386 Ign. ürban: 



giue infero obsolete ciliata. Petala in aestivatione contorta, calycem duplo 

 superantia; lobi apice rotundati, 2 mm. lati recurvati. Stamina tubo co- 

 rollino ad medium basi lata affixa; filamenta lineari-filiformia, i3etalis aeqiii- 

 longa; antherae in 2/5 ^1*- affixae, basi cordatae, 1,5 mm. longae, fissura 

 longitudinali dehiscentes. Stylus 3 — 3,5 mm. longus ad apicem vix attenu- 

 atus; Stigma punctiforme. Üvarium ovatum, ca. 25-ovulatum. Fructus 

 10 — 11 mm. longus, 12 — 13 mm. crassus, endocarpio crustaceo ca. 1,5 mm. 

 crasso. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Bliie Mountains, Berwick Hill 1000 m. alt., 

 supra Strawberry Hill Cottage 1300 m., m. Nov. flor., Jul. fruct: AY. Harris 

 in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 5227, 5481, 6077. 



Obs. Ex affinitate ^4. iinifoliae Sw. et A. coriaceae Sw., rpiarum prior 

 ramis glabris, floribus laxioribus, pedicellis duplo longioribus, petalis lanceo- 

 latis acutis, stylo 8 mm. longo, drupa pluries minore, ulterior foliis aveniis, 

 sepalis minutis, petalis lanceolatis, utraque antlieris apice tantum dehiscenti- 

 bus diversae sunt (Sw. Ic. ined. t. 63, 64). 



Gentianaceae. 

 Macrocarpaea Hartii Kr. et Urb. in Notixbl. Berl. bot Gart. vol. I 



n. 2 (1895) p. 80 foliis inferioribiis 3 — 5 cm. longe petiolatis, obovato- 

 cuneatis, breviter acuminatis, basi valde sensini in petiolum angustatis, 

 30 — 40 cm. longis, 12 — 15 cm. latis, superioribus 3 — 1 cm. longe petio- 

 latis, obovato-spathulatis, brevissime nunc abrupte acuminatis 12 — 25 cm. 

 longis, 6 — 10 cm. latis, ramealibus 5 — 2 mm. longe petiolatis, pluries 

 minoribus obovato-ellipticis; inflorescentiis panniculatis multitloris, pedi- 

 cellis 5 — 10 mm. longis; calyce obovato 8 — 9 mm. longo, lobis semi- 

 ovalibus v. suborbicularibus; corolla calycem duplo siiperante, 25 — 28 mm. 

 longa, lobis ovatis; filamentis et stylo tubum corollae subaequantibus; 

 Capsula anguste oblonga sensim et longe aciiminata, 20 — 25 mm. longa, 

 ca. 5 mm. crassa. 



Caulis infame obsolete, superne obtuse tetragonus, cicatricibus folio- 

 rum dolapsorum densis notatus. Folia in sicco nigresccntia, caulina con- 

 ferta, ramealia inter so rcmota, sensim in bracteas abeuntia. Inflorescentiae 

 in ramis latoralibus terminales usque 20 cm. longae, ramulis cymose 3 — 5- 

 floris; propliylla elliptica usque linearia 15 — 3 mm. longa. Calycis lobi 

 apice rotundati minute denticulati, tubum dimidium subsuporantes. Corolla 

 quoad a calyce inclusa breviter cylindracea, deinde tm-binata; lobi 8 — 9 mm. 

 longi. Stamina inter corollae partem cylindraceam et turliinatam inserta; 

 antherae rectangulari- ovales, apice obtusissimae, dorso in Y3 alt. affixae, 

 4 — 4,5 mm. longae; pollinis granula segregata globosa, reticulato- striata, 

 aquae immersa er. 33 f.i diametro. Stylus longitudiue staminum 15 — 17 mm. 

 longus; Stigma bilobum lobis orbicularibus , postremo margine recurvatis. 

 Capsula bicarinata, transversim subteres; placentae intus contiguae, bila- 

 mellatae, lamellis margine recurvatis et hoc loco seminigeris. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Blue Mountains, prope Yinegar Hill, m. Sept. 

 flor.: J.H.Hart a. 1886, W. Harris in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 1417, 5352, 6048. 



