516 Tgn. Urban: 



hiscentibus; disco nullo; stylo apice bifido; fructu 15 — 22 mm. longo, 

 12 — 17 mm. crasso. 



Meliosma Herbertn Bolfe! in Keiv BidJ. 1893 Nr. 81 p. 244; 

 Oliv, in Hook. Icon. IV t. 2305!; Urh. in Bcr. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. XIII 

 t. XIX f. 10 — 14; Di(.ss/ Flor. Ant. fran^. p. 126. 



Atelandra laurina Bello Äp. I (1881) p. 289 t. VI; Stahl/ Estnd. 

 VI p. 42 et p. 267; Krug Ic. t. 211! 



Cacao bobo v. Aguacatillo Bortor. ex Bello, Krug, Bagan, 

 Sint.., Stahl; Graines-violettes v. Bois-violette Guad. ex Duss; 

 Gross Grain Grenad. ex Broadway. 



Var. martiiüceiisis Kr. et Urb. foliis ovalibus v. ellipticis, utrin- 

 que subaequaliter angiistatis, apice plerumque minus abrupte acuminatis 

 coriaceis; cupula antherifera pro loculis minore; stylo apice brevissime 

 bifido. 



Bois-de-sept-ans Martin, ex Duss. 



Ar bor 10 — 20 m. alta, valde ramosa, ligno intus nigrescente, än- 

 rissimo, ad usum aptissimo. Rami vetustiores teretes grisei plus minus 

 plicato - striatelli , lenticellis ovalibus usquo oblongis longitrorsum sulcatis 

 hinc illinc notati, hornotini obtuse et inaequaliter trianguli, ad apicein pilis 

 ferrugineis brevibus subpatulis dense vestiti, sed cito glabrescentes ; geniiuae 

 dense ferrugineo-pubescentes. Folia petiolis supra late et leviter canali- 

 culatis, basi incrassata et cortice in squamulas lacero atque desiliente arti- 

 culatis, acumine angusto 0,5 — 2 cm. longo, nervis lateralibus 7 — 10 sub 

 angulo 50 — 60^ abeuntibus, utrinque dense anastomosantibus, reticulo supra 

 obsolete V. tenuiter, subtus magis promimilo, subtus in sicco brunnescentia, 

 mai'gine plana integra, glabra v. secus nervös parce pilosula; folia in plantis 

 junioribus obovato- v. elliptico-oblonga ad basin valde sensim angustata, 

 usque 40 cm. longa, usque 12 cm. lata, usque 4-plo longiora quam latiora, 

 nervis lateralibus 8 — 12 supra promin ulis, margine inaequaliter sinuato- 

 dentata. Panniculae tenninales et ex axillis foliorum supremorum multo 

 minorum et sensim decrescentium laterales, 4 — 22 cm. longae densiflorae; 

 bracteae ovatae obtusae 1,5 — 1 mm. longae; rhachis et ramuli plus minus 

 brevitei' ferrugineo-villosi v. tomentelli; flores in ramulis abbreviatis et ad 

 apices ramorum panniculae glomerati sessiles subsessilesve, albi; prophylla 

 2 breviter ovata v. suborbicularia ca. 1 mm. longa, margine breviter ciliata. 

 Sepala orbiculari- ovata v. suborbicularia apice rotundata, margine pilis sim- 

 plicibus V. inferne articulatis breviter ciliata, 1,3 — 1,5 mm. longa, basi 

 3-nervia chartacea. Petala 3 exteriora subort>icularia coriacea, margine 

 glabra v. latere exteriore minute papulosa; interiora 2 oblonge -linearia v. 

 sublinearia, 1 — 1,4 mm. longa, 0,3 — 0,4 mm. lata. Staminodia in Y2 ^1*- 

 petalis adnata apice truncata v. emarginata, 0,8 — 1 mm. longa. Filamenta 

 petalis interioribus in Yg eorum alt. adnata linearia 0,8 — 1,2 mm. longa, 

 apice geniculata; cupula antherifera ambitu reniformis, basi emarginata 0,3 mm. 

 longa, 0,5 mm. lata, lobulis lateralibus vertice valde incrassato plane dis- 

 junctis; pollinis granula in sicco ovalia 8-snlcata, 25,5 — ^27 fx longa, 

 18,7 — 20 /Li crassa laeWa. Ovarium suborbiculare convexum; ovula in 

 quoque loculo 2 superposita; placentae ad v. supra medium subcollatoraliter 



