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i.miiim riiin folio anico deformi, stipala aiilUri inslruclo, soppetebani Bacemi 

 3— pollicares lomenloso-ferrugioei; peduncali partialea lineam longi pateoles, 

 Buperne iacrassaii, braclea stipati brevi sarsam vel lateraliler sila, iofra apicem 

 bibracteolali , bracleola inferiori longiori glandnlam scalelliformem lermioalem 



g ale, apice arlicalali cum pedicello simililer borizonlali lin. 3 loogo. Proe— 



uis tautam adsuot, Bed calyce, corolla Blamioibasque peraislealibas itipati. 

 Calyi 5-partilos, lacioiis ovalis coriaeeis reflexis, 8-glaodulosus. Pelala lio. 2 

 loaga oagaicalala, limbo obovalo vi\ deoliculalo, pateotia. Btamina ln vel lan- 

 tiim <i, pelalis breviora, Glameolis l>.isi com calyce coocrelis infr;i aooalalim his- 

 |iidi>, .'inilioris oordatis veraatilibus. Pructus didymus, carpella 2 apice el iolror— 

 suni Btylifera, Btylis glabris divergeolibus, opice subiocrassato al iolrorsum bilobo 

 sligmatiferis, ovata, dorso convcxn, plaoiascala facie interua cujus zona aogosta 

 discolori inii-r sc coalescuot, facile ab invicem solubilia, granum Coffaeae sub- 

 referenlia (mioora lameo lin. 2 scilicei looga ci i'/ t lata) glahcrrima, siccatiom 

 aervosa, sub sarcocarpio tenni pclliculac crassltiem vix excedente ossea, inde- 

 bisceatia. Semen ovato-acumioatum, infra acumen pcndulum funiculo brcvi, 

 infra hilum chalaza fusca nolalum quam sulcus utrinquc circumscribit, ibidem 

 revera peritropo-plicatum. Intcgumentum duplcx, cxtcrius membranaccum, iu- 

 lerius carnosum lamina perispermiea auctum, inaequaliter densum et praeMftim 

 circa plicam chalazae conterminam incrassatum , cavilate embryonis inde 

 sigmoidea. Embryo in a curvalus vermiformis, colylcdonibus incumbenlibus li- 

 nearibus, radicula seminis acumen occupanle 2-3-plo longioribus. — Crescil in 

 insulis Antillis. 



4. SP. LITTORALIS Adr. Juss. 1. c. 328. — Foliis lanceolalis, sublus albo-punctu- 

 lalis; braclcolis eglandulosis ; floribus parvulis 10-andris; sligmatibus inlrorsum 

 biiobis. 5 — Arbuscula, ramis novellis ferrugineo-tomentosis, adullis glabratis. 

 Folia lanceolalo-obovala (poll. 3-2 longa, l- a A lala) aculc acuminata, ulrinque 

 (si nervum medium prominentem sublus pilosiusculum excipias) glaberrima, sub- 

 tus punctulis albidis minutissimis crcberrimisqac obsila basiquc glandulis 2 scu- 

 lelliformibus impressa, coriacea petiolala, peliolo lin. 4 longo reflcxo; stipula 

 axillaris, basi cum petiolo concrela, caclerum libera, ipso latior vixque brc- 

 vior, semilanceolata, extrorsum birsuta, introrsum glabra. Racemi 3-5— pollicares, 

 loli tomentoso-ferruginei; pedunculi floriferi palentes, lincam longi, brcvissime 

 basi bracteali , braclea lalerali , juxta apiccm bibracleolati , bracleola utraque 

 eglaudulosa, cum pedicello duplo longiori facilc dcciduo articulali. Florcs rosei, 

 qualcs in Sp. parviflora, sed calyx scmpcr 10-glandulosus, slamina 10 anlbcri- 



fcra, sligmata inlrorsum biloba. Fructus ? — Crescit ad littora maris insulac 



Sti. Thomac. 



5. SP. PERFORATA Adr. Juss. I. c. 329. — Foliis lanceolatis pellucido-punctalis; 

 bracleola altera in glandulam desinenle; floribus parvulis 10-andris; sligmatibus 

 introrsum bilobis. 3 — Rami juniores ferrugineo-hispiduli angulali, adulli gla- 

 brati. Folia lanccolala (poll. 3-2 longa, 1-'A lata), absque vel cum acumine acu- 

 lissimo integerrima, (si ncrvum medium pilosiusculum cxcipias) glaberrima, 

 nervis rcticulatis neque (oraeler niedium) prominulis, punctulis creberrimis pella- 

 cidis notata, supra foveolis his respondenlibus scrobiculata, subtus glandulis 2 

 impressa, petiolala, petiolo lin. 3-4 longo ferruginco, ad apiccm biglanduloso; 

 slipula axillaris semilanceolata, pctiolo parlim adnata, ipso lalior vixquc brevior, 

 ferruginea. Inllorescenlia fere ut in Sp. parvi/lora floresque subacquales simi- 

 lioresque, sed calycis laciniam quintam semper cglandulosam, stamina nulla ab- 

 orliva sed deccm antberis subaequalibus pollinifcrisque inslructa et stigmata in- 

 trorsum biloba in omnibus floribus observala sunl. — Crescit in insulis Anlillis. 



§. 2. Meckelia Mart. — Styli et carpella tria. 

 0. SP. TRICARPA Adr. Juss. 1. c. — Foliis oblongis lanceolalo-obovalis, breviter 

 et obluse acuminalis lenuibus; bracteola allcra aut ulraquc in glandulam dcsi- 

 ncntc; floribus dccandris; stylis cl carpellis tcrnis. i> — Rami glabri, juniores 



