Spachea. 587 



novellis inflorescentiisque rufo-hirsutis, ramulis demum glabratis rufis 1 y 2 — 2 mm, ramis 

 incanis canaliculatis tertio anno 3 l / 2 mm diametro, internodiis y 2 — 2 ( — 4) cm longis. 

 Folia e basi acuta oblanceolato-obovata aut oblonga apice acuminata, utrinque novella 

 rufo- vel ferrugineo-sericea mox glabrata et sublaevia, costa sola subtus prominente, 

 nervis et primariis (utrinque 7 — 1 0) et secundariis utrinque promin ulis crebris venosa, 

 subtus basi glandulis 2 patelliformibus ornata; petiolo puberulo % — I cm longo; stipula 

 3 — 4 mm longa. Racemi usque 50-flori usque 1 V 2 dm longi, pedunculis patentibus 

 1 mm infra apicem bibracteolatis 3 — 4 mm, pedicellis reflexo-ascendentibus 5 — 8 mm, 

 bracteis triangulari-acutis vel subulato-linearibus 2 — 3 mm, bracteolis eglandulosis trian- 

 gulari-ovatis 1 mm, glanduliferis e basi ovata dz subulatis 2—4 mm longis. Flores 

 1 y 4 — 1 !/ 2 cm diametro. Sepala glandulas 8 — 9 crassas ovales vel oblongas 2*/ 2 — 

 4 mm longas I — 1 */ 2 mm superantia. Petala carnosa plerumque sub anthesi reflexa 

 »purpurea« (ex Ule n. 7805) s. »flavescentia«, limbo plerumque revoluto denticulato vel 

 argute fimbriato orbiculari vel obovato- s. ovato-rotundo 3 — 4 mm, ungue 2 — 3*/ 2 mm 

 longo. Filamenta basi in annulum hirsutum toro dilatato incumbentem connata. Pollen 

 (tetradibus conglutinatis) 21 ^ diametro. — Fig. 42 -ff. 



Var. a. ob ovata Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1914) 18. — 

 Folia e basi acuta oblanceolato-obovata saepe breviuscule et obtusiuscule acuminata, 

 usque 1 4 cm longa 7 cm lata. Glandula bracteolae apicis dorso affixa ipsa non latior. 



Amazonas (Ule n. 7805: Wald bei S. Marcos am Rio Branco). — Französ.- 

 Guajana (Melinon n. 539). — Niederländ.-Guayana (Leschenault; Hostmann 

 resp. Kappler n. 57; Hostmann u. Kappler n. 1043). 



F. II. ossana (Juss.) Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1914) 18. — 

 Spachea ossana Jussieu Malp. Syn. (1840) 326 et in Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 327; 

 Small in N. Amer. Fl. XXV. 2. (1910) 150. — Petala sub fructu persistentia paten- 

 tissima, limbo subintegro. 



Guba (Ossa a. 1825: Havanna). 



Var. ß. oblonga Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1914) 18. — 

 Arbuscula, partibus novellis inflorescentiisque pube ferruginea serieeis, vetustioribus gla- 

 bratis. Folia dz oblonga usque 2 dm longa 3 / 4 dm lata, mox (excepta costa subtus 

 semper pilosa) glabrata; petiolo serieeo. Racemi ferrugineo-hispidi terminantes ramulos 

 breves hornotinos gerentes complura folia s. foliola conformia s. tantum bracteas lanceo- 

 lato-lineares 1 — 3 mm longas, pedunculis plerumque brevibus ascendenü-reflexis apice 

 vel infra apicem bibracteolatis et vertice saepe dilatato articulatis cum pedicellis plerumque 

 pluries longi oribus deeiduis, bracteis bracteolisque persistentibus, his plerumque partim 

 glanduliferis. Flores vix 1 — ultra 1 y 2 cm diametro. Sepala ovalia vel rotunda 

 glandulas 8 — 10 (saepe semel vel bis binas connatas) crassas dz 3 mm longas apice 

 solutas saepiusque recurvas vix vel breviter (usque 1 mm) superantia. Petala flava 

 dz carnosa parva, limbo dz 3 mm, ungue 2 mm longo. Stamina petalis opposita (i. e. 

 exteriora) alternis paulo breviora ceterum aequalia, omnia orta ex annulo pilis longis 

 ferrugineo-hispido (an basi connata?), glaberrima, filamentis zh crassis, antheris semi- 

 vel complanato-ovoideis 1 — 1 */ 2 mm longis. Ovarium glaberrimum. Styli paulo ven- 

 trales recurvo- vel sigmoideo-patentes facie ventrali sulcati terminati stigmate meniseoidi 

 introrsum cavo. Fructus 2- (vel 3-) cocci, coccis Coffeae semini similibus. 



Französ. -Guayana (Melinon n. 248: Maroni; Sagot n. 1002: Maroni). — 

 Niederländ.-Guayana (Kegel n. 254). — Brit.-Guayana (Anderson; Rieh. 

 Schomburgk n. 194: Am Essequibo-Flusse ; Jenman n. 5790: Am Flusse Mazaruni, 

 und n. 7127: Am Flusse Roraima). — Trinidad (Grüger n. 217; Bot. Gard. Herb. 



nearly as long, oval with subtruncate base, not coneave. Filaments slightly exceeding the calyx, 

 the ovoid obtuse gray anthers half as long. Styles nearly as long as the filaments. 



A tree to 50 feet, occasional in mountain forest, 3000 — 5000 feet. Specimen from Las 

 Nubes road, 3500 feet, Dec. 5. Petals rosy-lilac. (Herbert H.Smith, Golorabia, Nr. -1502.) 

 The same apparently collected by Spruce at Tarapoto." 



