PHYTOLACCEÆ. 
631 
viler petiolatis, oblongo-ovalibus , acuminatis , margine subuu- 
dulalis ; spicis lateralibus, solilariis, pedunculatis ; staminibus 
10-15; carpellis 10^, in baccaiu globoso-depressam , nigrain 
coalilis. 
Crescit in ruderatis insulæ Cubæ. 
Nonien vernaculum : Bledo carbonero. 
TRIBUS ni. 
Carpellis pluribus in iinicmn coalitis. 
II. Flores completi. Fructus capsularis, Semina arillata: 
Stegnospermeæ. 
STEGNOSPERMA. 
Stegnosperma , Bentham, Botanj ofvoj» Sulphur, p. 17, 
ann, 1 844. 
Chlamydosperma, A. Rich., FL cubens. ined,, ann, 1841. 
Calycis sepala 5, ima basi coalita, patentia, margine 
membranaeea, æstivatione imbricata : petala 5, cum sepalis 
alternantia, sessilia aut brevissime unguiculata : stamina 1 0, 
imæ calycis basi inserta, perigyna : filamenta subulata, 
basi dilatato-membranacca, libéra aut paulisper inferne 
subcobærentia : antheræ oblongæ, introrsæ, basi emargi- 
natæ, biloculares; loculis sulco longitudinali dehiscenti- 
bus : ovarium sessile, globosum, obtuse 3-5-costatum , 
uniloculare (septis axique evanidis), axi partim persistente 
et ab apice loculi dependenti : ovula 3-5, erecta : styli 
3-5, brèves, recurvi, facie interna glanduloso-stigmatosa : 
capsula 3-5-gona, unilocularis, stigmatibus persistentibus 
coronata et calyce cincta, 3-5 valvis : semina pauciora, 
erecta ; singula arillo membranaceo-folioso , albo, laxo, 
omnino tecta : testa fusca (embryo annulaiis e Bentham). 
