94 J- I^erkins ii. E. Gilg. — Monimiaceae. 



minima axillaris pauciflora, pedunculo subnullo, pedicellis subelongatis ; floribus (j^ er. 3 mm 

 diam, ; receptaculum obconicum tepala longit. 3-plo superans , papjraceum , pilis paucis 

 stellatis flavescentibus obsitum; tepala extrinsecus parce stellato-pilosa, papyracea, minima^ 

 semiorbicularia, intus glabra, manifeste punctata; velum membranaceum dense punctatum^ 

 ore late aperto; stamina 8 valde exserta, filamentis latis. 



West-Indien: Insel Martinique {Sieber n. 284 u. 28, cT , üuss n. 1726); bei 

 Calebasse (Hahn n. 81, Q, im December blühend). 



24. S. Urbaniana Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 683. — Siparuna 

 gldbrescem A.DC. in DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. (l 868) 648 p. p.; Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isl. 

 (1859) 8 p. p. ■ — Dioeca. Folia obovato-oljlonga vel ovali-oblonga, 12 — 17 cm longa, 5 — 

 8 cm lata, 0,5 — 2,5 cm longe petiolata, apice late acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, basi 

 rotundata vel rotundato-cuneata, membranacea, margine irregulariter distincte crenato- 

 serrata, serris semper pilorum fasciculos apice gerentibus, novella utrinque longe fusco-pilosa, 

 adulta demum parce pilis longiusculis obsita. Inflorescentia 1 — 1,5 cm longa, pedunculus 

 2 — 3 mm longus, pedicellus 5 mm longus; flores (j^ 5 — 6 mm diam.; receptaculum plane 

 cupuliforme tepalis Y4-PI0 longius, papjraceum, parcissime flavescenti-pilosum ; tepala 6 ovali- 

 lanceolata, papyracea, extrinsecus plerumque pilosa, intus glabra; velum menibranaceum, 

 glabrum, planum, minimum, ore latissime aperto; stamina 9 — 10 velum vix superantia, 

 lata, brevia, membranacea; flores Q, 5 — 6 mm diam.; inflorescentia illi fl. (^ similis; 

 receptaculum plane cupuliforme tepalis %-plo longius, coriaceum, flavescenti-pilosum ; tepala 

 5 — 6, papyracea, ovali-lanceolata, extus pilosa, intus glabra; velum membranaceum, glabrum, 

 planum, chartaceum, ore minimo, fere clauso; stjli oc (II) velum superantes, revoluti. 

 Fructus depresse globosi, longitudinaliter profunde inaequaliter sulcati, apice tepala marces- 

 centia gerentes. 



West-Indien: Dominica (Imraj n. 67, Duss); im Walde in der Nähe von Laudat 

 (Eggers n. 528, (j^, g, im August blühend); im Gebirge Gombo, 700 m ü. M. (Eggers 

 n. 1 8, (J', im März blühend). 



25. S. scabra Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (1901) 684. — S. glabresccns 

 Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. Isl. (1859) 8 p. p. — Dioeca. Folia opposita vel ternata vel aller- 

 nantia, obovato-oblonga vel ovali-oblonga vel lanceolata, 9 — 1 4 cm longa, 3,5 — 4 cm lata, 

 1 — 1,5 cm longe petiolata, apice breviter angusteque acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, 

 chartacea, mai'gine minutissime densissimeque irregulariter serrulata, serris apice pilos 

 longiusculos fasciculatos gerentibus, adulta praecipue subtus parce pilosa. Inflorescentia 

 0,75 — 1 cm longa, pedunculus 2 mm longus, pedicellus 2 — 5 mm longus; flores (j^ 2,5 mm 

 diam.; receptaculum cupuliforme tepalis 1 Y4-PI0 longius, carnosum, stellato-pilosum ; tepala 

 6, carnosa, utrinque non vel vix pilosa, ovalia vel ovali-lanceolata; velum minutissimum, 

 ore late aperto ; stamina 1 4 vix velum superantia, inaequalia, apice antheras gerentia ; flores 

 g 4 mm diam. ; receptaculum cupuliforme , carnosum, tepala aequans, manifeste stellato- 

 pilosum; tepala 6 — 7 ovalia vel ovali-lanceolata, extus pai-ce pilosa, intus glabra; stjH 11 

 inferne coaliti, superne liberi velum valde superantes revoluti; velum minimum, ore fere 

 clausum, cortinam altam formans, intus infundibuliformi-angustatum. Fructus 7 — 8 mm 

 diam., depresse globosi, longitudinaliter inaequaliter sulcati, apice tepala marcescentia 

 gerentes. 



West-Indien: Insel St. Vincent (Guilding ex Griset). [?]); im Gebirge St. Andrews 

 sehr häufig, 500 m ü. M. (Eggers n. 6705 g, (J^, im December blühend); im Walde, 

 700 m ü. M. (H. H. u. G. W. Smith n. 915, c^, im JuU blühend). 



26. S. auriculata A. DC. in Journ. of Bot. III. (1865) 219 et in DC. Prodr. XVI. 2. 

 (1868) 649; Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVIII. (I 901) 685. — Dioeca; rami pilis fulvis 

 vel cinereis hispido-tomentosi. Folia obovata , breviter acuta, remote denticulata, prope 

 basin abrupte angustata et ipsa basi lobis duobus latis acutis auriculata, supra dense, subtus 

 densissime et longe hispido-pilosa, petiolo 5 — 8 mm longo, 15 — 20 cm longa, 8 — 12 cm 

 lata, parte angustiore basin versus 1 — 2 cm longa, 1 — 2 cm lata, marginibus parallelis. In- 

 florescentia g axillaris brevissima, pauciflora, pedunculo er. 5 mm longo, pedicello terminal! 



