212 SAPOTJE. 
5. BUMELIA? czrasmRINA. T 
B. spinosa; foliis obovato- oblongis, apice rotundatis , basi cuneato- angustalis , integerrimis , 
subcoriaceis , glauco- viridibus. ' 
Crescit in declivitate occidentali montium. Mezxicanorum , in convalli Sopilote, inter 
Chilpansingo et TTasco , alt. 517 hex. p. Fructificat Aprili. 
Raw teretes, fuscescentes, subalbido-pruinosi; ramuli alterni, patentissimi, interdum apicem versus 
spinosi ; spinis sparsis, subulatis, 23 lineas longis. Fori 2- 6, fasciculato-congesta , fasciculis sparsis, brevi- 
ter petiolata, obovato-oblonga, apice rotundata, basi cuneato- angustata, integerrima , obsolete reticulato- 
venosa, nervo medio subtus prominulo, subcoriacea, glabra, epunctata, glauco-viridia, subconcoloria, adjecto 
petiolo 10- 18 lineas longa, 4-8 lineas lata. Prrrorr semiteretes, canaliculati, glabri, basi articulati. SrirvLE? 
petiolares, minutissimze ciliatz, persistentes. Pepuxcurt e fasciculis foliorum prodeuntes, solitarii vel gemini, 
uniflori, tres lineas longi, glabri, apice paulo incrassati, teretes (?). Caryx tetraphyllus, persistens ; foliolis 
subrotundo-ellipticis, obtusis, externe adpresso- puberulis, coloratis, subzqualibus, subcoriaceis, margine 
subscariosis et sibi mutuo incumbentibus. Conorra et SrawiNA a me haud visa. Ovaniux superum, sessile, 
subglobosum, glabrum, basi pilis mollibus cinctum, bi(?)-loculare; ovula / in quolibet ovario, ejus fundo 
affixa, sessilia, erecta, oblonga, glabra; tria abortientia (semper?). Srvrus terminalis, filiformis, glaber. 
SriGwa. .. . Discus nullus. Fnucrus subclavato-oblongus, obtusus, calyce persistente suffujtus, lovis, glaber, 
/& lineas longus, rudimento styli umbilicatus. 
An vere hujus generis? Celastrinis affinior ? 
