Nova genera et speciea III. 413 



nec divisis, superne v. ad apicem ramulosis et multifloris; calyce in 

 alabastris ovato v. subaugiiste ovato, 5 mm. longo, brevissime et dense 

 tomentosulo, sub anthesi usque ad medium bilobo; petalis spathulato- 

 cuneatis, 8 — 9 mm. longis; staminibiis in flor. masc. 30 — 34, in flor. 

 femin. 24 — 28, inferne inter sese connatis; alis capsulae 25 — 35 mm. 

 longis, 10 — 16 mm. latis. 



Arbor 18 — 17 m. alta. Rami vetustiores tei'etes, in sicco griseo- 

 albescentes, lenticellis parvis ovalibus v. orbiciüaribus notati, hornotini striati 

 V. angulati, ad apicem pilis brevissimis multiradiatis griseis induti. Folia 

 petiolis subteretibus siipra leviter sulcatis, glabris, e basi 5-nervia, nervo 

 medio supra solemniter prominente, basalibus 2 brevibus subhorizontalibus, 

 intermediis 2 usque in Ys — V2 ^^'^^in^e ascendentibus, caeterura pinnati- 

 nervia, nervis sub angiüo 50 — GO'^ abeuntibus utrinque promiuentibus et 

 densissime reticulato-venosis, areolis ultimis minutis, margine plana, sub- 

 coriacea v. coriacea, utrinque nitida, subtus multo pallidiora. Inflores- 

 centiae rhachis angulata; bracteae priraariae deciduae, pedicellos suffulcientes 

 lanceolato - lineares v. lineares obtusiusciüae 1 — 2 mm. longae; ramuli Ultimi 

 saepe fasciculati, in cj^mulas abeuntes; pedicelli 8 — 10 mm. longi. Flores 

 masculi: Calyx sub anthesi formam galeae obversae praebens, lobis ex- 

 planatis semiorbicularibus obtusissimis, intus glaber. Petala glabra, apice 

 subtruncata, sub apice 4 — 5 mm. lata, horizontaliter patentia. Filamenta 

 1 — 2,5 mm. longa, inferne in conum solidum connata, superne libera; an- 

 therae parvae, subtriangulares, loculis lateraliter dehiscentibus apice con- 

 fluentibus. Flores feminei (pseudo-hermaphroditi): Calyx et petala ut 

 in mare. Stamina biseriata, 1 — 2 mm. longa; antherae forma maris, dehis- 

 centes, sed cassae. Ovarium globulosum, brevissime pilosura. Stigmata 

 irregulariter 4-alata, massam globulosam ovarii magnitudine ci*. 1 mm. longam 

 irregulariter plicatam formantia. Capsula breviter globulosa, G — 8 mm. 

 diametro, alis obovato-ellipticis inaequilateris , nervosis et reticulato-venosis, 

 1 — 2-sperma. Semina ovata, G — 6,5 mm. longa. 



Hab. in St. Vincent in horto botanico vetusto: Powell n. 84, 

 in sylvis non procnl ab et in horto botanico vetusto prope Kingstown 

 260 m. alt., m. Aug. flor.: Smith s. n. (an re vera indigena?); Grenada 

 inter St. George, Grand Ance et La Pointe, m. Dec. fruct: Eggers 

 n. 6442, ibidem frequens (an culta?): Broadway n. 27; Trinidad: Herb. 

 Bot. Gard. n. 806. 



Obs. Altera species Indiae occidentalis: C. cuhensis Griseb. (e Cuba 

 et Hispaniola) foliis pluries minoribus, inflorescentiis paucifloi'is , petalis 

 6 — 7 mm. longis, staminibus fertilibus 13 — 22 diversa est. — C. Schom- 

 burgkii Baill. , si re vera liujus generis, foliis apice obtusiusculis v. acutius- 

 culis, stipulis ad 1 cm. longis, alabastris subglobosis, petalis calyce paullo 

 longioribus ex descr. recedit. 



Triumfetta excisa Urb. (n. sp ) ramis brevissime patuleque pilosis; 

 stipulis lineari-lanceolatis acuminatis; foliis 5 — 0,1 cm. longe petio- 

 latis, inferioribus ambitu reniformibus, basi excisis, antice sinuato- 

 trilobis, lobis breviter et late triangularibus, apicali vix v. breviter 



