Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 405 



cuneatim angustatis, basi ipsa obtusis, rotimdatis v. leviter cordatis, 

 majoribus 8 — 17 cm. loügis, 3,5 — 7 cm. latis, 2 — ij^/^-plo longioribus 

 quam latioribus, utrinque minute v. obsolete lepidotis, crasse coriaceis, 

 supra jiixta nervum medium sulcatis, nervo ipso in sulco prominente; pedun- 

 culis (secundariis) ad apices ramorum ex axillis bractearum deciduarum 

 pluribus V. numerosis confertis 1-, rarissime bifloris; calyce 9 — 12 mm. 

 longo recto; corolla sauguinea, tubo 2,5 — 3 cm. longo; Capsula lineari 

 utrinque acuminata 8 — 14 cm. longa, 0,7 cm. lata. 

 Rüble Colorado Portor. 



Arbor 10 — 15 m. alta, ex pulcherrimis sylvae primae vae portori- 

 censis (ex Sint.). Raini striis e dorso petioloruni decurrentiljus plus miiuis 

 angulati, vetustiores grisci, liornotiiii glaltri. Folia siraplicia, petiolis subtus 

 semiteretibus, supra convexiusculis striatis, apice articulatis, nervis late- 

 ralibus 7 — 9 supra non , subtus bene prominentibus et dense reticiüato - 

 anastomosantibus , supra in vivo lucide et pallide viridia, margine plana v. 

 angustissime recurva, suprema flores suffulcientia bracteiformia linearia 

 3 — 5 mm. longa decidua. Inflorescentiae terminales vix pedunculatae ; 

 pediceUi 4 — 6 cm. longi, infra medium proplijdla bina opposita lineari- 

 subulata gerentes minute lepidoti. Calyx initio plane clausus, sub antlicsi 

 campanulato-cylindraceus, (in sicco compressus) 7 — 9 mm. diametro, in Y3 

 superiore spathaceo - bilobus , lobis inaequalibus, apice nunc breviter bilobu- 

 latis, dense et minute lepidotus. Cornllao tubus cylindi-aeeiis ca. 7 mm. 

 ci-assus, ad basin paullo attenuatus, extrinsecus glaber, intus juxta ovarii 

 apicem villosus, superne antice (ante stamina longiora) brevissime papillosus; 

 lobi suborbiciüares , tubo ca. 3-plo breviores. Stamina 6 — 7 mm. supra 

 basiu corollae affixa, ad apicem leviter curvata; filaraenta glabra, longiora 

 lirevioribus ca. G mm. longiora, tubum coroUae aequantia; anthcrarum loculi 

 divaricato-j)atentes, oblonge -elliptici, connectivo lato et brcvi paullo superati; 

 starainodium 7 mm. longum. Discus basin ovarii aunulari-cingens. Ova- 

 rium angustc oblongo- lineare, in stylum attonuatum; Stigmata ovata 2 mm. 

 longa foliacea; ovida dissepimento pkmseriatiin affixa numerosa. Capsula 

 minute et laxe lepidota. Semina subelliptica plana, cum alis albidis mom- 

 branaceis 2 cm. longa, 5 — 6 mm. lata. 



Hab. in Fortorico prope Utuado in sylvis primaevis montis Cerro 

 Colon ad Roncador, m. Mart. fl.: Sintenis n. 6500. 



Tecoiiia Iinemaiitha Griseb. Cat. (1866) p. 194. 



Bignoiüa haemautha Bertcro! Msc. in Spreng. Syst. II (1825) 

 p. 832. 



Tahebuia haemantha F. DC. Prodr. IX (1845) p. 214. 



Spathodea portoricensis Bello! Ap.I (1881) p.293; Stahl! Est. VI 

 p. 181; Krug Ic. t. 200! 



Ai'buscula 3 — 5 m. v. arbor 8 — 10 m. alta, foliolis valde variabilibus, 

 3 — 5-natis, breviter ovalibus usque ovato-oblongis, basi rotundatis v. ple- 

 rumque subcordatis, apice rotundatis v. plus minus acuminatis, 5 — 15 cm. 

 longis, coriaceis v. crasse coriaceis, glabris v. rarius minute lepidotis, in- 



