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SOL ANE M Juss. 



Sarcophysa. 



Sarcophysa Miers, Ami, and Mag. ofnat. Hist., IV, 190. — Juanullcve spec 

 Dunal, in DC, Prodr., XIII, 531 . 



Calyx ellipsoideus, infra crassus, supra médium membranaceus, 

 primitus indivisus, succoque albumineo plenus, sub anthesi co- 

 rolla perforatur et 3-4-5-dentatus evadit, dentibus triangularibus 

 acutis; connubiis peractis irregulariter laceratur. Corolla sub- 

 carnosa, tubulosa, calyce triplo longior, in tubo plus minus inflatur, 

 in fauee autem subcoarctatur ; limbus patens, breviter quinquelo- 

 bus, lobis initio sestivatione imbricatis, tandem subreflexis. S ta 

 mina quinque, faucem aaquantia, basi corollse inserta, erecta; 

 filamenta subulata, gequilonga, basi bituberculata, tuberculis vil— 

 losis ; antherse biloculares, lineari-oblongge, erectse, connectivo 

 lineari dorsali adnatae, basi discrets, longitudinaliter déhis- 

 centes. Ovarium conicum, annulo discoideo basi cinctum, incom- 

 plète 4-loculare, dissepimento altero supra médium déficiente, 

 altero integro, prope angulum parietatem utrinque placentifero ; 

 placentis porrectis multiovulatis ; stylus filiformis, longitudine 

 staminum; stigma incrassatum, obsolète bilobum, lobis intus 

 glandulosis. Bacca ellipsoidea, styli basi persistente apiculata, 

 exsucca, calyce vix aucto irregulariter fisso involuta, imperfecte 

 quadrilocularis. Semina plurima, reniformia, testa crustacea laevi 

 fusca. Embryo arcuatus, albumen parcum carnosum peripherice 

 cingens (in albumine immersus, dorso liber); cotyledonibus eom- 

 pressis, radicula tereti umbilicum attingente. 



Sarcophysa speciosa Miers, /. c. — Frutex epiphytus, pseudo- 

 parasiticus; caule scandente lignoso; ramis dependentibus pube- 

 rulis; foliis alternis breviter petiolatis, oblongis vel ovato-oblon- 

 gis, integerrimis, basi obtusis vel subcordatis, apice angustatis, 

 crasse coriaceis, supra glabris, subtus pilis stellatis ; inflorescen- 

 tia terminali vel axillari pedunculata, cymosa vel cymoso-panicu- 

 lata, pedunculo longiusculo. 



Grescit in monte Quindiu prope la Palmilla et la Ceja, alti- 

 tudine 2000-3000 metrorum. 



