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I. (1827) 14. — Arbor vel frutex glabrescens vel glaber. Petiolus 5 — 8 cm longus; 

 limbus iminliranaceus, glabrescens vel subpilosus, basi cordatus vel late cordato- rotun- 

 ilatus, basi 5 — 7-nervius, aut indivisus, ovatus, acuminatus, 9 — 10 cm longus, 5 — 6 cm 

 latus, aut trilobus vel rarius subquinquelobus, 10 — 12 cm longus et latus, lobi breves, 

 ruspiilato-aeuniinati, integerrimi, vel basales prope basin denticulis 1 vel 2 aucti; stipulae 

 parvae, subaculeiformes. Cymae pedunculatae, ± laxae, corymbiformes, glabrae vel 

 pilosae; bracteae subulato-Ianceolatae, glanduloso-denticulatae. Sepala 3 mm longa, ovata, 

 subacuta, saepe obsolete denticulata, glabra, Q anguste lanceolata, acuminata, glanduloso- 

 «lenticulata; petala coccinea, ad 2 cm longa, unguiculata, intus basi albo-villosa, obtusa 

 vel leviter emarginata: stamina monadelpha, subaequilonga; antherae lineares: disci Q 1 

 glandulae liberae; ovarium glabrum; Stigmata linearia. 



Westindische Provinz: Cuba (Combs n. 99!, Don!, Humboldt 'n. 5343!, 

 Otto!, Read n. 595 b!, Van Hermann n. 889!, 1845!). — Martinique, kultiviert 

 Duss n. 51 ! . — Guadeloupe, vermutlich kult. (Duss n. 2448!). — In europ. botan. 

 Gärten selten in Kultur! 



L6. J. hastata Jacq. Stirp. sei. Amer. (1763) 256 t. 173 f. 54; Griseb. Fl. Brit. 

 West Ind. Isl. (1859) 36 ex parte. — /. diversifolia A. Rieh, in La Sagra, Hist. fis. 

 pol. nat. Cuba III. 207 ex Müll. Arg.; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1094 

 ex parte. — Frutex glaber vel partibus juvenilibus parce hirtulus. Petiolus 2 — 8 cm 

 longus; limbus membranaceus, subtus pallidior et subglaucescens, quoad ambitum valde 

 variabilis in uno ac eodem speeimine, aut ovatus, acuminatus, basi anguste rotundatus, 

 repando-dentatus, 1 1 cm longus, 6 cm latus, aut panduriformis, acuminatus, basi sub- 

 euneatus, integer vel repando-dentatus, 9 cm longus, 4 cm latus, aut trilobus, 1 — 1 4 cm 

 longus, 10 — 13 cm latus, basi rotundatus, 3 — 5-nervius; lobi acuminati, subaequales, 

 repando-dentati vel laterales breviores; stipulae parvae, caducae. Cymae longe pedun- 

 culatae, corymbiformes, multiflorae: bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, integrae, superiores 

 breviores, glanduloso-denticulatae. Sepala q 1 ovata, obtusa, 3 mm longa, integra, ad 

 medium connata, Q vix majora; petala I — 12 mm longa vel minora, breviter ungui- 

 culata, basi intus albo-villosa, oblonga, obtusa, coccinea; disci glandulae liberae: stamina 

 10, monadelpha; antherae lineares vel oblongae; ovarium glabrum. 



Westindische Provinz: Cuba (Baker n. 3031 !, Eggers n. 4700!, Linden 

 n. 1800!, Wright n. 575?). 



Nota. Planta re vera valde polymorpha. characteribus inter J. integerrimam et panduri- 

 foliam fere intermedia, sed floribus minoribus praedita; fortasse stirps hybrida e speciebus 

 laudatis. 



47. J. glaueovirens Pax et K. Hoffm. nov. spec. — Frutex glabrescens. Petiolus 

 3 — 4 cm longus, apice prope laminae basin saepe biglandulosus ; limbus firme membra- 

 naceus, supra glabrescens, subtus pallidior et coerulescenti- vel glaueo-virens, basi 

 euneatus, aut elliptico-oblongus, acuminatus, 10 cm longus, 4 1 /2 cm latus, aut 3-lobus, 

 lobus medius produetus, laterales abbreviati, omnes integerrimi, acuminati vel obtusi; 

 stipulae parvae. subulatae. Cymae pedunculatae, corymbiformes, multiflorae, glabrae; 

 bracteae lineares, superiores breviores et parce glanduloso-denticulatae. Sepala tf 3 mm 

 longa, ovata, subobtusa, glabra, ad 1 3 connata; petala coccinea, spathulato-oblonga, 

 obtusa, intus basi villosa, 16 mm longa; disci glandulae liberae; stamina 10, monadelpha, 

 exteriora breviora, breviter libera: antherae lineari- oblongae, 2 mm longae; sepala Q sub 

 fruetu acuminata, glanduloso-denticulata. Capsula glabra, 10 — 1 2 mm longa. 10 mm lata. 



Westindische Provinz: Isla de Pinos, bei Nueva Gerona (Curtiss n. 458!). 



Nota. J. pandurifolia , integerrima . hastaia et glaucocin ns inter se valde affines sunt 

 ..t vix floris struetura discernuntur. Characteres androecei teste cl. Müller Arg. in speciebus 

 diversae non orunino constantes inveni. Foliorum ambitus tarnen ditTerentias speeificas praebet. 



48. J. paueiflora Griseb. in Nachr. Gesellseh. Wiss. Göttingen (1865) 170; Müll, 

 in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 1095. — Frutex 3 m altus; rami breviuscule multi- 



ramulosi, crassiusculi, glabri: ramuli cinerascentes, post foliorum delapsum tumido- 

 cicatricosi. Petiolus 1 — 1 1 2 cm longus, gracilis; limbus 4 — 10 cm longus, 6 — 30 mm 



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