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Caiilis satis robustus, slrialus, glaber. Folia trifoliolata: petiolus communis robustus, 

 glaber, \ — i cm longus; petioluli patuli, 4 — 4 mm longi; foliola ovato-oblonga vel 

 oblongo-lanceolata, acuta rarius obtusa, subintegerrima, utrinque glabra et laevia, terminale 

 7 — 10 cm longum, 3 — 4 cm lalum, lateralia asymmetrica profunde semicordata, 6 — 8 cm 

 longa, 3 — 5 cm lata. Cirrhi satis graciles, breves, glabri. Flores masculi racemosi; 

 pedunculus communis robustus, glaber, iß — 'iO-florus, 15 — 20 cm longus; pedicelli 

 glabri, 5 — 28 mm longi. Receptaculum ovoideum, apice leviter constrictum, glabrum, 

 i^5 mm longum, 3 — i mm latum. Sepala erecta, tinangularia, leviter ciliata, i mm 

 longa. Petala ovato-oblonga, acutiuscula, subglabra, 9 — I mm longa, Antherae ovato- 

 oblongae, infra retro replicatae, 4 mm longae; appendix levissime papulosa, 0,5 mm 

 longa. Flores feminei 2 — 4-ni rarius solitarii; pedunculus 2 — 3 cm longus. Recepta- 

 culum cylindraceuni, II — 12 min longum. Sepala 1,5 mm longa. Petala 6 — 7 mm 

 longa. Ovarium oblongum, 10 — 12 mm longum; Stylus crassiusculus, 10 mm longus. 

 Pedunculus fructiferus robustus, 4 cm longus, Fructus ovato-oblongus, apice breviter 

 rostratus, laevis, viridis, longitudinaliter albo-vittatus, 3 — 4 cm longus, 15 — 18 mm 

 crassus. Semina spurco-alba, 5 — 6 mm longa, 3 mm lata. 



Mexikanische Zone (Pavon. — Herb, Boissier). — Westindische Provinz: 

 San Domingo (Poiteau, Eggers n, 1550'', Taylor n, 323); Portorico (Plee). 



4. A. Ottoniana Schlechtd, in Linnaea XXIV, (1851) 758; Cogu. Diagn. Gueurb. 



I. (1876) 10, in DG. Mon. Phan. III. (1881) 667; Urb, Symb, Antill, IV. (1911) 611. 

 — Caulis gracilis, profunde sulcatus, glaber. Foliorum petiolus gracilis, 2 — 3 cm longus; 

 lamina utrinque glabra et tenuiter punctata, basi profunde lateque emai'ginata, 8 — 12 cm 

 longa lataque, profunde palmato-5 — 7-lobata, lobis oblongo-lanceolatis, acutis vel sub- 

 übtusis mucronulatisque, margine integerrimis vel leviter undulatis et vix denticulatis. 

 Cirrhi graciles, elongati. Flores masculi racemosi; pedunculus communis gracilis, glaber, 

 'i — 8-florus, 10 — 20 cm longus; pedicelli leviter pubescentes, ebracteati, 5 — 10 mm 

 longi. Receptaculum ovoideo-oblonguni, basi ventricosum et truncalum, apice leviter 

 constrictum, breviter pubescens, 6 — 7 mm longum, 4 mm latum. Sepala erecta, 

 triangularia, leviter ciliata, 2 — 2,5 mm longa. Petala oblonga, acutiuscula, utrinque 

 breviter papulosa praecipue extus, basi longe ciliata, 12 — 15 mm longa, 3 — 4 mm lata. 

 Antherae oblongae, infra retro replicatae, 5 mm longae: appendix angusta, glabra, 0,5 mm 

 longa. Flores feminei et fructus ignoti. 



Westindische Provinz: Cuba (Otto n. 257, Ramon de la Sagra, Rugel 

 n. 390, Poeppig, Wright); Portorico (Plee n. 42); Tobago (Eggers n. 5560). — 

 Cisäquatoriale Savannenprovinz: Venezuela (Eggers n. 13374, 13494), zwischen 

 La Guayra und Caracas (Plee n. 46). 



5. A. Warscewiczii Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. (1862) t. 5304; Cogn. Diagn. Cucurb. 



II. (1877) 18, in DG. Mon. Phan. III. (1881) 667. — Dioica. Caulis robustus, angulato- 

 sulcatus, glaber. Folia trifoliolata; petiolus communis robustus, glaber, 2 — 7 cm longus; 

 petioluli 3 — 8 mm longi; foliola oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta vel breviter 

 acuminata rarius obtusa, margine integerrima vel undulata et leviter denticulata, utrinque 

 laete viridia glabra et laevia, terminale 12 — 18 cm longum, 4 — 7 cm latum, basi 

 cuneatum, lateralia paulo breviora, valde asymmetrica, basi binervia, saepius profunde 

 bifida, extrinsecus auriculata; nervi robusti, subtus leviter prominentes. Cirrhi robusti, 

 elongati, glabri, Flores masculi spicati; pedunculus communis robustus, glaber, 20 — 30 cni 

 longus, apice dense multiflorus, Receptaculum subcylindricum, basi rotundalum, apice 

 constrictum, subglabrum, 8 — 10 mm longum, 3 — 4 mm latum, Sepala anguste trian- 

 ;.,'ularia, acuta, patula, leviter ciliata, 2 — 3 mm longa, Petala ovato-oblonga vel sub- 

 orbicularia, apice acutiuscula rarius rotundata, utrinque dense papulosa, margine basi 

 ciliata, obscure 3 — ö-nervia, 5 — 7 mm longa, 3 — 5 mm lata, Antherae rectae, oblongae, 

 5 — 6 mm longae, 1,5 mm latae; appendix angusta, glabra, 0,3 mm longa. Flores 

 feminei sohtarii; pedunculus 3 — 4 cm longus. Ovarium fusiforme, 3 — 4 cm longum, 

 apice breviter rostratum. 



