Leucocroton. 



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connata; ovarii rudimentum 2-lobum, longe pilosum. Sepala C 5, %*L mm longa 

 extus et intus dense vestita, coriacea, ovata, acuta, post anthesin paulo accrescentia' 

 reflexa; ^iscus hypogynus annularis; ovarium dense vestitum: styli 3, bilobi, lobis 

 flabellatara la cinulatis, longius persistentes et post anthesin accrescentes. Capsula 8 mm 

 lala, ( ^ .s^pnga, depresse subglobosa, dense lepidota, intus pilis stellatis, adpressis 

 vestita. »ein na globosa, laevia, 

 albida. — Fig. 8 A, B. 



Westindische Provinz: 

 Cuba (Wright n. 562!, 1994!, 

 32 5.6!), Monte Verde in Ostcuba 

 (Wright n. 561 !, 142 4!), Fluß- 

 ufer bei Buenaventura, Pinar del 

 Rio (Wilson n. 9 4 49!). 



2. L. virens Griseb. in 

 Nachr. Gesellsch. Wiss. Göttingen 

 (1865) 175; Müll. Arg. in DC. 

 Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 757. — 

 Ramuli juveniles pilis stellatis 

 dense vestiti, deinde glabrescen- 

 tes, angulosi. Petiolus 1 — 4 cm 

 longus, dense tomentosus; limbus 

 8Y2 — l8 cm longus, 4—10 cm 

 latus, late ellipticus vel oblongus 

 vel obovatus, acuminatus vel 

 acutus, basi obtusus vel rotun- 

 datus, integer, tenuiter mem- 

 branaceus, supra praeter costas 

 puberulas mox glabratus, subtus 

 inollis, pilis stellatis vestitus, ju- 

 venilis ± purpurascens, basi Ion- 



gissime 3-nervius. Flores dioici. Spicae tf (a nobis non visae) pluriflorae; flores approxi- 

 mati; bracteae lanceolato-ovatae. Spicae Q 8 — 12 cm longae, apice uniflorae, circ. a 

 triente inferiore apicem usque bracteas circ. 15, steriles, lanceolato-ovatas , acumi- 

 natas, 2 mm longas, pallidas, distantes gerentes. Calyx q? aperiens globosus, a 1 /^ 111111 

 latus, fulvo-tomentellus; stamina 10, fere libera; discus integer, subannularis, brevis, 

 glaber. Sepala Q 5 vel 7 — 8, lineari-lanceolata, 3 — 4 mm longa, extus et intus dense 

 vestita; discus hypogynus crassus, lobatus vel undulalus, pubescens; ovarium fulvo- 

 villosulum; styli 3, breves, lati, flabellato-incisi, plicati. Capsula 7 mm longa, globosa, 

 fulvo-sericea. Semina 4 mm diametientia, laevia, brunnea. 



Westindische Provinz: Cuba (Wright n. 1978!, Shafer H36 (?)!). 



3. L. angustifolius (Müll. Arg.) Pax et K. Hoffm. — L. flavicans var. angusti- 

 folius Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 757. — L. revolutus Wright in Sauv. 

 Fl. Cub. (1 87 3) 129. — L. flavescens var. angustifolius Bcnth. in Benth. et Hook. f. 

 Gen. HI. ( 1 8 80) 312. — Frutex?; ramuli juveniles pilis stellatis parvis adspersi, mox 

 glabrati, crassiusculi, cicatricosi. Petiolus 5— 1 2 mm longus; limbus 4 — I 2 cm longus, 

 8 — 22 mm latus, lineari-lanceolatus vel spathulato-lanceolalus, apice retusus, basi acutus, 

 integer, margine recurvo-revolutus, coriaceus, supra nitidus, glaber, subtus pilis stellatis 

 dense vestitus, albidus vel fulvo-albidus, dense reticulatus ; costae secundariae fere hori- 

 zontales. Flores dioici. Flores tf (ex Müller Arg.) multo minores quam in L. Wrightii, 

 aperientes globosi, 1 * 2 mm diametientes, sessiles; ovarii rudimentum multo magis evolutum 

 quam in specie citata, nunc integrum, nunc tripartitum, semper dense tomentosum. Race- 

 mus § visus 2 cm longus, apice uniflorus, longo tractu nudus, apicem versus bracteas 

 steriles fere 6 gerens, dense stellato-pilosus. Sepala Q 5, linearia, acuta, 2 mm longa, 

 vestita; discus annularis, vestitus; ovarium tomentosum; styli 3, flabellato-incisi, plicati. 



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Fig. 8. A Leucocroton Wrightii Griseb. Flos <5 longilu- 

 dinaliter sectus. B Flos Q. — Alchorneopsis flori- 

 bunda (Benth.) Müll. Arg. var. genuina Müll. Arg. Flos 

 <5 longitudinaliter sectus. — D et E Alchorneopsis porfo- 

 ricensis Urb. Stamina. — Icon. origin. 



