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viter petiolatis, oblongo-ovalibus, acuminatls , margine subuii- 

 dulalis ; spicis lateralibus, solars, pinlunculalis ; staminibus 

 10-15; carpellis 10, in baccam globoso-depressam , nigram 

 coalitis. 



Crescit in ruderatis dsuIc Cuba). 



Nomeri vcrDaculuin : Bledo carbonero. 



TRIBUS III. 



Carpellis pluribus in unicuin coalitis. 



II. Flores completi. Fructus capsnlars. Semina arillata. 



STEGAOSPERMEyE. 



STEGNOSPERMA. 



Stegnospermaf Bentham, Botanj ofvoj. Sulphur, p. 17, 



ajin. 1844. 

 Chlamydosperma, A. Rich., Fl. cubens, ined., ann. 1841. 



Calycis spala 5, ima basi coalita, patentia, margine 

 membrancea, sestivatione imbricata : ptala 5, cum sepalis 

 alternantia, sessilia aut brevissime unguiculata : stamina 1 0, 

 ima3 calycis basi inserta, perigyna ; filamenta subulata, 

 basi dilatato-membianacea, libera aut paiilisper infern 

 subcoharentia : antherai oblongos, introrSt3, basi eniargi- 

 nalaB, biloculares; loculis sulco longitudinali debiscenti- 

 bus : ovarium scssile, globosiim, obtuse 3-5-costaliini , 

 uniloculare (septis axique evanidis), axi parliin persistente 

 et ab pice loculi dependenti : ovilla 3-5, erecta : styli 

 3-5, breves, reciirvi, facie interna glanduloso-stigmatosa : 

 capsula 3-5-gona, unilocularis, stigmatibus persistentibus 

 cornala et calyce cincta, 3-5 valvis : semina pauciora, 

 erecta; singula arillo membranaceo-folioso , albo, laxo, 

 omnino tecta : testa fusca (erabryo annularis e Rentbam). 



