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vel virentes vel raro purpurascentes, breviter podicellati, pedicellis basi 



bracteolis parvis suffaltis. 



Genus austro-americanum, ab Antillis per Guianam Colurabiam- 



que usque ad Brasiliani australem extensum, Guianae crebrum, Ame- 



ricae centrali deficiens. Species unica antillana! 



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58. Weigeltia .iiitillaiia Mez (nov. spec). Foliis obovatis vel ob- 



ovato-ellipticis, integerrimis; inflorescentia bipinuatim panniculata, ra- 



mulis flores bene racemosos gerentibiis; sepalis vix ad Y^ longit. coa- 



litis margine crenulatis; antheris apice haud emarginatis nee dorso 



pimctatis. 



Eamuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis + 15 mm. longis stipitata, 

 basin versus sensim, apice breviter acuta vel liic rarius rotuudata, + 120 mm. 

 longa, 50 mm. lata, chartacea, praeter lepides subtus dissitas perobscuras 

 glabra, opaca, glauco-viridia, subtus manifeste pallidiora, prominulo - costata 

 liaud vel vix reticidata, et punctis submultis prominentibus et subtus lineis 

 nonnullis crassiusculis atris praedita. Inflorescentiae cf multi-, 9 ^^^b- 

 multiflorae, paullo puberulae, subthyrsoideae constanter angustae, cf foliis 

 longiores 9 breviores; ramulis flores haud glomeratos gerentibus, pedicellis 

 vix ultra 0,5 mm. longis. Flores brunescenti-virides, regula 4- sed nonnun- 

 quam intermixte 5-meri, + 3 mm. diam. metientes; sepalis late obovatis, 

 obtusis, (f vix 9 bene punctatis; petalis ovatis, rotundatis, sicut sepala 

 pmictatis, intus basin versus lepidotulis. Ovarium glabrum, floris cf stipi- 

 tiforme floris 9 maximum, ovoideum; stigmate loboso, stylo brevi crassocpie 

 elato; placenta apice 2 3-ovulata. Bacca (ex sicco rubra?) paullo de- 

 presse globosa, minute rugulosa, 4 5 mm. diam. metiens, non nisi sterilis 

 cognita. 



Hab. in sylvis montanis insularum Dominica: Ramage; St. Liicia: 

 Ramage; Grenada: Broadway n. 540, 542, 769, 942, Eggers n. 6408. 

 Floret Junio, Julio, fructifieat Augiisto. (V. s. in herb. Kew., Krug, 

 et Urban.) 



Obs. Weigeltia myriantha A. DC. a cl. Gkisebach (Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. 

 p. 394) e Trinitatis insula Iudicata est species guianensis, Trinitati adhuc 

 aliena. Diagnosis 1. c. ad specimina guianensia elaborata speciei convenit; 

 stirps Cruegeriana tarnen citata ad Cyhianthum Oniegeri referenda. 



VII. Cyl)iaiitlms Mart. 



Flores redoctionc sexus alterius optime dioici, constanter 4-meri. 

 Sepala parva, aperta vel rarius paullo imbricata, basi brevissime vel 

 breviter vel rarissinie usque ad 1/3 longit. connata, margine crenata vel 

 crenulata vel saepissime optime ciliolata, punctulata vel rarius haud 

 picta. Petala per anthesin patentia, basi breviter vel raro medium us- 

 que rarissime ultra medium connata, aestivatione imbricata saepius fere 

 valvata vel raro dextrorsum tegentia, latissima elliptica vel suborbi- 

 cularia, sueto emarginata vel raro acuminata. Stamina corollae fauci 



