— 126 — 



Turner a humifusa Endl. ! Msc. in Walp. Rep. II, 230. 

 Triacis microphylla Griseb.! Flor. Brit. West- Ind. Isl. 297. 

 Bohadschia microphylla Griseb.! Cat. Cub. 114. 



Icones: Presl l. c. t. 68!: Urb. I. c. et in Hart. Flor. Bras. XII!, III, t. 44. 



Valde polymorpha. Rami vetustiores brunnei v. subcinerascentes teretes irre- 

 gulariter plicato-striati, glabrescentes v. glabri, juniores teretes v. plus minus angulati, 

 pilis brevissimis sursum curvatis flavido-griseis v. canis sericei y. tomentosuli, inter- 

 duni pilis longioribus magis patentibus densissirais praesertim superne villoso-tornen- 

 tosi v. albido-lanati, papillis sessilibus flavidis v. albescentibus (et tunc difficile con- 

 spicuis) plus minus dense adspersi, in axillis foliorum inferiorum ramulos plerumque ab- 

 breviatos foliosos protrudentes, in superiorum floressolitarios proferentes, gemmis serialibus 

 ad basin et pedunculorum et saepius ramulorum plus minus evolutis. Sti pulae linearesv. 

 subulato-setaceae'badiae v.atropurpureae, saepe inter pubem densam occultae. Folia 1 ad 

 3 mm, raro inferiora usque ad 7 mm longe petiolata, apice obtusa, basi subsubito v. plerum- 

 que paene usque ad insertionem cuneato-angustata, 0,5 — 1,5 cm, raro — 2,5 cm longa, 

 0,2 — 0,6 cm, raro — lern lata, l'/ 2 — 3-plo, raro — 4-plo longiora quam latiora, basi 

 excepta crenata, raro serrata, supra ad nervum medium tantum parce pilosula v. 

 undique parce v. plerumque dense brevissimeque puberula v. sericea, subtus papilli- 

 fera et parum v. densius pilosa v. plerumque tomentosula, nunc incano-villosa, v. 

 raro utrinque dense breviterque lanuginosa. Flores dimorphi, ad apicem ramorum et 

 in ramulis abbreviatis sub anthesi .saepius confertiusculi, posterius inferiores remoti ; 

 pedunculi nulli, subnulli v. usque ad 1 mm, fructiferi interdum usque ad 2,5 mm longi; 

 prophylla opposita oblongo-linearia usque lineari-subulata, obtusiuscula v. acuta, raro 

 elliptico- v. subrhombeo-acuminata, 1- v. plerumque pluri- v. ramosinervia, 2 — 4, raro 

 — 5 mm, longa, 0,5 — 1,5 mm lata, integra v. inferne obsolete crenulata v. papillis 1- parcis 

 obsita; peclicelli nulli. Calyx extrinsecus plerumque sericeo-tomentosulus, raro albp- 

 lanuginosus v. parce tantum pilosus, aut supra basin glabratus, superne pubescens et 

 ad lobos hirsutus, tubo intus subglabro, parce v. basi et fauce excepta densissime 

 et brevissime puberulo, subcylindrico v. cylindrico-campanulato, lobis oblongis, lanceo- 

 latis v. lanceolato-linearibus, 3-nervibus, obtusiusculis v. nervo medio perpaullo pro- 

 ducto obsolete ( — 0,4 mm longe) apiculatis. Petala calycem parte '/ 2 — l U ejus long, 

 superantia, obovata, triangulari-obovata v. obovato-oblonga, inferne subcuneato-angnstata, 

 apice truncata v. emarginata, 4.5 — 7mm longa, 2 -8,5 mm lata. Filamenta tubo 

 imo 0,2 — 0,5 mm longe adnata, basi extrinsecus vix v. parum incrassata, longiora 

 5 — 5,5 mm longa, breviora 2,5 — 3,5 mm longa; antherae clausae subquadratae v. rect- 

 angulari-ovatae 0,7 — 1 mm longae, in v. sub '/ 2 alt. affixae , ligulato-apiculatae, basi 

 in parte 5— 6-ta inferiore emarginatae, effloratae non recurvatae, ligula saepe sub- 

 recurva. Styli a basi v. ab apice antherarum 1 — 1,5 mm distantes, glaberrimi v. usque 

 supra medium pilosi v. inferne sublanuginosi, longiores 3 — 4 mm longi, apice 0,3—0,7 mm 

 longe flagellato-plurifidi, breviores 1,5—2,5 mm longi obsolete v. usque ad 0,3 mm longe 

 multifidi. Ovarium 6 — 14-ovulatuui. Fructus breviter ovatus v. obovatus v. globu- 

 losus, 3 — 4 mm longus, 2,5— 4 mm diametro; valvae dorso pilis brevissimis tenuissimis 

 plus minus adspersae v. subsericeae, raro breviter villosae, v. praesertim ad apicem 

 sublanuginosae, ob nervös reticulato-impressos parum prominenti-, sed dense tuber- 

 culatae, intus flavescentes v. postremo ferrugineae v. rufae, glabrae. Semina obovato- 

 oblonga, 1,5 — 2,3 mm longa, 0,8—1 mm lata reticulato-striata, postremo brnnnea v. 

 cinereo-nigrescentia, chalaza vix prominula, Mio breviter conico v. semigloboso, arillo 

 unilaterali supra medium ascendente fiavescente v. albido-flavescente. 



Hahitat in imulis Antillanis, e. gr. in Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica, Hayti, Portorico, 

 S. Thomas, S. Croix: Swainson, Wright n. 210, Linden n. 1852, 2065, Roh. Schom- 



