Nova genera et species 11. 303 



Tetrorcliidium riibriYeiiium Poepp. etEndlNov. Gen. III (1845) 

 p. 23 tab. 227!; Baill. Ehid. Euph.439; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr.XV 2 

 p. 1133 et in Hart. Flor. Bras. XI II p. 512 tab. 72 fig. II!; Fax 

 in Engl.-Franil Nat. Fflanxenfam. ITI, 5 p. 91 Fig. 57 C—0. 



Arbor trunco gracili, 12 m. alta (ex Smith). Rami hornotini glabri. 

 Folia novella pilis parcis flavescentibus obsita, mox glabrata, obovato-oblonga, 

 inferne sensim angnstata, apice obtiise acnminata, ca. 20 cm. longa, 7 — 8cra. 

 lata, margine reniote dentata, membranacea, venis priraariis ntrinfjiie ca. 7, 

 secundariis tenuissimis parum v. vix conspicuis. Inflorescentiae masculae 

 interrupte spicatae v. subpanniculatae. Sepala membranacea triaugularia 

 pubescentia. Ovarii rudimentum lineare antheras aequans. Flor es feminei 

 non obvii. 



Hab. in St. Yincent in sylvis montanis humidis supra Upper 

 Kichmond vallej ad centrum insulae versus ramm, alt. 800 m., m. Aug. 

 flor.: H. H. et G. W. Smith s. n., — praeterea in America Continen- 

 tal i tropica. 



Obs. Genus ex Antillis nondum cognitum erat, in Flora of St. Yincent 

 and adjacent Islands (Kew Bull. 1893 No. 81) omissum. 



Sel)astiaiiia hexaptcra Urb. (n. sp.) dioica, ramis glabris inermi- 

 bus; foliis oppositis v. suboppositis, 4 — 2 mm. longa petiolatis, ovato- 

 ellipticis usque elliptico-oblongis, basi obtusis v. acutis, apice acumi- 

 natis, 5 — 10 cm. longis, 1,5 — 4,5 cm. latis, margine minute v. obsolete 

 crenulatis, crenulis 1 — 2 infimis glanduliformibus; spicis masculis 

 gracilibus densifloris, bracteis 1-floris, margine 2-glaudulosis, sepalis 

 3 -in alabastro apertis distiuctis, staminibus 3 liberis; spicis femineis 

 typice 3-floris, sed flore infimo tantum evoluto, stylis 3 recurvis integris; 

 capsulis 5 mm. longis, dorso alis 6 inferne parum, superne usque 

 1,5 mm. late prominentibus costatis. 



Excaecaria spec. Duss! Flor. Ant. frang. (1897) p. 40. 



Frutex 1,8 — 4 m. altus pulclierrimus rectus, femineus minor quam 

 mas (ex Duss). Rami teretes, tenuiter striati, non raro dichotomi, inter- 

 nodiis 2 — 10 cm. longis, juniores superne angulati. Stipulae breviter 

 trianguläres v. suborbiculares obtusae 0,5 — 1 mm. longae, glanduloso- 

 incrassatae, ramo arcte adpressae. Folia petiolis egiandulosis supra sul- 

 catis, pennivenia, nervo medio supra prominente, lateralibus 7 — 11 sub 

 angulo 70 — 80^ abeuntibus, utrinque pracsertim subtus prominulis et 

 anastomosantibus, margine plana, chartacea v. subcoriacea, utrinque nitidula, 

 subtus pallidioi-a. Spicae masculae terminales et axillares, simplices v, 

 raro basi ramum unicum gereutes, a basi multiflorae, 3 — 10 cm. longae, 

 rhaclii recta glabra; bracteae trianguläres breviter acuniinatae, ca. 1 mm. 

 longae et latae, margine utroque ad basin glandula ovali v. suborbiculari 

 0,3 — 0,4 mm. longa ornatae, inferne incrassatae, spiraliter dispositae; flores 

 sessiles. Sepala libera, ovata, margine obsolete ciliata, apice incurva, ca. 

 1 mm. longa, posticum paullo brevius. Stamina cum sepalis alterna; 

 filameuta divarieata, basi iina sibi accumbentia, 0,7 mm. longa; antlierae 



