644 



Gesneriaceae 



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Gesneriaceae 



Lit. I. Urbix: Enumeratio Gesneriacearum (antill.) in Symb. ant. II 



(1901) p. 344 — 388. 



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I. Besleria L. 



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1. B. lutea L. Spec. I ed. II (1753) p. 619; P. DC. Prodr. VII 

 p. 538; Griseb. Flor. p. 463; Hanst. in Linnaea XXXIV p. 316; Urb. 



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K c. p. 347. 



Jamaica,' Saba, St Kitts, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, 



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St Lucia (ex Hanst), St Vincent, Grenada, 



Var. leucantlia Urb. (n. var.) floribus albis et bruneis v. albis, 

 calyce eodem colore. — Frutex erectus v. volubilis, fructibus rubris. 

 m. VlII, IX, fr. VIIL 



H. in Vallöe de Tiburon in umbrosis secus rivulum 10 — ir)nL, 

 in Fond de la plaine des Cayes in Morne Vandefeld locis humidis 800 ni.: 

 Christ n. 1954, 1955, 2273. 



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II. AUoplectus Mart. 



2. A.. domingensis Urb. Symb. ant. II (1901) p. 357. 

 Scandens usque 2,7 m. Folia subtus rubra. Calyx purpureus. 

 Flores flavi, I, V— VII, X. 



H* in Morne Beilance in fruticetis humidis umbrosis ad arbores: 

 Buch n. 648, in monte Maleuvre 850 m.: Nash et Taylor u. 1154, in 

 montibus Furcy in trunco filicis arborescentis: Picarda n. 637, in sylvis 

 umbrosis niontis Le Grand Fond 1000 m.: Jaeger n. 174. — D. ad 

 ripam Rio Jimenoa 1200 m.: Eggers n. 2314, prope Constanza in sylva 

 frondosa epiphytica 1200 m.: v. Tiirckheim n. 3375, in prov. Barahona 

 in montibus Paradis Loma et Pae Mingo 500 m. et supra: Puertes 

 n. 329, prope Maniel in sylva 600 m.: v. Türckheim n. 2781. 



III. Columnea L. 



3. C. sanguinea (Pers.) Hanst! in Linnaea XXXIV (1865) p.384; 

 Urb. I.e. p.358. — Besleria satigiiinea Pers. Syn. II (1807) p. 165. — 

 Dalbergaria ijhaenicea Tuss. Flor. Ant. I (1808) p. 141 1. 19. — Vireya 

 sangumolenia Rafin. Speech. I (IS 14) p. 194 (ex DC). — AUoplectus 

 sanguincus Mart. Nov. Gen. III (1829) p. 57; P. DC. Prodr. VII p. 546. 

 CoUandra picta Kl. et Hanst! in Otto et Dietr. AUg. Gartenzeii 

 XXII (1854) p. 162. — a phoenkea Don in Loud. Encycl. Suppl. II 

 (1855) p. 1402. — Sangre de Cristo Doming. 



Suffrutex procunibens v. semiprocumbens succulentus, 0,6 m. Folia 

 subtus macula purpurea notata. Flores flavi, I, VII, Vlll. Fructus 

 globulosi molles, I, VII, Vlll. ' ' •' . 



