334 " Ign. Urban: 



deorsum versis et adpressis obsitis, postremo glabrescentibus; stipulis 

 lanceolato-subulatis 2 — 4 mm. longis; foliis 1,5 — 0,5 cm. longe petio- 

 latis, foliolis 3 subaequaliter et brevissime (1—2 mm. longe) petiolulatis, 

 lanceolatis v. lineari-lanceolatis, utrinque subaequaliter angustatis et 

 obtusis, vix V. obsolete apiculatis, 4 — 1,5 cm. longis, 1 — 0,4 cm. latis, 

 lateralibus paullo brevioribus, sed eadem forma, omnibus coriaceis rigi- 

 dis, margine solemniter revolutis, supra glabris glaucescentibus, subtus 

 dense albido-, interdum rufidulo- serieeis, nervis anastomosantibus inter 

 pubem bene prominentibus; inflorescentiis cum pedunculo 2 — 4 cm. 

 longo, 1 — 1,5 mm. crasso, 8 — 12 cm. longis, multifloris, pedicellis 

 1,5^ — 2 mm. longis; calyce dense rufescenti-sericeo, 5 mm. longo, dente 

 antico tubum aequante, triangulari - lanceolato acuminato, lateralibus 

 triangulari-acuminatis, tubo dimidio brevioribus, postico semiorbiculari 

 V. late triangulari obtuso v. rotundato, obsolete apiculato, longitudine 

 lateralium; corolla purpurea (ex Wr.), petalis inter sese subaequilongis, 

 vexillo 7 — 7,5 mm. longo et aequilato, suborbiculari,' unguiculo 2 mm. 

 longo, alis carinaque subaequilatis, 2 mm. latis, carina dorso valde ar- 

 cuata, intus parum incurva; stamine postico supra basin libero, dein 

 fere usque ad medium cum reliquis coalito, caeteris superne incurvis, 

 apice breviter liberis, antheris ovatis; ovario sessili, 6 — 7-ovulato, 

 quam Stylus incurvatus dimidio longiore; leguminibus 8,5 — 5 cm. longis, 

 7 — 8 mm. latis, subrectis, breviter et densissime rufo-tomentosis; semi- 

 nibus 3 — 5, ovatis v. suborbicularibus, 5 mm. longis, 3 — 4 mm, latis, 

 nigris, hilo supra medium sito. 



Dioclea galactioides Griseh.! Cat (1866) j). 76 (p-p). 



Hab. in Cuba, road to Final Mayari, m. Aug. fl. et fr.: AYrigbt s. n. 



Obs. Spccies bene distincta a cl. Gkisebach in Msc. (herb. Gotting.) 

 ^Dioclea galactioides var. foliolis subtus serieeis" salutata, sed 1. c. cum 

 Vera D. galactioides confusa („foliolis lanceolatis, subtus sericcis, Icguminc 

 rufo-pubescente in ejus descriptione ad nostram plantam spectant). 



Species mihi non visa. 



Galactia Odoiiia Griseb. caule volubili; foliolis 3 elliptico- lanceo- 

 latis obtusis glabrescentibus petiolo communi subaequilongis; racemis 

 paucifloris folium aequantibus; calycis lobis subulatis, longioribus tubo 

 duplo longioribus, lateralibus paullo brevioribus; leguminc rufo-tomen- 

 toso oblique rostrato piano -compresso, 2^/^ poll. longo, G lin. lato. 



Galactia Odonia Oriseb. Cat. (1866) p. 75 (excl. syn. Bert.); Sauv. 

 Oiih. n. 530 p. 30. 



Hab. in Cuba occ: Rugel n. 864. 



Obs. Deest in herb. Gotting., Kcw., Gantabrigiens, et Brii. Museum. 



