386 Ign. Urban: 



giuo infero obsolete ciliata. Petala in aestivatione contorta, calycem cluplo 

 superantia; lobi apice rotiindati, 2 mm. lati recurvati. Stamina tiibo co- 

 rollino ad medium basi lata afflxa; filamenta lineari-filiformia, petalis aequi- 

 longa; antherae in 2/5 alt. affixae, basi cordatae, 1,5 mm. longae, fissura 

 longitudinali dehiscentes. Stylus 3 3,5 mm. longus ad apicem vix attenu- 

 atus; Stigma punctiforme. Ovarium ovatum, ca. 25-ovulatum. Fructus 

 10 11 mm. longus, 12 13 mm. crassus, endocarpio crustaceo ca. 1,5 mm. 

 crasso. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Blue Mountains, Berwick Hill 1000 m. alt, 

 supra Strawberry Hill Cottage 1300 m., m. Nov. flor., Jul. fruct.: AV. Harris 

 in Bot. Dep. Herb., n. 5227, 5431, 6077. 



Obs. Ex affinitate A. tinifoliae Sw. et A. coriaceae Sw., quarum prior 

 ramis glabris, floribus laxioribus, pedicellis duplo longioribus, petalis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, stylo 8 mm. longo, drupa pluries minore, ulterior foliis aveniis, 

 sepalis minutis, petalis lanceolatis, utraque antlieris apice tantnm dehiscenti- 

 bus diversae sunt (Sw. Ic. ined. t. 63, 64). 



Gentianaceae. 

 Macrocarpaea Hartii Kr. et Urb. m Notixbl. Berl bot Gart. vol. I 

 n. 2 (1895) p. 80 foliis inferioribus 3 5 cm. longe petiolatis, obovato- 

 cimeatis, breviter acuminatis, basi valde sensini in petioluni angustatis, 

 3040 cm. longis, 12 15 cm. latis, superioribus 3 1 cm. longe petio- 

 latis, obovato-spathiatis, brevissime nunc abrupte acuminatis 12 25 cm. 

 longis, 6 10 cm. latis, ramealibus 5 2 mm. longe petiolatis, pluries 

 minoribus obovato-ellipticis; inflorescentiis panniculatis multifloris, pedi- 

 cellis 5 10 mm. longis; calyce obovato 8 9 mm. longo, lobis semi- 

 ovalibus v. suborbicularibus; corolla calycem duplo superante, 25 28 mm. 

 longa, lobis ovatis; filamentis et stylo tubum corollae subaequantibus; 

 Capsula anguste oblonga sensim et longe aciiminata, 20 25 mm. longa, 

 ca. 5 mm. crassa. 



Ca Ulis inferne obsolete, snperne obtuse tetragonus, cicatricibus folio- 

 rum delapsornm densis notatus. Folia in sicco nigrescentia , caulina con- 

 ferta, ramealia inter se remota, sensim in bracteas abeuntia. Inflorescentiae 

 in ramis lateralibus terminales nsque 20 cm. longae, ramulis cymose 3 5- 

 floris; propliylla elliptica nsque linearia 15 3 mm. longa. Calycis lobi 

 apice rotundati minute denticulati, tubum dimidiuni subsuperantes. Corolla 

 quoad a calyce inclusa breviter cylindracea, deinde turbinata; lobi 8 -9 mm. 

 longi. Stamina inter corollae partem cylindraceam et turbinatam inserta; 

 antherae rectangulari- ovales, apice obtusissimae, dorso in Y3 alt. affixae, 

 4 4,5 mm. longae; pollinis granula segregata globosa, reticulato- striata, 

 aquae immersa er. 33 ^it diametro. Stylus longitudine staminum 15 17 mm. 

 longus; Stigma bilobum lobis orbicularibus , postremo margine recurvatis. 

 Capsula bicarinata, transversim subteres; placentae intus contiguae, bila- 

 mellatae, lamellis margine recurvatis et hoc loco seminigeris. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Blue Mountains, prope Yinegar Hill, m. Sept. 



flor.: J. H. Hart a. 1886, W. Harris in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 1417, 5352, 6048. 



