540 _——— 
tegerrimis, utrinqne glabris, basi oblusis aut cordatis, acu- 
mine subbrevi, plus minusve atienuafo, subinde obtuso, ju- 
nioribas versas apicem plerumque margine serratis; racemis 
monoieis, eymosis, petiolo longiorihus, retrofexis, minntis- 
sime pabescentibus; drupa oblonga, snbglabra, leviter obso- 
leteque tetragona. 
Celtis aculeata Swartz Prodr. 53. Flora ind. occid. I. 
r. 545. Herb, Willd. n. 18996. Zizyphus commutata Rocw. 
et Schultes Syst. veg. V. p. 336, n.5. Merteusia rhamnoi- 
des Hooker et Schultes 1. c. VI. p. 313. n. 5. Guacharagnera 
Inc. Cumanens. 
Ramwi reclinati, albicantes, snbglabri, lenticellis minutis 
undique notati. Ramuli virides, sparsim pubescentes. Aecı- 
lei rarins gemini, snbbreves, recurri, aculissimi. Folia sa- 
turate viridia, 2—41/, poll. longa, 10—26 lin. lata, eosia 
venisque glabris, sueblus prominentibus, fNavidis instrucia. 
Petioli teretes, sparsim pubescentes, 3—5 lin. longi, supra 
sulco Iongitudinali instrneti. Flores parvi racemoso - eymosi, 
brevi- pedicellati monoici aut polygami, masenli inferieres nu- 
merosissimi, hermaphrodito seu foemineo solitario, terminali 
majore, Masc. Perigonii lariniae quinque, arqnales, imbri- 
eatae, pallide-virides, concavae, ovalae, glahrae, siaminibos 
quinque inclusis, allidis oppositae, in ceniro rudimentum 
styli subulati villosi. Foem. flos terminalis nt in mare sed 
in omnibus partibus major. Germen ovatam, apice in collam 
longum attenuatum, ad basin evanescenti - villosum, .stylis 2, 
divaricatis stigmatihusque bifidis, patnlis, acntis coronalum, 
Drupa oblonga, glabra, obtuse-teiragona, magnitudine Püi 
sativi seminnm, 
In siceis arenosis fruticetisque locis montosis insularam 
Martinique, St. Domingo, ad flumen Amazonum in eylvis 
ubique Poeppig; propeLaGuayra, Cumanä Columbiae. E. O0 
u. 393. Moritz n. 373, 
