282 Ign. Urban: 



crassiusculae , 3 — 4 mm. longae, piima juventute dcciclnae. Folia petiolis 

 sultteretibius non sulcatis obsolete angulatis 3 — 15 cm. longis, ambitu ovata 

 V. cordiforraia, basi acutangnle cordata, apice acuminata, 10 — 20 cm. longa, 

 8 — 14 cm. lata, e basi 5 — 7-nervia, nervis supra prominentibus, utrinque 

 tenuiter reticulato-venosa, supra parce, subtus densius lepidota, chartacea 

 V. subcoriacea. Pedunculi axillares, angulato-striati, superne sensim in- 

 crassati, G — 20 cm. longi; bracteolae involucrales lineares acuminatae, usque 

 18 mm. longae, usque 1,5 mm. latae. Calyx 17 — 25 mm. longus, 15 — 

 20 mm. superne crassus, crasse coriaceus, extrinsecus densissime lepidotus. 

 Petala oblique obtriangularia, 7— 9 cm. longa, 5 — 7,5 cm. antice lata, 

 antice oblique subtruncata, inferne cuneato-angustata, basi ope staminum 

 cohaerentia, dorso quoad in aestivatione extera pilis lepidoto-stellatis per- 

 brevibus tomentosula, caeterura glabra membranacea. Staminum columna 

 basi er. 1 cm. longe corollae adnata, 6,5 — 7,5 cm. longa, in parte ^/g — 1/2 

 superiore antherifera; filamenta quoad libera 2 — 4 mm. longa; antherae ob- 

 lique ovatae. Stigma postremo exsertum, 5 — 8 mm. longum, superne 

 sensim et paulio incrassatum. Ovarium conicum, apice paullo in st^^lum 

 contractum. Fructus (e materie alcoolica) conico-globosus, basi truncata 

 residuo calycis suffultus, apice rotundatus et circa stj'li basin persistentem 

 paullo impressus, glaber laevis, 4 — 5 cm. diametro, viridis (ex Sint.), carne 

 er. 1 cm. crassa alba succum flavum continente (ex Bello), dissepimento 

 centrali er. 1 mm. crasso. Semina in quoque loculo 2 — 3, basi loculorum 

 affixa, plus minus juxtaposita, oblique obovata, basi stipitifornii - contracta, 

 12 — 13 mm. longa, 7 — 9 mm. lata laevia nitida castanea, in sicco bruneo- 

 nigrescentia. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis montanis prope Bayamou, prope 

 Penuelas circa Cuevas del Convento, prope San German in declivibus 

 ad Lajas-arriba, inter Cabo rojo et Mayagüez, prope Rincon ad Nieva, 

 prope Manati ad Abra de los muertos, fl. Jan., Mart, April., Aui^., 

 Oct, Dec, fr. April.: Krug n. 93, Sintenis n. 1050, 3957, 4936, 5706, 

 6783, Stahl n. 149, 370, Wydler n. 309. 



Sterculiaceae. 

 Ayeiiia Tiolacea Urb. (n. sp.) frnticulosa aut fruticosa, raniis 

 hornotinis pilis steilaribus brevibus dense obtectis v. tonientosulis; 

 stipulis triangulari-lanceolatis v. lineari-subnlatis, 1 — 1,5 mm. longis; 

 foliis 2 — 7 mm. longe petiolatis, ovatis v. ovalibus, basi rotundatis 

 saepe obsolete emarginatis, apice obtusis v. rotundatis, 0,6 — 2 cm. 

 longis, 4 — 17 mm. latis, margine crenatis, utrinque breviter stellato- 

 pilosis; floribus 4 — 15 mm, longe pedicellatis, violaceis; sepalis anguste 

 ovatis acuminatis, 4 mm. longis, 2 mm. latis; petalorum limbo antice 

 non inciso, truncato, latere bidentato, dorso nndo, postice in appen- 

 dices duas obovatas limbo aequilongas producto, stipitibns petalo tote 

 dimidio longioribus; ovario granulato et brevissimc piloso, stylo quam 

 ovarium paullo longiore parcissime piloso, stigmate 5-lobo; seminibus 

 siiblaevibus, apice partis latioris valde incurvo. 



