316 1N. Urban: 



ccuni, STiporne jmullo ampliatum usipio 3 mm. crassum, intus ad Jaucoin 

 piibescons. Calyx ca. 2 cm. longus, extriiisocUvS brevissime tomontosus siib 

 antliosi unilatoi-alitcr iisquo ad basin fissns, caetcrum praetor apicos bre- 

 vissime subiilatos liberos .spatliacco-coliaerens. Tetala in aestivationo valde 

 imbricata, faiici recoptaculi inserta 1 1,5 cm. long'o unguiculata, 4 inferiora 

 albido-rosoa, intcrdum rosoo- punctata et -maculata, margine glabra, 2 su- 

 jieriora margine infero jKjstic pilosa, siiperius albido-roscmn, scd mai-gino 

 tlavum et intus densissime purpurco-maculatum, margine infero pubescens. 

 Stamina fauci inserta, inlimum fertile 4 4,5 cm. longum, 1,5- 2 mm. 

 crassum, arcuato-curvatum, intus ad basin puberulum, caetera anantliera, postico 

 sensim decrescentia , 10 2 mm. longa subulata, inferne pubescentia, 4 in- 

 fera saepe binatim inter sese supra basin connata, caetera libera; antliera 

 oblonge -linearis 5 6 mm. longa, ca. 1,5 mm. lata, in 2^- alt. affixa. Gy- 

 naeceum tlor. liermaphroditorum (|Uoad liberum 4,5 cm. longum; stipes re- 

 ceptaculo inferne latius, sui^erne anticc tantum adnatus, parcissime pilosulus, 

 ca. 4 mm. sub fauce liber factus; ovarium ipsum in tlor. masc. 4 5 mm. 

 longum, ovulis phu'ibus Ininutis, stylo receptaculum parum superante 2 3 nun. 

 longo, stigmate obsolete, in liermapliroditis vix 1 cm. longo stipitatum, 

 1 1,2 cm. longum puberulum, stylo 2 cm. longo giabro, stigmate unilaterali. 

 Logumen in racemo plerumque solitarium, latiuscule lineare rectum acutum 

 basi styli persistente mucronatum convexum brunnescens 18 22 cm. loiigum 

 (mmc brevius), 20 23 mm. latum, 12 15 mm. crassum, stipite ca. 3,5 cm. 

 longo, sed inferne plus minus v. unilatoralitor a recoptaculo arcte accum- 

 bente circumdato, glabrescens, venis tonuissimis creberrimis arctissimis obli- 

 quis obsolete rugidosum, intus inter semina farina pallide flava subseptatum, 

 deliiscens. Semina in singulis leginn. 16 22, funiculo perbrevi crassius- 

 culo in laminam lanceolatam marginibus inaecpiilongis hilo adnatam moro 

 calceamenti dilatato, ovalia, 10 11mm. longa, 6 8,5 mm. lata, 3 3,5 mm. 

 crassa laevia nigrescentia; endospormium corneum juxta facies cotyledonum 

 satis conspicuum. Embryo forma seminis; cotyledones planae basi cordatae, 

 radiculam subretractam ovalem perbrovem -^dIo longitudine superantes. 



Culta ornamenti causa et quasi spontanea in Cuba prope Cien- 

 fuegos: Conibs n. 449; Jamaica ex Hitchc; Per torico prope ISTaguabo 

 circa Hacienda Oriente, Fajardo, Adjuntas ad Saltillo, Peiluelas ad La 

 Cueva, Cabo-rojo in monte Buena vista, Magagez, Manati in monti- 

 bus calcareis, Bayamon: Krug n. 278 (a. 1875), Sintenis n. 682, 1323, 

 1634, 4012, 5005, 5489, 6547, Stahl n. 488; St. Thomas ad habita- 

 tiones et in fruticetis: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 322, 1080; Guadeloupe: 

 Duss n. 2619; Martinique in hortis et circa habitationes satis frequens: 

 Duss n. 1122; St. Vincent: Smith n. 571'. Patria? in Guiana gallica 

 ad Maroni super.: Kappler ex Sagot. 



V Cassia Stalilii Urb. (n. sp.) foliolis 5-jugis, superioribus ovalibus 

 V. ellipticis, 2,5 3 cm. longis, 11.5 cm. latis, inferioribus brevioribus 

 orbiculari- ovalibus usque 1 cm. decrescentibus, apice rotundatis mucro- 

 nulatis, chartaceis, rhachi inter paria inferiora glandulas oblongo-lineares 

 2 mm. longas gerente; stipulis lineari-subuhitis ca. 10 mm. longis de- 

 ciduis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et terminalibus multi- et longifloris, 



