ii"i9or 



Theophrastaceae. 451 



19. Jacquiiiia auraiitiaca Ait. Foliis majusculis, ellipticis vel 

 oblongis vel oblonge -lanceolatis, basi acutis, apice acutiusculis vel rotun- 

 datis in mucronem valide pungentem 1 3 mm. longiim desinentibus ; 

 inflorescentiis terminalibus, optinie corymbose racemosis; sepalis margine 

 crenulatis; petalis ultra medium in tubum infiindibuliformem coalitis; 

 staminibus quam staminodia conspicue brevioribus, antheris vix duplo 

 longioribus quam latis; stylo ovarium subaequante. 



Jacquinia aurantiaca Ait.! (non Bert.) Hort. Kew. ed. 2. II p. 6; 

 Sims in Bot. Mag. t.l639!; A. DC! Prodr. VIII jj. 150. 



Jacquinia macrocarjxi Sprg.I (non Cav.J Syst. I p. 668 (e. p.). 



Eamuli juniores optima tomentosi vel pubescentes. Folia petiolis 

 vix ultra 1,5 mm. longis sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, + 30 mm. 

 longa, 11 mm. lata, rigidula vix coriacea, supra vix subtus dissite lepidoto- 

 punctulata, utrinque prominulo-costulata saepiusque laxe reticulata. In- 

 florescentiae erectae, subglabrae, foliis breviores (vel in var. sueto lon- 

 giores); pedicellis 5 10 mm. longis apieem versus + incrassatis, bracteas 

 ovatas, acutas, saepius fimbriatas basi vel minute supra basin gerentibus. 

 Flore s saturate aurantiaci, + 8 mm. longi; sepalis semiorbicularibns, latis- 

 sime rotundatis; petalorum lobis ovato- ellipticis, rotimdatis vel obtusis. Sta- 

 mina fllamentis longo liberis; antheris apice leviter emarginatis. Stami- 

 nodia petalorum lobis isoniorpha eosque ad ^j^ aequantia, apice sueto crenata. 

 Ovarium ellipsoideum ; stigmate pnlvinato. Fructus globosus, maximus 

 (+18 mm. diam. metiens), maculis pallidis marmoratus, stylo mucronatus, 

 pleiospermus. 



Typus a Mexico adNicaraguam haud rarus. In Antillis solum 



ob via varietas: 



^ Var. . latifolia Mez: a typo habitu satis reccdit, differeutias 

 tarnen majoris valoris vix praebet, nempe folia sat latiora elliptica, in- 

 florescentiam plurifloram raro + elongatam. 



Jacquinia aristata Griseb.f (non Jacq.) Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. 23-397 

 (e. p., quoad dt. spec. Jamaic, cet. exclus.J; G. Maza, Periant. Cub. 

 p. 252 (40); Duss! Fl p. 384. 



Hab. in Cuba prope Matanzas: Torralbas n. 190; Jamaica: March 

 n. 1206; Martinique culta: Duss; Trinidad culta: Hart in herb. Bot. 

 Gard. n. 3091. Praeterea in Mexico, Tucatan, Guatemala. (Y. s. 

 in herb. Krug, et rb., alibi.) 



Obs. Num in Antillis indigena? 



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