LXVII. MOQUILEA.
CHARACTER NATÜRALIS.
Calyx hypogynus, monophyllus, urceolatus, tubo compresso aut incurvo, limbo
inaequaliter quinquepartito, laciniis ovatis, lanceolatis aut suborbicularibus, aestiva-
tione longitudinaliter imbricatis. Corolla pentapetala, e calycis fauce; petala subin-
aequalia, erecto-patentia, ovato - lanceolata, oblonga aut suborbicularia, breviter un-
guiculata, cum laciniis calycis alternantia, erecto-patentia, aestivatione imbricata.
Stamina numero varia, duodecim, viginti ad quadraginta, tubo calycino subtiliter
glanduloso suboblique adnata neque in orbem completum disposita, ideoque plus minus
unilateralia; filamenta ima basi in phalanges cum laciniis calycinis alternantes
aut in ligulam unilateralem connata, antice libera, aestivatione complicata; antherae
parvae, ovatae, dorso affixae, erectae, biloculares, locellis antice medio bivalvibus
polline minimo, globoso aut enormiter elliptico. Ovarium calycis tubo sublateraliter
applicitum, uniloculare, crista tamen e vertice decurrente dissepimenti mcdii rudi-
mentum exhibens, in basi biovulatum, ovulis erectis. Stylus lateraliter, mediante
annulo glanduloso calycis, ovarii basin intrans, longitudine staminum, stigmate parum
incrassato vel obsoleto terminatus. Bacca lignosa, dura, exsucca, globosa aut ovata,
majuscula, super semen, quod abortu alterius ovuli est solitarium, ampla, e trabecu-
lis fibrosis conferruminata, scabriuscula et tandem irregulariter rimosa, intus villo-
siuscula. N ucleus basilaris, erectus, ovato-globosus aut oblongus, amygdaloideus,
testa et membrana interna tenuibus, raphe umbilicali a basi ad verticem adscen-
dente ibique ramoso-expansa notatus; radicula minima basilari inter cotyledones
bine planas sibique incumbentes inde convexas recondita; plumula inconspicua.
Habitus : A r b o re s p u lc h re f r o n d o s a e , lig n o su b tili f irm o ; foliis a l t e r n is , p etio -
la t i s , in te g r is , d u riu s c u lis , v e n is in tr a m a rg in em c om b in a tis c o s ta tis ; stipulis g em in is
p e tio la r ib u s ; g em m is aliis fo liife ris , aliis a x illa rib u s flo rife ris ; flo rib u s ra c em o s is
b ra c te a tis .
Statio e t Habitatio: in sy lv is p r im a e v is , lo cis h a u d m u ltum s u p e r O c e a n um
e le v a tis, A m e r ic a e a e q u a to ria lis.
1. MOQUILEA CANOMENSIS. f Tab. CLXVI.
M. ram u lis ju n io rib u s foliisque o b lö n g is a c u tis s u b tu s , g em m is e t ra c em is fe rru -
g in e o - h irs u tis , c a ly c is la c in iis a c u tis , b a c c is su b g lo b o sis.
Arbor viginti ad triginta pedes alta, et forte major, ligno subrubente. Rami patentes, tere-
tes, cortice crassiusculo, cinereo - castaneo, longitudinaliter rimis aperto, dense ramulosi. Ramidi
juniores ubique ferrugineo-hirsuti, pilis patentibus, lineam et quod excedit longis, sub lente compo