316 Ion. Urban: 



ceum, superne paullo ampliatum iisque 3 nun. crassum, intus ad faucem 

 pubeseens. Calyx ca. 2 cm. longus, extrinsecus brevissime tomentosus sub 

 anthesi unilateraliter usque ad basin fissus, caeterum praetor apices bre- 

 vissime subulatos liberos spatbaceo-cohaerens. Petala in aestivatione valde 

 hnbricata, fauci receptaculi inserta 1 — 1.5 cm. longo unguiculata, 4 inferiora 

 albido-rosea, interdum roseo -punctata et -maculata, margine glabra, 2 sü- 

 periora margine infero postico pilosa, superius älbidö-roseum, sed margine 

 flava m et intus densissime pnrpureo-maculatum, margine infero pubeseens. 

 Stamina fauci inserta, infimuin fertüe 4 — 4,5 cm. longum, 1,5 — 2 mm. 

 crassum, arcuato-curvatum, intus ad basin puberulum, caetera ananthera, postice 

 sensim decrescentia , 10 — 2 mm. longa subulata, inferne pubescentia, 4 in- 

 fera saepe binatim inter sese supra basin connata, caetera libera; anthera 

 oblongo- linearis 5 — G mm. longa, ca. 1,5 mm. lata, in 2 /s alt. affixa. <<v- 

 naeceum flor. hermaphroditorum quoad liberum 4,5 cm. longum; stipes re- 

 eoptaculo inferne latius, superne antice tantuin adnatus, parcissime pilosulus, 

 ca. 4 mm. sub fauce über factus; ovarium ipsum in flor. masc. 4 — 5 mm. 

 longum, ovulis pluribus minutis, stylo reeeptaculum parum superante 2 — 3 mm. 

 longo, stigmate obsoleto, in hermaphroditis vix 1 cm. longe stipitatum, 



1 — 1,2 cm. longum puberulum, stylo 2 cm. longo glabro, stigmate unilaterali. 

 Legumen in racemo plerumque solitarium, latiuseule lineare rectum acutum 

 basi styli persistente mucronatum convexum brunnescens 18 — 22 cm. longum 

 (nunc brevius), 20 — 23 mm. latum, 12 — 15 mm. crassum, stipite ca. 3,5 cm. 

 longo, sed inferne plus minus v. \milateralitcr a reeeptaculo arete aecum- 

 bente circumdato, glabrescens, venis tenuissimis creberrimis aretissimis obli- 

 quis obsolete rugulosum, intus inter semina farina pallide flava subseptaftim, 

 dohiscens. Semina in singulis legum. IG — 22, funiculo perbrevi crassius- 

 culo in laminam lanceolatam marginibus inaequilongis liilo adnatam more 

 calceamenti dilatato, ovalia, 10 — 11mm. longa, G — 8,5mm. lata, 3 — 3,5 mm. 

 crassa laevia nigrescentia ; endospermium corneum juxta facies cotyledonum 

 satis conspieuum. Embryo forma seminis; cotyledones planae basi cordatae, 

 radiculam subretraetam ovalem perbrevem 5-plo longitudine superantes. 



Culta ornamenti causa et quasi spontanea in Cuba prope Cien- 

 fuegos: Combs n. 449; Jamaica ex Hitchc; Portorico prope Naguabo 

 circa Hacienda Oriente, Fajardo, Adjuntas ad Saltillo, Pefiuelas ad La 

 Cueva, Cabo-rojo in monte Buena vista, Magagüez, Manati in monti- 

 bus calcareis, Bayamon: Krug n. 278 (a. 1875), Sintenis n. 682, 1323, 

 1634, 4012, 5005, 5489, 6547, Stahl n. 488; St. Thomas ad habita- 

 tiones et in fruticetis: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 322, 1080; Guadeloupe: 

 Duss n. 261 i); Martinique in liortis et circa habitationes satis frequens: 

 Duss n. 1122; St. Vincent: Smith n. 571. — Patria? in Guiana gallica 

 ad Maroni super.: Kappler ex Sagot. 



Cassia Stahlii Urb. (u. sp.) foliolis 5-jugis, superioribus ovalibus 

 v. ellipticis, 2,5 — 3 cm. longis, 1 — 1.5 cm. latis, inferioribus breviorilms 

 orbiculari- ovalibus usque 1 cm. decrescentibus, apice rotundatis mucro- 

 nulatis, chartaeeis, rhachi inter paria inferiora glandulas oblongo -lineares 



2 mm. longas gerente; stipulis linear! - sub ulatis ca. 10 mm. longis de- 

 eiduis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et terminalibus multi- et longifloris, 



