Sertum antillanum. IV. 



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76. Crinum palustre Urb., spec. nov. 



Bulbus et folia ignota. Pedunculus in statu compresse 7 mm latus; 

 bracteae inter sese liberae, lanceolatae, apice obtusae, usque 8 cm longae, 

 sub medio 1,5 cm latae; flores in umbella cr. 6; pedicelli nulli. Perianthii 

 tubus 16—19 cm longus, in sicco vix 2 mm crassus, erectus v. parum 

 arcuatus; limbi segmenta anguste lanceolata v. lineari-lanceolata, ad 

 apicem sensim acuminata, 7,5—8,5 cm longa, supra medium 8 — 12 mm 

 lata, tubo cr. 2V2-plo breviora, in sicco membranacea, ad apicem bruneo- 

 nigrescentia. Stamina segmentis corollae breviora; antherae lineares, 

 15 mm longae, sub medio affixae. Stylus coroUam subaequans; stigma 

 parvum, cr. 0,7 mm diametro. Ovarium oblongo-lanceolatum cr. 3 cm 

 iongum. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince in paludosis, m. Majo flor. : 

 Jaeger no. 149. — Oignon de lys Hait. 



Obs. Verisimiliter praecedenti affine, sed floribus umbellae pluribus, 

 tubo corollae valde elongate tenui, segmentis ad apicem obscure coloratis, 

 antheris dimidio longioribus statim dignoscendum. 



77. Canna pertusa Urb., spec. nov. 



Planta 3 m alta. Gaules glabri. Folia petiolis 5 cm et ultra longis, 

 ovalia, basi rotundata, apice breviter acuminata, cr. 35 cm longa, cr. 

 20 cm lata, supra glabra, subtus ad nervum medium araneoso-pubescentia, 

 utrinque pallide viridia, more Monsterae loertusae lacunosa, foraminibus 

 inter costam et marginem obviis, sed saepius usque ad marginem pro- 

 ductis eumque rumpentibus. Inflorescentia paniculata cr. 25 cm longa; 

 bracteae vaginantes oblongo-lineares, dorso parce araneoso-pubescentes; 

 rhachis punctis elevatis scaberula; bracteae supremae (paria florum 

 sufTulcientes) deciduae, bases semilunares v. semiorbiculares, 1 — 2 mm 

 longas relinquentes; pedunculi speciales 3 — 6 mm longi; prophylla ovata 

 obtusa 2—3 mm longa; pedicelli 3 — 7 mm longi. Ovaria oblonga v. 

 obovato-oblonga, basi sensim in pedicellum attenuata, densissime papillosa. 

 Sepala lanceolata, apice obtusa, 5-6 mm longa. Petala 3,5 cm longa, 

 basi in tubum cr. 1 cm longum coalita, lanceolata, 7—8 mm lata, erecta. 

 Labellum lanceolatum superne punctatum. Staminodia tria a basi corollae 

 6,5 cm longa, usque supra medium coalita, quoad libera 7 mm lata ob- 

 longa. Anthera linearis superne attenuata 9 mm longa. Stigma apicem 

 styli dilatati semilunari-marginans. Capsula ovali-elliptica v. elliptica, 

 4,5 — 5,5 cm longa, cr. 2,5 cm crassa echinata. Semina immatura ovalia, 

 6 mm longa, 4 mm lata. 



Canna coccinea Urb. Symb. IV (1903) p. 160 (p. p., non Ait.); Kranzl. 

 in Pflanzenr. IV. 47, Heft 56 p. 60 (p. p.). 



Hab. in Portorico prope Utuado circa Isabon ad margines rivuli, m. 

 Mart. fl. et fr.: Sin ten is no. 6494. — Mara cas inc. 



Obs. Fortasse ex affinitate C. heliconiifoUae Hort, ßerol. — C. coccinea 

 Ait. foliis integris, ovario globose v. ovali-globuloso, sepalis 8—15 mm 

 longis, staminodiis in cr. V3 long, coalitis, capsulis globulosis v. ovali- 

 globulosis, seminibus globosis discrepat. 



