420 C. Mez: 



Guadeloupe crebra: ßeaupertnis, Diicliassaing, Duss n. 2283, L'Her- 

 minier; Dominica: Imray n. 296, Nicholls n. 21; Martinique: Duss 

 n. 236, Hahn n. 529, 970, 1134, 1145, Sieber Mart. n. 296; St. Vin- 

 cent: Guilding n. 14; St. Lucia: Ramage; Trinidad: Cruoger n. 154, 

 Hart n. 5711. — Floret Septembri, fruct. Novembri. (V. s. typ. Swartz. 

 in herb. Mus. Brit, cct. in herb. Krug, et Urban., alibi.) 



V. Coiiomorpha A. DC. 



Flores hermaphroditi vel reductione sexus alterius dioici vel sub- 

 dioici, 4- vel rarius 5-nieri. Sepala basi brevissime vel breviter vel 

 rarissime fere medium usque connata, parva, sueto acuta raro rotundata, 

 saepissime punctulata, margine fere constanter pilis glandulosis capitu- 

 latis brevissimis ciliolata rarissime nuda. Fetal a basi brevius altiusve 

 nee tarnen unquam ultra medium connata lobis acutis vel rarius rotun- 

 datis valvatis vel obscure imbricatis, sueto punctatis et intus lepidotulis. 

 Stamina petalorum tubo altiuscule nunc alte inserta, e fauce emergentia, 

 petalis constanter permulto breviora; filamentis brevibus vel brevissimis 

 saepius nullis rarissime antheras longitudine superantibus, semper fere 

 basi callis sueto lobulos episepalos parvos formantibus arcuatis vel 

 horizontalibus conjunctis; antheris elongatis lineari-triangularibus, apice 

 acutiusculis vel saepius rotundatis constanter recurvis, pauUo supra basin 

 dorsifixis, introrsum rimis 2 tota longitudine apertis dehiscentibus. Ova- 

 rium ovoideura, saepius adpresse leprosum, in stylum crassum cylin- 

 dricum breviorem vel raro longiorem attenuatum; stigmate late obtuso 

 saepius lobuloso; placenta prope apicem uniseriatim pauci- vel perpauci- 

 ovulata. Fructus pisiformis, 1-spermus, endocarpio crustaceo. Semen 

 globosum, basi profunde intrusum, reliquiis membranaceis placentae in- 

 dutum, albumine corneo laevi. Embryo cylindricus, transversus. — 

 Frutices vel arbusculae lepidibus nunc parvis nunc e majoribus fer- 

 rugineis vel bruneis insignes vel rarissime subglabrae. Folia (in sub- 

 genere andino inedito optime pseudoverticillata vel) sparsa, petiolata, 

 integerrima vel raro manifeste crenata vel serrata. Flores parvi in 

 raceraos simplices axillares vel raro in panniculas e racemis compositas 

 axillares dispositi, flavi albi vel albo-virides, breviter pedicellati, pedi- 

 cellis basi bracteis semper parvis nunc minutis deciduis suffultis. 



Genus austro-americanum a Brasilia australi usque ad Venezue- 



lam Antillasque extensum, maxima copia in Venezuela, Guiana, Hylaea 



vigens. 



Conspectus Bpecicrum. 



A. Folia obovata apico lato rotundata vel obtusiuscula. — Martinique 



36. C. Dussii Mez 



J{. Kuli;i cllii>ti(a aiiicc angustc caudatimqnc acuminata. — Antillae minores 



37. C. 2}f">'umana A. DC. 



