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petiolis eglandulosis, penninervia, nervo medio supra subimpresso , lateralibus 

 supra inconspicuis, subtus utrinque 2 — 3 teiiuibus arcuatis v. obsoletis, 

 creDis autice minute nigrescenti-apiculatis, glandiilis marginis inferioris 

 utrinque — 2 parvis nigrescentibus medio coucaviusculis sessilibus, margine 

 plana v. recurva. coriacea rigida, supra viridi-olivacea nitida, subtus palli- 

 diora. Spicae terminales vel axillares, pleraeque autem ad basin dichoto- 

 miae spinarum juxta basin folii (delapsi) obviae, 5 — 10 mm. longae, 8 — 12- 

 florae, nunc ad florem unicum femineum reductae; rhachis glabra sub- 

 tortuosa; bracteae minutae trianguläres v. truncatae vix 0,4 mm. longae, 

 superiores utrinque, infimae latere altero tantum glandula crassa serailunari 

 0,6 — 0,8 mm. lata ca. 0,5 mm. longa instructae. Flores arcte sessiles. 

 masculi: Sepala 8 in aestivatione valvata, membranacea, antica ovato- 

 lanceolata, fere 1 mm. longa, posticum brevius subtriangulare , omnia mar- 

 gine ciliata. Stamina 3 cum sepalis alterna; filamenta 0,8 mm. longa 

 erecta; antherae basifixae reniformes, loculis ovatis apice contiguis, inferne 

 divergentibus , ab apice oblique usque supra medium lateraliter, sed per- 

 paullo magis intus, rima dehiscentibus, apice subconfluentibus. Ovarii 

 rudiraontum nullum. Flores feminei: Sepala 3 basi vix v. brevissime 

 Goalita, 0,5 — 1 mm. longa, basi v. ad commissuram hinc illinc lobulum 

 minutum gerentia. Styli basi ca. 0,2 — 0,3 mm. longe connati, crassiuscule 

 lineares, crassiores quam latiores, inferne horizontales, dein recurvi et ovario 

 subaccumbentes eique longitudine aequales, 0,8 mm. longi. Ovarium 

 globidosum v. sphaeroideum, obtuse trigonum glabrum 3-loculare; ovula in 

 quoque loculo solitaria, sub apice affixa, ovata. Capsula globulosa olivacea 

 3-cocca; cocci columellam subtrialatam relinquentes usque ad basin 2-partiti. 

 Semina ovata, 3 mm. longa, 2 mm. lata, basi truucata v. concaviuscula 

 medio obsolete apiculata, ventre linea subimpressa notata, chalaza basilari, 

 apice caruncula scutelliformi parva flavida coronata, olivaceo-brunescentia, 

 laevia nitida. Embryo? 



Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince in Plateau du Morne de 

 THopital ca. 1050 ni. alt, m. Jul. fl., Nov. fl. et fruct.: Picarda n. 842. 



Obs. NuUi alii arctius affinis et aegre sectioni ulli subjungenda nisi 

 Adenogyne (sensu Benthamiano). 



Sapiiim liippomaiic G. F. W. Mey. petiolis 2,5 — 0,7, cm. longis, 

 sub apice glandulas binas 1 — 2 mm. longas lineari-cylindraceas gerenti- 

 bus, foliis obovatis, anguste ovatis v. plerumque ovalibus v. eliipticis, 

 basi rotundata v. obtusissima brevissime in petiolum productis, apice 

 (plerumque abrupte) brevissime acuminatis, acumine cucullato-inflexo, 

 7 — 15 cm. longis, 3,5 — 7 cm. latis, margine subintegris v. leviter crenu- 

 latis, saepius glandulas pro latere 1 — 3 raanifestas vario loco e margine 

 prodeuntes praebentibus, nervis sub angulo 70 — SO*' e medio abeunti- 

 bus ad marginem versus subarcuatis; inflorescentiis terminalibus plerum- 

 que masculis, interdum 1 — 2 lateralibus adjectis, in parte tertia v. 

 dimidia inferiore femineis, 7 — 12 cm. v. ultra longis, folia superantibus, 

 glandulis bractearum valde abbreviatarum ovalibus v. suborbicularibus 

 planis; sepalis masculis 2 pallide purpurascentibus, vix usque ad medium 



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