Theophi'astaceac. 437 



Frutices erocti vel humiles, ramulis upicem versus tomentosis vel vil- 

 losis. Folia manifeste petiolata, elliptica vel oblonga, pauUo lepidotiila 

 vel pilosa, integerrima vel spinoso-dentata, liaud reticulata. Flores 

 minores vel majusculi, in specie altera saltem siuaragdini, singuli inter 

 folia normalia e squamarum saepius delapsarum axillis provenientes. 

 Species 2, altera [D. smaragdina Dcsne.) mexicana, altera cubensis: 



3. Dclieraiiiia cubciisis (Radlk.) Mez: Foliis toto raargine optime 

 spinosis; floribus + 7 mm. longis; petalorura lobis triangularibus; an- 

 thoris apice longe caudatis. 



Tkeophrasta cubensis Radlk.! in Sitzungsher. baijr. Acad. XX 

 (1890) p. 188. 



Tkeophrasta americana Griseh.! (nee alior.) Cat. p. 163; Sauv. 

 Cub. n. 1420; G. Maxa, Periant. Cub. p. 252 (40). 



Ramuli dense adpresseque iimbrino-tomentosi. Folia petiolis mani- 

 fostis sed brevibus vix ultra 5 mm. longis stipitata, oblonga, basin versus 

 scnsim angustata, apice rotundata, + 170 mm. longa, (spinis computatis) G5 mm. 

 lata, adulta coriacea, supra lepidibus paullo majoribus mauifestioribus subtus 

 minutissimis et aegre reperiendis dcnse punctulata, et costis paullo promi- 

 nulis et nervillis oo tenuissimis parallelis striatula sericeo-micantia. Flores 

 pedicellis breviter tomentosis, \isque ad 12 mm. longis stipitati; sepalis sub- 

 ovatis, acutiusculis, niargine dense serrulatis; petalis ad ^.i longit. coalitis, 

 lobis anguste rotundatis, margiue crenulatis. Staminodia minuta, triangulo- 

 liguliformia, band papulosa. Stamina lobos medio aequantia', filamentis basi 

 brevissime inter sese et cum petalis connatis; antberis ovalibus, apice in 

 caudam longam dorso valde callose decurrentem productis. Ovarium per 

 anthesin glabrum, subglobosum; stylo fere aequilongo. Fructus immaturi 

 conspicue ferrugineo - tomentelli. 



Hab. in Cuba, in sylvis saxosis ad Las Piedras: Poeppig, loco 

 iguoto: Sagra n. 431, Wright n. 567 = 2916. — (V. s. in herb. Goetting., 

 Krug, et Urban., Monac, alibi.) 



III. ClaTijii Ruiz et Pavon. 



Flores polygamo-dioici, sueto 5-, rarius 4-meri. Calyx basi 

 nunc brevissime nunc altius medium usque connatus, segmentis imbri- 

 catis, saepissiuie suborbicularibus latissimeque rotundatis raro minute 

 acuminatis, margine crenulatis vel fimbriolatis. Corolla basi in tubum 

 late infundibuliformem vel rarissime campanulatuni ad Y4 — Y3 raris- 

 siine ultra medium coalita, limbo rotato vel subcampanulato segmentis 

 imbricatis, carnosulis, late rotundatis nee emarginatis, sueto + crenu- 

 latis. Stamina e fauco exserta vel emergentia, in floribus o* filamentis 

 in tubum perfectissimum basi cum petalis coalitum connatis, antberis 

 nunc arcte sibi accumbentibus nunc conglutinatis, desuper visis discum 

 10- vel 20-dentatum etformantibus, extrorsis, supra basin dorsifixis. 



