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5K M. Orizabae Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (19 00) 674. — M. viridiflora 

 var. glabra A.DG. in 1)C. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 664 p. p.; Hemslej, Biologia centr.-am. 

 III. (1882) 68. — Folia obovato-oblonga Yel oblonga, 6 — 9 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata, 

 5 — 10 mm longe petiolata, basi cuneata, apice breviter acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, 

 glabra, integra, rigide papyracea. Flores 5 mm diam. ; pedicellus 6 — 8 mm longus ; recep- 

 taculum rigide papyraceum, subcupuliforme, quam tepala \^/^~^\o longius, pilis brevibus 

 griseis parcissimis instructum yel potius subglabmm ; tepala subaeqiialia, 2 interiora appen- 

 dice brevi, fimbriato-incurvata instriicta; stamina 30 — 33, sessilia, omnia aequalia, inter 

 sese distantia, antherarum loculi confluentes. 



Mexiko: Orizaba (Botteri n. 976). 



52. M. viridiflora Tul. in Ann. sc. nat. 4. ser. III. (1855) 43; Monogr. (1855) 390; 

 Hemsley in Biologia centr.-am. III. (1882) 68 ; A.DG. in DG. Prodr. XVI. 2. (I 868) 664 p.p.; 

 Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahi'b. XXVII. (1900) 674. — Folia obovata vel elliptico-oblonga, 

 8 — 12 cm longa, 3,5 — 4,5 cm lata, 1 cm longe petiolata, basi cuneata, acute acuminata, 

 in apice remote parcissimeque dentata, adulta glaberrima, chartacea vel subcoriacea. In- 

 florescentia rj* simpliciter dichasialis 3-flora, pedunculus 1,2 — 1,5 cm longus, pedicellus 

 6 mm longus ; flores (J^ 5 mm diam. ; receptaculum papyraceum, obconico-cupuliforme Y4-PI0 

 quam tepala longius, glabrum ; tepala 2 exteriora ovato-triangularia, vix acutata, integerrima, 

 duobus interioribus latiora, 2 interiora sub apice 2-dentata, ultra appendice membranacea 

 repando-lacera instructa; stamina usque 24, hippocrepica. 



Mexiko: Oaxaca, auf Bergen (Galeotti n. 7172; im Juni blühend). 



53. M. mexicana Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900) 674. — Folia anguste 

 oblonga vel obovato-oblonga vel sublanceolata, 9 — 13,5 cm longa, 2,5 — 3,75 cm lata, 

 6 — 7 mm longe petiolata, basi cuneata, apice longe angusteque acuminata, apice ipso acu- 

 tissima, tenuiter papyracea, in parte ^2 superiore margine aequaliter minute et acute denti- 

 culata, utrinque glabra. Inflorescentia 1,5 — 3 cm longa, pedunculus 1,5 mm longus, 

 pedicellus 1 cm longus; flores (J 5,5 mm diam.; receptaculum subplanum, vix tepala 

 longitudine aequans, tenuiter papyraceum, subglabrum; tepala 2 exteriora ovata quam 2 in- 

 teriora paullo latiora, 2 interiora difformia, altero apice rotundato, altero apice in appendicem 

 longam profunde fimbriatam abeunte ; stamina 2 5 , antherarum loculi confluentes, cxtrorsi. 



Mexiko: Mirador (Liebmann). 



54. M. nigrescens Tul. in Ann. sc. nat. 4. ser. III. (1855) 41 ; Monogr. (1855) 388; 

 A.DG. in DG. Prodr. XVI. 2. (1868) 663; Hemsley in Biologia centr.-am. III. (1882) 68; 

 Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (1900)675. — Folia lanceolata vel oblongo- vel elliptico- 

 lanceolata, 8 — 12 cm longa, 2 — 4 cm lata, 1 cm longe petiolata, basi cuneata, breviter aut 

 saepius longe et acute acuminata, ultra medium remote serrata, adulta utrinque glaberrima 

 nitidaque, chartacea. Inflorescentia (j^ simpliciter dichasialis, 3-flora, pedunculus 1 cm 

 longus, pedicellus 6 — 8 mm longus; flores (^ 7 mm diam.; receptaculum papyraceum, 

 obconico-cupuliforme, V4~P^o quam tepala longius, glabrum; tepala 2 exteriora ovato-rotun- 

 data et vix acutata, interiora paullo longiora angustioraque in apice truncata utrinque denti- 

 culo aucta antrorsusque cristellam vix integram gerentia; stamina 30 — 40 hippocrepica. 



Mexiko: Oaxaca, bei Tenejapa (Ghiesbreght n. 64). 



55. M. racemosa (Schlechtd.) Tul. Monogr. (1855) 382; A.DG. in DG. Prodr. XVI. 2. 

 (1868) 66 6; Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVII. (190 0) 675. — Tetratome racemosa 

 Schlechtd. in Linnaea XX. (1847) 114. — Tetratome triflora Poepp. et Endl. Nov. gen. et 

 spec. pl. 11. (1838) 46 t. 163. — Folia opposita, terna quaternave et frequenter dissociata, 

 oblongo-lanceolata, 12 — 15 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata, 0,6 — 0,8 cm longe petiolata, longe 

 attenuato-acuta, basi cuneata, in summa acie remote parceque serrato-dentata, adulta utrin- 

 que glaberrima et laevia. Inflorescentia longe pseudoracemosa, 6 — 15 cm longa, multi- 

 flora, cymis numerosis normaliter 3-floris, pedunculis 1 5 — 20 mm longis, pedicellis 5 — 8 mm 

 longis; receptaculum obconicum, subcoriaceum, extrinsecus adpresse sericeum; tepala 2 

 exteriora semiorbicularia, obtusissima, interiora 2 subduplo longiora lineari-elongata in 



-epando-lacera et antice cristata; stamina ca. 24 hippocrepica (Fig. 6il/). 

 Östliches Peru (Poeppig n. 1577). 



