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genieyaee, inferne Q, superne ¢ ; bractea QO et pistillum ut in | 
t b. 
fig. la et 
Cuba: La Calalina, Wright, 1981! 
A. glechomaefolia, 4. Rich. Fl. Cub. Fanerog., ii. 205 (1853). 
A, reptans, var. glechomaefolia, Miill. Arg. in Linnaea, vol. xxxiv. 
p. 48, excl. specim, Wright, 572. 
A. chamaedrifolia, var. glechomaefolia, Mill. Arg. in DC, Prodr. 
vol. xv. pt. ii. p. 879, excl. specim. Wright, 572. 
Caules hagas prostrati, e nodis inferioribus radicantes ; folia 
inter se similia, orbicularia, basi alte cordata, grosse crenata, 
8-10 mm, diametro, margine non incrassata, utrinque pubescentia et 
supra parce ser inflorescentiae eee inferne Q, superne d; 
bractea Q ut in fig. 2a; ovarium pilosu 
Cuba : ‘ok — locality, Hak de la Sagra, 126! 
San Domingo: Jamoa, Eygers, 2637! without “tiktae locality, 
Schomburgh ! 
Miiller quotes Wright, 572, from Cuba as being this species, but 
it seems to us to be a small-leaved form of A. chamaedrifolia. 
_— A. fissa, Hutchinson. 
A, chamaedrifolia, var. fissa, Mill. Arg. in DC, Prodr. vol. xv. 
pt. i. p. 879. 
Caules prostrati, nodis radicantes, pilis reflexis pubescentes, inter- 
nodiis 1-2°5 cm. longis. Folia inter se similia, ovata, basi truncata 
vel rotundata, 8-16 mm. longa, 8-13 mm. lata, grosse 10-12 crenata, 
membranacea, supra setoso-pilosa, infra — pubescentia, basi 
trinervia, nervis infra prominulis; petioli 0°3-1°5 cm. longi, 
pubescentes. Flores monoici. IJnflorescentiae et axillares et termi- 
nales, prise © breves, terminales androgynae, inferne 9, superne 
Gemmae obtuse quadrangulares, glabrae. Bracteae Q 
ambitu Meee oblongae, 3°5 cm. latae, alte 5- lobatae, ee 
ranaceae, extra pilosae, lobis ovatis subacutis 1 mm, is. 
Sepala parva, ciliata. Pied cum subglobosum, longe pilosum ; gH 
graciles, tenuiter lacin 
Cuba: without Ae lecskes, Wright, 19 
L- A. nana, Griseb. in Goett. Nachr. 1865, 176, nomen. 
A. pygmaea, Griseb. |. c., non A. Rich., fide Miill. Arg. 
A. chamaedrifolia, var. nana, Miill. Arg. in DC. Prodr. vol. xy. 
pt. ii. p. 880 (1866). 
aules prostrati, rhizomate lignoso erecto-apice patentes ; folia 
salar se similia, orbicularia vel ovato-orbicularia, basi ro tundata, 
2-4 mm, diametro, marginibus cartilagine incrassatis, supra parce 
setoso-pilosa ; inflorescentiae unisexuales, J non visae ; inflorescentia 
uniflora, fore terminali; bractea Q et pistillum ut in fig. 3a 
et 3b. 
Cuba : without precise locality, shrithts 1984! 
Apparently a very distinct specie 
A. pygmaea, A. Rich. Fl. Cub. ete .5 li, 205 (1853). 
A, reptans, var. pygmaea, Mill. Arg. in Linnaea, vol. xxxiv. 
7 ae ‘ meg herr var. Pygmact, Miill. sey in — Prods, ont z 
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