314 



Ign. Urban. 



foliolorum primario margini superiori valde approximato statim dig- 

 noscenda. 



140. Caesaipinia Rosei Urb., spac. nov. 



Glabra. Rami aculeis rectis v. paullo deorsum curvatis brevibus v. 

 stipularibus paullo longioribus armati. Folia alterna, ad pinnarum inser- 

 tionem aculeolata, pinnis 5— 6-jugis; foliola opposita 4~6-juga, suprema 

 anguste obovata, caetera rectangulari-ovalia, antice truncata v. vlx emar- 

 ginata, supra basin paullo inaequilatera, 0,8 — 1,3 cm longa, 0,5-0,7 cm 

 lata, nervo medio supra vix, subtus parum prominulo, lateralibus supra 

 obsoletis v. nullis, subtus nullis, minutissime pellucido-punctata, subtus 

 glandulis bruneo-nigrescentibus valde inaequimagnis in facie inordinate 

 adspersa. Pedicelli 16—8 mm longi. Calycis tubus 3,5 mm longus, sub 

 apice in statu compresse 7 — 8 mm latus; lobus infimus 12 mm longus, 

 sub anthesi patens, caeteri sicut petala erecti. Stamina usque 25 mm 

 longa. 



Rami aculeis 2 — 3 mm, stipularibus usque 5 mm longis nigres- 

 centibus armati. Folia 2 — 3 cm longe petiolata, paripinnata, pinnis , 

 oppositis, aculeolis ad earum insertionem saepius 3 plus minus recurvis 

 1—1,5 mm longis; foliola 0,3—0,4 mm longe petiolulata, in sicco supra 

 obscure viridia, subtus valde . pallida, glaucescentia. Race mi usque 

 10 cm longi; pedicelli 1—2 mm sub calyce articulati. Alabastra ovalia. 

 Calycis tubus breviter semiglobosus; segmentum infimum navicuUforme 

 marglne integrum, caetera anguste et oblique obovata, usque 10 mm 

 longa, 6 mm lata. Petala calycem superantia, lateralia anguste obovata 

 v. obovato-oblonga, antice subtruncata, superum orbiculare, in unguicu- 

 lum limbo aequilongum contractum, 13—15 mm longa. Filamenta in 

 ferne breviter pilosa; antherae ovatae, in Vg alt. affixae. Stylus glaber 

 antheras perpauUo superans. 



Hab. in Sto. Domingo prope Azua, m. Mart, flor.: Rose, Pitch 

 et. Russell no. 3861. 



Obs. Ex affinitate arcta 0. Buchii Urb. (ex oadem insula), quae 

 follolis inferne magis angustatis, apice manifestius emarginatis, subtus 

 minus pallidis, non glanduliferis, pedicellis brevioribus, floribus paullo 

 minoribus differt. 



141. Dalbergia Berterii (P. DC.) Urb. comb. nov. — Ecastaphyllum 

 Berterii P. DC. Prodr. II (1825) p. 421. — Pierocarpus Berterii Spreng.! 

 Syst. Ill (1826) p. 192. — Hecastophyllum monetaria Benth. in Journ. Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. IV Suppl. (1860) p. 50 et in Mart. Flor. Bras. XV. I p. 228 

 (p. p. sub H. Beslerii, non P. DC). 



Prutex 3 m V. arbor raediocris, ramis paene horizontalibus. Flores 

 albi m. Aug., fruct. m. April., Octob. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Camp-Perrin ad ripam rivuli Bras-Gauche in 

 valli humida 200—1^00 m: Christ no. 1905, 1906; Sto. Domingo: 

 Bertero no. 290, prope Sanchez: Rose, Fitch et Russell no. 4334, 

 prope Santo Domingo ad Rio Ozaraa: v. Tiirckhoim no. 2520. 



