56 Ign. Urban 



arillatiini; testa laevis, ad veiitrem linea dilatata incrassata ab hilo 

 ad chalazam producta dein in ramos plures siipra dorsiim fere usque 

 ad hilum redeuntes divisa notabilis, chartacea; endospermium nullum 

 V. si vis parcissimum testae resinoso-adhaerens. Cotyledones cras- 

 sissime carnosae, valde convexae v. transversim subsemiteretes, radi- 

 cula perbrevi triangulari v. subpentagona 9 — 12-plo lougiores. — 

 Frutices breviter et plus minus pilosi. Eami lineis 4 — 6 elevatis 

 notati. Stipulae minutae subulato-filiformes deciduae. Folia oppo- 

 sita, decussata, alternis raiü interniixtis, interdum 3-natim verti- 

 cillata, niargine denticulata v. serrata. Inflorescentiae ex axillis 

 euphvlloruni prodeuntes, cyraosae. pedicellis supra basin articulatis. 

 Flores minuti lubri. Fructus coccinei. 



Species duae, altera (.1/. urugoga Jacq.) in Cuba, Mexico, Nova- 

 Granada obvia, altera {M. Gaumeri Loes.), cujus fructus seminaque 

 adliuc incognita sunt, in Yucatan crescens. 



(Tryminda Sarg. 



Ggminda Sarg, in Gard. and For, IV (1891) p. 4 et Silva II 

 p. 13 t. LIV; Loesener in Engl. u. Prantl Nat. Pflanzeufam. III 5 

 (1892) p. 217; Trelease in Gray Syn. Flor. I part I p. 398. — 

 Myginda sect. Ggminda Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. (1866) p. 55, — Mggindae 

 spec. autor. 



Flores dioici, 4-meri. Sepala in aestivatione et postremo 

 quoque valde imbricata, decussata, exteriora senii-, iuteriora sub- 

 orbicularia, libera. Petala in aestivatione cochleari-imbricata, sub 

 anthesi plus minus reflexa. Flores masculi: Stamina ad crenas 

 disci inserta brevia; antherae suborbiculares, latei-aliter intus deliis- 

 centes. Discus 4-lobatus v. 4-crenatus, carnosus. Ovaiium bre- 

 viter conicum, apice acutum v. acuminatum integrum v. bitidum, 

 solidum. Flores feminei: Staminodia nulla. Discus tenuis, basi 

 ovarii adnatus, margine undulatus v. crenulatus v.obsoletus. Ovarium 

 sessile, 2-loculare; Stylus nullus, stigmatibus 2 sessilibus commis- 

 suralibus sulco disjunctis v. confluontibus: ovula in (juociue loculo 

 solitaria, ex apice pendula ovata v. angustc ovata plana v. convexa, 

 Fructus diiipaceus aequilaterus v. subaequilaterus, indehiscens, apice 

 medio stigmate sessili notatus, exocarpio satis teuui caruoso, endo- 

 carpio osseo, 1-, raro 2-spermus. Semen i)cndulum, exarillatum, 

 juxta insertionera callis 2 prominentibus notatum ; testa chartacea, 

 minute v. minutissime reticulato-foveolata, praeter fasciculum fibro- 

 vasab'm sub ia|)ln' situm lineis latiuscnlis carens: endospermium 



