1-1399 



Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 353 



opposita vel rarius alternantia, abrupte pinnata; foliola 4 17, alterna 

 Tel subopposita, ex oblongo vel elliptico lanceolata, apice + acuminata, 

 acumine obtiiso, basi acuta, integerrima, subsessilia, chartacea, multi- 

 nervia, reti venarum utrinque + prominulo, supra subtusque glabrius- 

 cula, glandulis digitiformibus basi immersis praesertim subtus ornata, 

 punctis pellucidis nee non lineolis reticulatis (in forma 2.) dense notata, 

 plerumque ad medium 1-foveolata; rhachis superne dilatata, marginata; 

 paniculae laterales, foliis aequilongae longioresve, breviter puberulae; 

 bracteae minimae, triangulari-subulatae; flores pedicellati; calycis lobi 

 deltoidei; petala rudimentaria; discus glaber; Stylus apice in Stigmata 

 2 3 intus papulosa recurvata divisus; fructus ambitu breviter subtur- 

 binatus, 2 3-coccatus, infra medium in stipitem abrupte contractus, 

 glaber; semen obovoideo-subglobosum, glabrum, arillo cupuliformi car- 

 noso basi cinctum. 



Matayha apetala Radlk. in Sitz. k. b. c. IX (1879) p. 535 

 n. 462 etc., p. 624 n. 2, p. 636. 



Cupania apetala Macfad. Fl. Jam. I (1837) p. 162 ii. 2; Walp. 

 Rep. I (1842) 2)- 418 n. 10. 



Cupania oppositifoUa A. Rieh. Fl. Cub. I (1845) p. 292, t. 32; 

 Walp. Rep. II (1843) jo. 816 n. 10. 



Ratonia apetala Griseb., non PL Wright., Fl. Brit. W. Ind. (1859) 

 p. 126 n. 19, excl. syn. Cup. juglandifolia Rieh.", quae Ctip. macro- 

 phylla A. Rieh., et Cat. PI. Cub. (1866) pt. 45 7i. 14, coli. Wright n. 21801, 

 excl. obs. Cup. juglatidif. Rieh, quoad fruet"; Walp. Ann. VII, 4 

 (1869) p. 627 n. 1; Sauv. et Wright Fl. Cub. (1873) p. 24 n. 434; 

 ?" Hemsl. in Biol. Centr.-Am.IV, no7i I, quaeM. mexic., (1886 88), 

 p. 111, coli. Gaumer! 



Vulgo: Macurige ap. Sagra Hist. etc. de Cuba (1831) p. 353 

 Cupania^" et 355 Cupania (nitida?) DC." ; t. Sauv. et Wr. l. c. 

 Macurije t. A. Rieh. l. c, t. Grosourdy El Medico Criollo II 

 (1864) p. 397 Cuimnia oppositifoUa" et t. Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. (1866) 

 p. 300 (sphalm. 298). Bastard Locust-tree t. March in Hb. 

 Keiv. (Locust-tree = Robinia Pseudacacia L). Bastard Maha- 

 gony, Cromanty t. Wilson in Hb., Griseb. List of Colonial Na??ies 

 in Fl. Brit. W. Ind. p. 783, 785. 



Ar bor 15 20 - pedabs (Macfad.), 30 40-pedalis (A. Richaed), 

 50 60-pedalis (Wilson), ligno dnro, magni aestimato. Rami paniculas 

 gerentes 2 3 mm. crassi, cortice fusco. Folia 5 20 cm. longa; foliola 

 2 8 cm. longa, 1 3 cm. lata. Bracteae ca. 0,5 mm. longae; pedicelli 

 2 -3 mm. longi, fructiferi longiores. Calyx 1 mm. vix superans, profmide 

 lobatus, lobis acutis, coriaceus, extus puberulus. Petala ca. 0,5 mm. longa, 

 pubescentia; squamae minimae vel subnullae. Staminum 3 mm. longorum 

 filamenta filiformia, glabriuscula, antlierae glabrae. Grermen obovoideo- 



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