560 llOTAIfIQUE. PLANTES VASCLAIRES. 



pendiccs, son sligmate Irs pctit, tridente et non pelt, son ovaire 

 trois logcs l'cn distingucnt sufQsamment. 



PACHYANTHUS CUBENSIS , Nob. 



P. ramuHs ferrugneo-tomentosis; fols ovalibus, coriaccs, in- 

 tegris, pice basique oblusis, brevilcr poliolatis, trinerviis, su- 

 perne glabris nilidisque , subtus ferrugineo-lomentosis ; cjma 

 termina, ferrugineo-tomcntosa j pcdunculis trichotomis, pauci- 

 floris; pelalis incumbentibus, obtusissimis, subcmargioalo-apicu- 

 latis ; ilamontis glabris. 



Crescit in nsula Pinorum, 



Descriptio. 



Frutex rami teretes, cortice grseo, tomentoso tecti : 



ramuli ferrugineo-tomentosi, pils slellatis. 



Folia n parte ramorum superiori approximata, opposita, bre- 

 vter petiolata, ovalia, margine integra, pice basique obtusa, 

 superne glaberrima ct lucida, sublus forrugi neo-tomentosa, pibs 

 stellatis, 3-nervia, 2 ad 2 /2 pollices longa, poUicem aut sesqui- 

 pollicem lata : petiolus 3-5 lineas longus, semiteres, superne vix 

 canaliculatus , ferrugineo-tomentosus. 



Flores n cyma termnali, pauciflora, trichotoma dispositi; flo- 

 ribus magnis, ebracteatis (sive bractois minimis, nconspicuis), 

 ssepius undecimj pedunculis tribus, pice trifloris, et floribus 

 duobus in axilla pedunculorum sessilibus. 



Caljx turbinato-campanulatus, bas cum ovario coalitus, fer- 

 rugineo-tomentosus : limbus supra ovarium prominulus, tubu- 

 losus, efidus, lobis latissimis, obtuss, vix apiculatis et margine 

 subciliatis. 



Ptala 6, erecta, margine valde incumbentia, unguiculata, car- 

 nosa, late obcordata et n medio subapiculata , margine tenu , 

 membrancea, undulata ; ungue lato crassissimo. 



Stainina 12, aequalia, coroHam vix quanlia. Flamenta erecta, 

 crassa , subcomnlanata, pice attenuata et acuta , paulo infra 

 apiccm subgeniculala, glaberrima. AntherB oblougse, a latero 

 compressae, paulo supra basin poslce affixae, oblusse, basi sub- 



