44 Beiblatt zu den Botanischen Jahrbiichern. Nr. H9. 



latae acutae, 8 — 10 mm longae^ basi 3 — 4 mm latae, mox deciduae; petiolus 

 tenuis supra paullum applanatus atque fere tota longitudine leviter canalicu- 

 lalus, 2,5—5 cm longus; lamina herbacea in siccitate pallide griseo-rubes- 

 cens utrinque glaberrima elliptica vel oblongo-elliptica rarius lanceolato- 



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elliptica apice circ. 1 — 1,2 cm longe acuminata basi breviter conlractaj 

 1,4 — 1,9 dm longa, 6 — 9 cm lata, nervis lateralibus I 16—20 angulo fere 

 recto a costa patentibus marginem versus paullum arcuatis prope mar- 

 ginem in nervum collectivum teniiem conjunctis utrinque distincte promi- 

 nentibus percursa. Flores parvi brevissime pedicellati in panniculis bre- 

 vibus lalis subumbellatis trichotomis 4 — 5 cm longis, 6 — 8 cm latis dis- 

 positi; ovarium parvum obconicum circ. 1 mm longum; calyx brevis 

 cupulatus obsolete denticulatus vix 1 mm longus; corollae tubus cylin- 

 dricus apicem versus paullum ampliatus, circ. 2 cm longus, lobi late ovati 

 obtusi demum reflexi circ. dimidium tubi aequautes; stamina paullum infra 

 faucem affixa, filamenta brevissima, antherae oblongae obtusae corollae 



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tubum vix superantes; stilus brevis circ. 1,5 mm longus. Fruclus ovoi- 

 deo-globosus, longitudinaliter sulcatus, in sicco 3 — 4 mm diameliens. 



Subiiquatoriale andine Provinz: Costa Rica: Bei Puerto Limon 

 (H. PiTTiER in Herb. Instit. physico-geogr. nat. costaricensis n. 12681. 

 Mit Bluten und Fruchten gesammelt im Juli 1898). 



Die Art durfte im getrockneten Zustande loicht an der rotlichen Farbung ihrer 

 Stengel und Blatter zu erkennen sein. 



Psychotria compressicaulis Krause n. sp. — Rami ramulique modice 



validi teretes vel apicem versus paullum complanati glabri cortice brunneo 

 vel hinc inde subnigrescente laevi vel leviter longitudinaliter sulcato ob- 

 tecti. Foliorum stipulae lineari-lanceolatae acutae, 8—12 mm longae, 

 3 — 4 mm latae, mox deciduae; petiolus tenuis supra paullum canaliculatus 

 3—6 cm longus; lamina tenuiter herbacea ovato-oblonga vel elliptico-ob- 

 longa apice acumine acute angusto 1,2—1,6 cm longo instructa, basin 

 versus subsensim in petiolum angustala, 1,8—2,5 dm longa, 8—10 cm 

 lata, nervis lateralibus primariis 14—18 angulo obtuso vel inferioribus 

 angulo obtusissimo a costa abeuntibus marginem versus arcuatim adscen- 

 dentibus supra prominulis subtus distincte prominentibus percursa. Panm- 

 culae terminales laxae submultiflorae, 5—8 cm longae atque fere aequilatae 

 basi bracteis majusculis subfoliaceis demum reflexis 1,7—2 cm longis prae- 

 ditae. FJores mediocres breviter pedicellati in sicco nigrescentes; ovarium 

 obconicum 2 mm longum; calyx brevis cupulatus vix 1 mm longus obsolete 

 pluridentatus; corollae tubus brevis late cylindricus sursum paullum dila- 

 tatus 3—4 mm longus, lobi ovati acuti tubo paullum breviores; stamma 

 dense infra faucem filamenlis brevibus inserta, antherae ovoideo-oblongae 

 vix 1 mm metientes; stilus brevis modice validus corollae tubum vix 

 aequans. 



Subaqualoriale andine Provinz: Costa Rica: Walder von Tuis, 



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