446 Ign. Ukban: 



apice segmentorum perianthii varie curvatis v. involutis. Ovariiim obtiise 

 trigouum, sub anthesi 2 mm. longum, superne 1,3 mm. crassum, intus glan- 

 diüas globulosas ovulis plnries crassiores am'antiacas, extrinsecus bene con- 

 spicuas, in apice utriusque lateris placentarnm sitas et post eas affixas 

 gerens; ovula multiseriata, elliptica v. ovalia. Capsula basi attenuata, 

 superne 2 mm. crassa, longitrorsum fissuris 3 dehiscens. Semina apice 

 brevissime v. vix acuminata, basi saepius obtuse apiculata, testa accumbente, 

 utrinque brevissime supra nucleum producta. 



Hab. in Portorico prope Tabucoa in sylva primaeva ad Guajabota 

 rara m. Sept. fl. et in monte Piedra aziil ad Jäcana m. Oct. fl., prope 

 Aguada in terra humosa sylvae montis Piedra blanca, m. Dec. fl. : Sin- 

 tenis n. 5170 (materiem alcoolicam quoque examinavi), 5259, 5707. 



Obs. Habitu simillimus G. niveo , sed perianthii segmentis exterioribus 

 integris, glandulis sub apice ovarii crassis bene conspicuis, seminum magni- 

 tudine et colore sine dultio specifice diversus. 



III. Cym1)0carpa Miers. 



7. Cyiiil>oeari)a refracta Miers! in Proc. Linn. Soc. I (1840), 

 Ann. of Xat. H/st. V p. 133 p. 62 et in Trans. Linn. Soc. X.VIII 

 (1841) p. 544 tah. 38 f. 4!; Seub. in Mart. Flor. bras. III. I p. 60; 

 Karst.! in hinnaea ^XVIII p. 423. — Fig. nostrae 10 — 13. 



Ptychomeria tenella Griseb.f Cat. (1866) jj. 257; Sauv. Cnb. 

 n. 2485 p. 166, — non Benth. 



Oymnosiphon refradiis Benth. in Benth. et Hook. Gen. III (1883) 

 p. 458; Johotv in Pringsh. Jahrb. ^^ tab. J^IX fig. 3 (mala). 



Planta 8 — 12 cm. alta. Caulis erectus v. curvato-erectus, simplex, 

 inferne 0,3 — 0,6 mm. crassus, in sicco flavidus, internodiis inferioribus 

 0,6 — 1,5 cm. longis. Folia basalia ovata v. ovato-oblonga acuminata, 



1 — 1,5 mm. longa, imbricata, caulina 6 — 15 ovata v. ovalia, apice acutata 

 V. obtusa, 1 — 1,5 mm. longa. Inflorescentia semel cymose divisa, dein 

 V. ab initio in cincinnos laxifloros abiens, 1 — 5-, raro — 7-flora; prophylla 



2 — 1 mm. longa ; pedicelli subnuUi v. usque 1 mm. longi ; flores post anthesin 

 subhorizontaliter positi. Perianthii tubus cylindraceus, 2,5 — 4mm. longus; 

 segmenta 3 exteriora tubo dimidio v. duplo breviora, 1,5 — 2 mm. longa, 

 ovata V. anguste ovata acuminata, margine infero v. medio lol)ulos 2 lanceo- 

 lato-lineares saepius incurvos gerentia, interiora ad sinum abeuntia, parva 

 V. minuta, ovata v. orbicularia, omnia cum tubo supremo valde dccidua. 

 Stamina tubo perianthii ad faucem affixa; filamenta subnulla; antherae 

 ambitu latiuscule quadratae, connectivo latiusculo supra loculos non producto 

 truncato v. obsoletissime apiculato, trausversim dehiscentes. Stylus aequi- 

 crassus v. superne obsolete attenuatus, 3 mm. longus; lobi (non bene ob- 

 servati) sessiles fila 2 filiformi-setacea emittentes. Ovarium a latere bre- 

 viter v. ovato-rectangularo, basi subobliquum obtusum, sub anthesi 1,8 — 2 mm. 

 longum, 1 — 1,2 mm. latum, glandulis intus sub apice obviis extrinsecus 

 plerumque bene conspicuis; ovula multiseriata. Capsula verisimiliter a 

 latere compressa, ovata v, brcviter ovata, 2,5 — 3 mm. longa, horizontaliter 



