BUXUS. DBÜXACE/E (xocron MULLER). 15 
in hb. Benth. et in hb. Boiss.). Tricera Cubana A. Rich. in Ramon de la Sa- 
gra Flora Cub. edit. hisp. vol. 3. p. 217. t. 11. Tota glaberrima, Ramuli sic- 
cardo angulosi. Pelioli 2 mm. longi, crassi. Limbus foliorum 31-44 cm. 
longus, 21-34 cm. latus, orbiculari-ovatus, acutus, basi leviter cordatus. 
Inflorescentiz in axillis ultimi paris foliorum sitze sunt, bisexuales biflorw, 
aut unisexuales mascula 6-flore; pedunculus bracteolis sterilibus preditus. 
Pedicelli masc. 3-8 mm. cquantes, calycern paulo superantes. Lacinise caly- 
€cins late triangulari-ovate, acutiuscule, feminecz masculis-duplo et ultra 
minores. Styli integri, patuli, ovarium sesqui zquantes. — In flore masculo 
iconis antherz errore 5 delineatze sunt. (v. s.) 
B. PunDiANA (Baill. Monogr. Bux. p. 70, 1859), foliis subsessilibus promi- 
nenter reticulato-venosis nitidis, filamentis calycem demum, longe superan- 
tibus crassis, ovario labro. j In Jamaica ad St. Anna (Purdie! in hb. 
Mus. Paris.). Tricera fasciculata Griseb. Flor. of Brit. West Ind. p. 31 (1859). 
Frutex humilis. Lignum durissimum, flavum. Cortex griseus, rugosus. Rami 
ieretes. Ramuli fetragoni, virescentes, juniores tenues, glabri. Folia vix 
petiolata, 6-7 cm. longa, 21-8 cm. lata, e basi attenuata oblongo-ovata, v. 
breviter lanceolato-elliptica, utrinque acuta v. apice obtusiuscula, membra- 
naceo-coriacea. Inflorescentie sspius supraaxillares, abbreviatze, aubsessiles, 
quam petioli breves 2-3-plo longiores, 5-7-flore. Pedicelli masc. saepius brac- 
teolati. Calycis glabri acinis ovatee, oblongate, subacute, 2 mm. longe. Ova- 
rium 4-6 mm. longum, calycem longe superans. (v. s.) 
4. B. cirRiFOLIA (Spreng. Syst. veg. vol. 3. p. 847), foliis longius petiolatis 
firme membranaceis, filamentis antheras diametro bene equantibus, ovario 
glabro, capsulis mediocribus. ] 
a, genuina, foliis ovato-lanceolatis pallidis, inflorescentiis quam folia 4-5- 
plo brevioribus, pedicellis masc. calycem bis z:equantibus, cornubus gra- 
cilibus capsula brevioribus. 5 Ad Caracas (Bredemeyer in hb. Willd. fol. 
17384 !). Tricera citrifolia Willd. Spec. pl. vol. 4. p. 338. Frutex 15-pe- 
dalis, facie Coffee arabicze (Bredem.). Ramuli glabri. Petioli circ. 5 mm. 
longi. Limbus foliorum 8-11 cm. longus, 4 cm. latus, basi acutus, apice 
acute acuminatus, firmie membranaceus, glaber. Pedunculi breves, basi 
subdecussatim bracteati, circiter 10-flori. Bracteae inferiores steriles cir- 
citer 4-6, approximate. Axis racemi 14 cm. longus, fere tertia parte infe- 
riore ananthus. Pedicelli masc. calycem bis et bracteas quater-quinquies 
zequantes, 1-11em. longi. Calycis masc. laciniee 4 mm. longe v. longio- 
res, oblongo-elliptice, margine membranacea, feminei lacinie autem 
fere triplo minores, oblongo-ovate, acuminatce, puberule. Filamenta 
calycem demum paulo superantia. (v. s.) 
B, fuscescens, foliis lanceolato-ovatis subcoriaceis rufescenti-fuscis, race- 
mis breviuscule pedunculatis, pedicellis masc. calycem paulo superanti- 
bus. j In Portorico (Wydler n. 406!). B. citrifolia Baill. l. c. descript. 
pr. p. Folia 5-9 cm. longa, 2-41 em. lata, multo rigidiora quam in varie- 
tate a, et, si breviora essent et lyasi cordata, magis similia iis B. Cubana. 
Calyces etiam sunt firmiores, masculi 35-4 mm. longi. Capsula lignosz, 
absque stylis persistentibus et ea brevioribus 1 cm. longa, scabra. (v. s.) 
y; brevipes, foliis lanceolato-ellipticis utrinque subzqualiter acutatis viri- 
dibus v. dein nonnihil rufescentibus, cymis compactis subsessilibus dense 
imbricatim bracteatis. ) In Cuba (C. Wright n. 1919 pr. p.!). Folia 6-8 
cra. longa, 3-34 om. lata, juniora rubro-marginata; costa junior rubra, 
dein expallens. Capsule ignotz. (v. s.) 
5. B. AcuMINATA, foliis rigide membranaceis venosis, ovario globoso glabro, 
cornubus ovarium squantibus distantibus subgracilibus dein erectis apice 
deflexis, capsulis parvis globoso-ellipsoideis, cornubus capsule circiter triente 
brevioribus. 5 1n Cuba (C. Wright n. 1919, pr. p.!). Tricera acuminata 
Griseb. in Nachricht. d. Kónigl. Gesellsch. d. Wissensch. d. Univ. Gótting. 
1865, p.162. Limbus foliorum 8-9 cm. longus, 2-3 cm. latus, anguste ovato- 
Janceolatus, basi acutus, apicem versus longius acuminatus, in pagina infe- 
riore argillaceo-fuscescens, viridi-maculatus. Cymz breviter v. breviuscule 
*edunculate, parviflore. Bractes triangulares, parvi. Calycis lacinie lan- 
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