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vissirae et obtuse apiculatae 2 — 3 mm. longae, longitudinaliter clehiscentes. 

 Di scu s vix 1,5 mm. diametro. Ovarium obtuse quadrangulum , perfecte 

 4-loculare, intus glabrum; ovula in quoque loculo 4, 2-seriata. Stylus a 

 basi crassa ad apicem sensim attenuatus 2 mm. longus, apice obsolete stig- 

 matosus. Capsula breviter apiculata, pube brevissima rufa v. ferraginea, 

 4-valvis, pericarpio 2 — 2,5 mm. crasso lignoso. Semen solitarium, inferne 

 arillodio rubro obtectum (ex Duss). 



Hab. in Guadeloupe, e. gr. bord de la riviere noire pres du 

 Camp Jacob 600 m. alt, satis frequens in sylvis Matouba et Bains- 

 jaunes, m. Jul. flor., m. Maj. fruet: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2348, 3485; 

 Dominica: Imray; Sta. Lucia in Fonds St. Jacques 600 m. alt, m. 

 Oct. fl. , April, fruet : Ramage. — Floret per 3 — 4 annos semel tantum 

 (ex Duss). 



Obs. Ex affinitate S. pannieulatae Spruce. 



Sloanca Dussii Urb. (n. sp.) ramis novellis pubescentibus; stipulis 

 lanceolato-linearibus valde caducis; foliis alternis, obovatis, basi obtusa 

 in petiolum contractis, apice rotundato brevissime triangulari-produetis, 

 7 — 10 cm. longis; sepalis (sub fruetu) 3 v. 4 ovatis; Capsula globulosa 

 v. ovoidea 2,5 — 3 cm. diametro, dorso setis aculeiformibus teretibus 

 valde inaequicrassis et inaequilongis fragilibus densissime obteeta. 



Sloanea spec. Duss! Flor. Ant. fra?ip. (1897) p. 92. 



Chätaignier-coco v. Petit-coco v. chätaignier-petit-coco 

 Martin, ex Duss. 



Arbor elata pulchra pyramidalis (ex Duss). Rami in sicco brunneo- 

 nigrescentes teretes glabrescentes , hornotini subangulati, pube plus minus 

 patente, ad apicem densa. Stipulae juxta petioli angulum insertae in- 

 tegrae coneavae ca. 4 mm. longae, dorso tomentosae. Folia petiolis 0,7 — 1,5 cm. 

 longis subteretibus supra applanatis, basi et apice subincrassatis puberulis, 

 4 — 6 cm. lata, superne obsolete crenulata coriacea, nervis supra impressis, 

 lateralibus ca. 9 supra tenuissime, subtus manifeste reticulato-anastomosanti- 

 bus, subtus ad nervös pilis longiusculis obsita. Flores ignoti. Capsula 

 setis 3 — 12 mm. longis e tuberculis plus minus crassis prodeuntibus rectis 

 v. subrectis plus minus manifeste spinuloso-exasperatis brunnescentibus v. 

 nigrescentibus vestita, 3- v. 4-locularis, loculis 2 — 4 semen foventibus, cae- 

 teris cassis, valvis 5 — 6 mm. crassis lignosis intus longitrorsum disse- 

 pimento carinatis, intus nitidis rubris, in centro columnam relinquentibus. 

 Semina in quoque fruetu 2 — 4 pendula, elliptico-oblonga, subteretia ca. 

 10 mm. longa, 4 mm. crassa, arillodio integro usque ad apicem obteeta; 

 testa laevis, basi tantum cum arillodio connata et hoc loco incrassata, latere 

 altero fere ab apice usque ad basin raphe lineari albida norata; endosper- 

 mium dorso cotyledonum evolutum satis amplum carnosum. Embryo ob- 

 ovato-oblongus, longitudinc endospermii, planus 8 mm. longus; cotyledones 

 crassiusculae ad radiculam profundiuscule emarginatae; radicula supera reeta 

 cotyledonibus 5-plo brevior; plumula nulla. 



Hab. in Martinique satis rara in sylvis Fontaine Absalou et 

 Champflore (bord de la riviere Ciaire): Duss n. 148, 1368. 



