320 Ton. Urban: 



colorata; aiitherne dorso in y., alt. atTixae, ovatao miiticao ad connoctivnni 

 eoloratae. Ovarium in floribus masciis ovnlis abortivis niiniitum, in ilori- 

 bns hermaphroditis (unico tantum mihi obvio) basi receptaculi insortnm, ca. 

 .3 mm. longe stipitatum lanceolato- lineare pili^ erectis donsissimo villoso- 

 tomentosum; Stylus duplo brovior supernc v. ad apicem glabor incurvus; 

 Ovula 4 pendula elliptico-oblonga. Fructus jiauci (2 3 pro racemo ox 

 Duss), ustpiG 8 mm. longe slij^itati 7 10 cm. longi, 3,5 4 cm. diaiiietro, 

 exocarpio in sicco sublignoso, aquae immerso crasse coriacco ca. 1,5 mm. (ex 

 Duss 3 4 mm.) crasso, dorso rubre - flavescente " brevissime tomentosulo 

 plus minus granulato, mesocarpio brunneo-purpuvoo, endocarpio tenuioro al- 

 bido. Semina l'ructui aperto funiculis amplis brevibus applanatis satis 

 longe adhaerentia, hilo albo oblongo laterali prope liasin seminis, arillo clause 

 cinnabarino, in statu vivo 1 mm. crasso circumdata" (ex Duss) 1 4, si 1, 

 tum ovalia 3 4,5 cm. longa, 1,3 2,5 cm. lata, paullo latiora quam crassiora 

 margine subacutata, si 2, tum oblique semiovalia v. semielliptica i. e. facie- 

 bus vicinis oblique desectis, dissep>imentis nullis; testa in vivo coccinea 

 laevis" (ex Duss), crasse coriacoa 1,5 mm. crassa, in sicco postremo rufescens 

 dense et tenuiter plicato-rugosa; albmncn nullum. Cotyledones a basi 

 (ad partem latiorem) ca. 8 mm. j^rofunde et oblique incisae ideoque bilobae 

 (basibus cotyledonum sub germinalione verisimiliter radiculam hastato-circum- 

 dantilms); radicula ad incisionis partem intimam insorta inter cotyledones 

 omnino occulta perbrevis, 2 mm. longa, obtriangularis, plumula parum evo- 

 luta, e squamis apice pilos brunneos gerentibus formata. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe frequens in sylvis Trois-rivieres, rarior in 



praeruptis difficilibus Riviere rouge et noire prope Camp Jacob, alt. 



280 600 mm.: Duss u. 3757; Dominica ad Laien River: Ramage; 



Martinique passim in sylvis Morne-rouge, Champflore, Fonds-Saint- 



Denis: Duss n. 2, 1072; St. Yin'cent in sylvis Marriaqua valley, alt. 



500 600 m'., rara: Smith n. 1633. Flor. April Jul., fruct. 



Jun. Aug. 



Ormosia Kriigii Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 7- v. 9-, in plantis juvenil, 

 usque 3-foliolatis, foliolis 7 15 mm. longe petiolulatis, ovalibus v. brc- 

 viter ovalibus v. ovali-ellipticis v. apicali obovato v. ovato, apice ob- 

 tusissimis, rotundatis v. truncatis, seraper abrupte et plus minus longe 

 cuspidato-acuminatis, basi rotundatis v. snbtruncatis, 7 25 cm. longis, 

 3,514 cm. latis, nervis iitrinque valde manifestis rectis, supra glabris, 

 subtus minute et adpresse pilosis coriaceis; infloresceutiis axillaribus et 

 terminalibus panniculatis v. subcorymbosis rufo-tomentosulis, usque 

 35 cm. longis, pedicellis 4 6 mm. longis, prophyllis minutis calliformi- 

 bus; calyce 10 mm. longo, vexillo suborbiculari, apice exciso, supra 

 unguiculura vix v. breviter auriculato, 13 15 mm. longo; fructibus 

 1 5-spermis. 



Ormosia dasycarpa Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 256; Stahl! Est. III 

 p. 99; Krug Ic. t. 300/ , non Jacks. 



Matos V. Palo de Matos Portor. 



