346 Ign. Urban: 



anastomosantibus , margine et subtus ad nerviim medium brevissime pilosa, 

 membranacea, viridia, subtus pallidiora glaucescentia. Eacemus 5 — 15 cm. 

 longus V. postremo etiam longior, terminalis; rhachis pube caulis; pedicelli 

 floriferi 1 — 1,5 cm. longi filiformes, brevissime glanduloso - pilosi. Sepala 

 lineari-lanceolata acuta, 2 mm. longa, 0,5 — 0,7 mm. lata, sub anthesi erecta. 

 Petala ex sicco pallida (albescentia?), oblonga, apice obtusissima v. rotun- 

 data, ad basin sensim angustata, non unguiculata, 5 — 6 mm. longa, 1,5 — 

 1,8 mm. lata, glabra. Discus subglobosus. Stamina 6; filamenta 1,5 — 

 2,5 mm. longa; antherae oblongo- lineares, 1,5 — 2 mm. longae, in Yg alt. 

 affixae. Stylus perbrevis; stigma siibbilobum; ovarium lineare, superne 

 sensim in stylum attenuatum. Siliquae in pedicollis subdivaricato-patenti- 

 bus 3 — 6 cm. ab invicem remotis; valvae 3 — 3,5 mm. latae, dense reticu- 

 lato-nervosae, pilis glanduliferis patentibus, tenues submembranaceae. Se- 

 mina numerosa brunca, conduplicato-reniformia, crure radiculari sublongiore, 

 er. 1,3 mm. longa. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince in montibus Fessard, m. 

 Majo flor.: Christ n. 1736. 



Obs. Affinis Cl. pohjgama L. differt ramis glabris, foliolis semper 

 ternis v. infimis solitariis, margine argute denticellatis, bracteis minimis 

 subuliformibus, siliquis supra calycem sessilibus v. brevissime stipitatis 

 lineari-cylindraceis, longitrorsum striatis, seminibus duplo majoribus. 



Cleome Wrightii Urb. (n. sp.) perennis iiiermis, caulibus 10 — 

 15 cm. longis, glabris; foliis indivisis, 2 — 1 mm. longe petiolatis, ellip- 

 tico-oblongis v. lanceolatis, apice obtusis v. plerumque acutis, 0,5 — 

 1 cm. longis, 0,15 — 0,3 cm. latis, glabris; pedicellis ex axillis folioruni 

 superiorum prodeuntibus, fructiferis 1 — 1,5 cm. longis; siliquis pedi- 

 cello dimidio v. duplo brevioribus, supra calycem non stipitatis, lineari- 

 bus v. oblongo -linearibus, 0,7 — 1 cm. longis, 2 — 2,5 mm. latis, tcnuis- 

 sime longitrorsum striatis, stylo persistente er. 1 mm. longo apiculatis; 

 seminibus pluriseriatis, tuberculatis, 1 mm. longis. 



Cleo77ie procumbens Oriscb.! Cat. (1866) p. 6; Scmv. Oub. n. 48 

 p. 4; Maxa Periant. p. 224; — non Jacq. 



Volantines v. volatines Cub. ex Wr. 



Caulis Primarius usque 2 mm. crassus, hornotini plures simplioes 

 striati 0,35 — 0,5 mm. crassi, a basi foliosi, internodiis 0,5 — 1 cm. longis, 

 folia subaequantibus v. paullo longioribus. Folia basi obtusa, margine ob- 

 solete papulosa, uninervia, nervo medio supra parum conspicuo, subtus pro- 

 minente, chartacea, superiora paullo decrescentia. Pedicelli floriferi 15 — 

 8 mm. longi. Sepala anguste ovata oblongo -lanceolata, acuta v. brevissime 

 apiculata, 2,5 mm. longa, er. 1 mm. lata, margine glabra, patentia v. reflexa. 

 Petala ex sicco pallide flava unicolora, elliptica, inferne sensim angustata, 

 sed non unguiculata, apice obtusiuscula v. obtusa, 4 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata 

 glabra. Stamina 6; filamenta 3 mm. longa; antherae ovato-oblongae, superne 

 recurvae. Stylus vix 1 mm. longus; stigma capitatum; ovarium ovali-ellipti- 

 cum, stylo duplo longius. Siliquae in pedicellis patentibus v. divaricatis, 

 basi obtusae, apice acutatae v. obtusae, ob semina prominentia plus minus 



