PRODROMUS FLORyE NOVO-GRANATENSIS. 2S7 



fertilium oblonpis v. lanccolalis sensim v. abrupte aciiniinatis 

 aeutis basi obliqua in pcliolum brevem coiitractis margine in- 

 tègre tenui minute subdenticulato-glandulosis v. subnudis rigide 

 membranaceis exsiccatione plus minus fuscesccntibus, nervis 

 secundariis tenuissimis subtus impressis, umbellis terminal ibus 

 breviter v. brevissime pcdunculatis plurifloris, pedicellis tlore 

 pluries longioribus, bracteis in centro umbellœ 4-6 breviter stipi- 

 tatis pedicello sterili v. fertili adnaliscuculliformibus cylindraceo- 

 clavatis, bracteolis 2 calyci adpressis, floribus in pedicello rectius- 

 culis^ calycis û-phylli l'oliolis obtusis, corolla calyce '2 -2>-[\-[)\o 

 longiore, staminibus 25-30, filamenlis subulatis varie connexis v. 

 liberis, antheris linearibus rnuticis, fruetu subgloboso v. ovoideo 

 stigmate sessili coronato incomplète 8-10-lot'ulari, 



Var. a ; Brownei : glaberrima, foliis late oblongis brevissime 

 petiolatis basi obliqua obtusis apice abrupte cuspidatis margine 

 pellucido fere glandulosis, pedicellis parum tuberculosis, bracteis 

 incurvis sursum clavato-inflafis ore obliquo contracto anticeque in 

 rostellum producto, bracteolis calycinis minulis (vix 2 millim. 

 longis). 



Marcgravia scandens foliis caulinis subrotundis, etc. P. Brownc, 

 Jam.,1, p. 24/i, tab. 26. 



Marcgravia umbellata, L. et Auct. plurim. (pro parte, nerape 

 quoad synon. P. Browne, exclus, synon. Plumier, et Jacq.); 

 Lamk, Illnstr., lab. kkl (ex icône Browniana iterata); Descourt., 

 FL des Antilles, tab. 239 (icône verosimiliter e Brownio imi- 

 tata). 



Stirps jamaicensis, c speciminibus Purdiœanis cum icône 

 Browniana pertecte congruentibiis liic descripta. 



Var. é: bracteolaris : ramis tetragonis, foliis oblongis amplius- 

 culis basi inaequali subacutis margine pellucido minute glandu- 

 losis, glandulis majoribus foveolatis secus marginem subtus seria- 

 tis, umbella pedunculata, pedicellis parum tuberculosis pube 

 adpressissima tenuissimaque t'usca indutis, calycibus magis quam 

 in précédente cvolutis, bracteolis suborbiculatis3-/i millim. longis 



