 0,3 mm longis. Sepala 4, basi ima coalita, caeterum libera, ovata 

 acuta subtrinervia coriacea, in fructu 3,5 mm longa, supra basin 1,8 mm 

 lata, persistentia fructum obtegentia. Petala (unicuin janisolutum tantum 

 visum) ovato-triangularia, apice in capillum producta, 3,5 mm longa, 

 inferne 2 mm lata, 0,5 mm longc unguiculata, membranacea. Stamina 

 cr. 16 uniseriata, basi in annulum calyci adnatum connata; filamenta 

 usque 6 mm longa; antherae defloratae fere circulariter revolutae, arte 

 cxplanatae oblongae. Stylus 3 mm longus aequicrassus; stigma parvum. 

 Capsula sessilis globulosa fere 2 mm diametro, fere ad basin versus in 

 valvas 3 crustaceas rigidas fissa, valvis iterum bifidis. Ovula valde 

 numerosa, ad placentam crasse carnosam sectione transversa triangularem 

 ascendentia eamque omnino obtegentia, funiculis nullis, oblonga, pauca 

 tantum in semina excrescentia. Semina (unicum tantum visum) oblonga 

 convexa, perpaullum curvata: testa coriacea. Embryo rectus; cotyledones 

 subrectangulares planae, quam radicula applanata obtusissima duplo 

 longiores. — Yema de huevo Cub. — Hab. in Cuba prov. Oriente 

 in parte centrali-septentr. prope San German in sylvis rarissima, m. 

 Aug. fruct.: Ekman no. 6356. 



Obs. In memoriam b. E. Koehne, monographi Lythracearum acu - 

 ratissimi mihique amicissimi, nominata. Juxta G. Rohrii (\ah\) Koehne 

 ponenda, a qua tamen omnino diversa. 



299. Lyonia brachytrieha Urb. (spec. now). Frutex. Rami teretes, 

 cortice accumbente, hornotini petiolis decurrentibus obtusanguli, brevissime 

 et dense patenti-pilosi et squamulis bruneis adspersi. Folia 7—12 mm 

 longe petiolata, obovata usque ovali-elliptica et obovato-oblonga, basi 

 acuta v. in petiolum sensim angustata, apice rotundata v. obtusissima, 

 4—9 cm longa, 2,5 — 5 cm lata, neivo medio supra bene prominente, laterali- 

 bus utrinque 6 — 8 supra prominulis et plus minus manifeste reticulatis, 

 reticulo subtus paullo manifestiore, margine piano v. anguste recurvo 

 integra, subtus lepidibus minutis bruneo-nigrescentibus adspersa, supra 

 ad nervuni medium brevissime pilosa, caeterum sparse lepidota v. gla- 

 brescentia, crassiuscule coriacea. Inflorescentiae axillares 3 — 10-florae, 

 sessiles: rhachis 1 — 10 mm longa; bracteae deciduae; pedicelli 6 — 7 mm, 

 sub fructu usque 12 mm longi, minute pilosuli. Flores 5-meri. Sepala 

 in aestivatione apeita, in 2 / 5 alt. connata, quoad libera tiiangularia v. 

 anguste triangularia acuta 1,3 mm longa. Corolla (unica in statu manco 

 tantum visa) anguste ovata, superne sensim angustata, 6 mm longa, 

 lobis obtusis tubo cr. 9-plo brevioribus. Filamenta 3,5 mm longa, inferne 

 dilatata et margine minute papillosa; antherae 1 mm longae. Ovarium 

 sphaeroideum breviter albido-pilosum. Stylus 3 mm longus aequicrassus. 

 Capsula ovato-oblonga, 9 mnl longa, inferne 5 mm crassa, breviter pilosa. — 

 Hab. in Cuba prov. Oriente prope Baracoa ad viam ad Florida versus 

 in charrascales, m. Nov. fl. et fr.: Ekman no. 3502 (typus). 



