70 



FoHa in petiolura attenuata, subtus linea marginali pilosa, 

 juvenilia ciliata, seniora. glabra, petioli villoso- 

 ciliati, vaginae glabrae linea antica pilosula, ore 

 dein subnudae, caulis scandens ramosus 3. C scandens Hssk]. 



6. „ subobovato-oblonga, praesertim marginera versus sub- 



violacea, nitida et cum vfiginis minutissime mol- 



liter pubescentia 5. C mexicana K th. 



„ oblonga s. oblougo- s. ovato-lanceolata 7. 



7. „ subtus minutissime molliter pubescentia 5. C mexicatia Kth. /?. et y. 

 „ „ couspicue pubescentia . 8. 



8. „ oblongo- s. ovato-lanceolata rubro-marginata, subt. 



saepe purpurea 6. C Zanonia C. L. Rich. 



„ oblonga basi longiter attenuata crassiuscula, peduu- 



culi trichotomi et iteratim dichotomi . 1. C Hoffmanni Hsskl. 



1. G. glabrata Kth. 



Knth. En. IV. 109. .3. fnec H.^^skl. plnt. Jngh. 154. 1 = Forrestia 

 glabrata Hsskl. Flor. (B. Z.) 1864. p. 630. .5. 



Diagn. Erecta (ramosa?), folii.s diversiformibus, inferioribus ovato- 

 oblongis aut ellipticis, summis plus duplo saepius augustioribus, oblongis 

 aut oblougo-lanceolatis (in cultis omuibus subobovato- aut ovato-oblongis), 

 omnibus longiter et acutissime acuminatis, basi angustato - petiolatis, 

 utrinque pedunculi.sque glabris, priraa juventute rainute ciliolatis; vaginis 

 linea antica puberulis, ore lanato-ciliatis; peduncuiis solitariis aut geminis, 

 nunc iteratim dichotomis, quara folia paulo brevioribus; floribus raaximis 

 generis; antherarum counectivis sagittatis, apice acutis •, capsulis (abortu) 

 3-spermis. 



Habit. prope St. Jose ad rio ViriUo declivitates humidas Co- 

 stae-ricae, ubi mensib. Novbr. et Decbr. 1854 legit Carol. Hoffm ann 

 (no. 170. hrb. berol. et Schlechtend.) — Cubam, ubi 1857 leg. Wright 

 (hrb. De Cand.); Brasiliara, unde coluit (1833) horfc. berolin. (Knth. hrb. 

 reg. Berol. [Kunthii]). 



Obs. Kuuthius div. in herb. hanc eandem ac C. Zanonia Redout. 

 Lit. t. 192 habuit, quam in Enum. l. c. ad C. Zan. Rich. reduxit. — 

 Specimen Wrightianura differt: foliis omnibus (? apicis caulis!) ellip- 

 tico-, aut oblongo-lanceolatis, acuminatissimis, 8" longis, 2" latis, aut 

 7" longis, IV4" latis, peduuculis ^y^— 5" longis. — Vix pro varietate 

 sumendum! 



Descript. Caulis robustus, erectus (ramosus? e sententia Kunthii, 

 ramos non vidi!) glaber; iuternodia inferiora IV^ — SVj" longa, 2'" 

 crassa, basi vaginarum rudimeotis cincta; summa 10 — 18'" longa, pro 

 mazima parte aut tota vaginie tecta. Vaginae amplae, pallidae, ore 



