Nova genera et species IL 303 



Tetrorcldiiim rubriveiiium Poepp. etEndl.iVbt'. Gen. III (1845) 

 p. 23 tab. 227!; Baill. Etnd. Euph.439; Mll. Arg. in DC. Prodi: XV 2 

 p. 1133 et in Marl. Flor. Bras. XI II p. 512 tab. 72 fuj. II!; Fax 

 in Emjl. - Frantl Nat. Fflanzenfam. III, 5 p. 91 Fig. 57 CG. 



Arbor trunco gracili, 12 m. alta (ex Smith). Rami horiiotini glabri. 

 Folia novella pilis parcis flavescentibus obsita, mox glabrata, obovato-oblonga, 

 inferne sensim angustata, apiee obtuse acuminata, ca. 20cm. longa, 7 Sera, 

 lata, margine remote dentata, membranacea, venis primariis ntrinque ca. 7, 

 secnndariis teniiissimis parum v. vix conspicuis. Inflorescentiae masculae 

 inteiTupte spicatae v. subpanniculatae. Sepala membranacea triangiaria 

 pubescentia. Ovarii rudimentiim lineare antheras aequans. Flores feminei 

 non obvii. 



Hab. in St. Vincent in &jhis montanis humidis snpra Upper 

 Richmond valley ad centrum insulae versus rarum, alt. 800 m., m. Aug. 

 flor.: H. H. et G. W. Smith s. n., praeterea in America Continen- 

 tal i tropica. 



Obs. Genus ex Antillis nondum cognitum erat, in Flora of St. Yincent 

 and adjacent Islands (Kew Bull. 1893 No. 81) omissum. 



V Sel>astiaiiia liexaptera Urb. (n. sp.) dioica, ramis glabris inermi- 

 bus; foliis oppositis v. suboppositis, 4 2 mm. longe petiolatis, ovato- 

 ellipticis usque elliptico-oblongis, basi obtusis v. acutis, apice acumi- 

 natis, 5 10 cm. longis, 1,5 4,5 cm. latis, margine min ute v. obsolete 

 crenulatis, crenulis 1 2 infimis glanduliformibus; spicis masculis 

 gracilibus densilloris, bracteis 1-floris, margine 2-glandulosis, sepalis 

 3 in alabastro apertis distinctis, staminibus 3 liberis; spicis femineis 

 typice 3-floris, sed flore infimo tantum evoluto, stylis 3 recurvis integris; 

 capsulis 5 mm. longis, dorso alis 6 iuferne parum, superne usque 

 1,5 mm. late prominentibus costatis. 



Excaecaria spec. Duss! Flor. Ant. frang. (1897) p. 40. 



Frutex 1,3 4 m. altus pulclierrimus rectus, femineus minor quam 

 mas (ex Duss). Rami teretes, tenuiter striati, non raro dicliotomi, inter- 

 nodiis 2 10 cm. longis, juniores superne angulati. Stipulae breviter 

 triangulres v. suborbicukres obtusae 0,5 1 mm. longae, glanduloso- 

 incrassatae, ramo arcte adpressae. Folia petiolis egiandulosis supra sul- 

 eatis, pennivenia, nervo medio supra prominente, lateralibus 7 11 sub 

 angulo 70 80 <^ abeuntibus, utrinque praesertim subtus prominulis et 

 anastomosantibus, margine plana, chartacea v. subcoriacea, utrinque nitidula, 

 subtus pallidiora. Spicac masculae terminales et axillares, simplices v. 

 raro basi ramum unicum gereutes, a basi multiflorae, 3 10 cm. longae, 

 rhachi recta giabra;. bracteae triangulres breviter acuminatae, ca. 1 mm. 

 longae et latae, margine utroque ad basin glandula ovali v. suborbiculari 

 0,3 0,4 mm. longa ornatae, inferno incrassatae, spiraliter dispositae; flores 

 sessiles. Sepala libera, ovata, margine obsolete ciliata, apice incurva, ca. 

 1 mm. longa, postieum paullo brevius. Stamina cum sepalis alterna; 

 filamenta divaricata, basi ima sibi accumbentia, 0,7 mm. longa; autherae 



