XX. i avy J. 



Theophrastaceae. 437 



Friitices erecti vel humiles, ramulis apicem versus tomentosis vel vil- 

 losis. Folia manifeste petiolata, elliptica vel oblonga, paullo lepidotula 

 vel pilosa, integerriraa vel spinoso-dentata, haud reticulata. Flores 

 minores vel majusciili, in specie altera saltem smaragdini, singuli inter 

 folia normalia e squamarum saepius delapsarum axillis provenientes. 

 Species 2, altera {D. smaragdina Dcsne.) mexicana, altera cubensis: 



^3. Deheraiiiia cubensis (Radlk.) Mez: Foliis toto margine optime 

 spinosis; floribus + 7 mm. longis; petalorum lobis triangularibus; an- 

 theris apice longe caudatis. 



Theophrasta cubensis Radlk.! in Sitzungsher. hayr. Acad. XX 

 (1890) ]). 188. 



Theophrasta americana Griseb.f (nee alior.J Cat. p. 163; Sauv. 



Oub. n. 1420; G. Maza, Periant. Cub. p. 252 (40). 



Ramiili dense adpresseqiie umbrino-tomentosi. Folia petiolis mani- 

 festis sed brevibus vix ultra 5 mm. longis stipitata, oblonga, basiii versus 

 sensim angustata, apice rotundata, + 170 mm. longa, (spinis computatis) 65 mm. 

 lata, adulta coriacea, supra lepidibus paullo majoribus manifestioribus subtus 

 minutissimis et aegre reperiendis dense punctulata, et costis paullo promi- 

 nulis et nervdllis oo tenuissimis parallelis striatula sericeo-micantia. Flores 

 pedicellis breviter tomentosis, usque ad 12 mm. longis stipitati; sepalis sub- 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, margine dense serrulatis; petalis ad ^.^ longit. coalitis, 

 lobis anguste rotundatis, margine crenulatis. Staminodia minuta, triangio- 

 liguliformia, haud papulosa. Stamina lobos medio aequantia, filamentis basi 

 brevissime inter sese et cum petalis connatis; antlieris ovalibus, apice in 

 caudani longam dorso valde callose decurrentem productis. Ovarium per 

 anthesin glabrum, subgiobosum; stylo fere aequilongo. Fructus immaturi 

 conspicue ferrugineo-tomentelli. 



Hab. in Cuba, in sylvis saxosis ad Las Piedras: Poeppig, loco 



ignoto: Sagra n. 431, Wright n. 567 = 2916. (V. s. in herb. Goetting., 



Krug, et rban., Monac, alibi.) 



III. Clavija Ruiz et Pavon. 



Flores polygame -dioici, sueto 5-, rarius 4-meri. Calyx basi 

 nunc brevissime nunc altius medium usque counatus, segmentis imbri- 

 catis, saepissime suborbicularibus latissimeque rotundatis rare minute 

 acuminatis, margine crenulatis vel fimbriolatis. Corolla basi in tubum 

 late infundibuliformem vel rarissime campanulatum ad ^^ Y3 raris- 

 sime ultra medium coalita, limbo rotato vel subcampanulato segmentis 

 imbricatis, carnosulis, late rotundatis nee emarginatis, sueto + crenu- 

 latis. Stanrina e fauce exserta vel emergentia, in floribus J filamentis 

 in tubum perfectissimum basi cum petalis coalitum connatis, antheris 

 nunc arcte sibi accumbentibus nunc conglutinatis, desuper visis discum 

 10- vel 20-dentatum etformantibus, extrorsis, supra basin dorsifixis, 



