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1-floris ? rhachi glabra. Ochrcolac ttinulae. Pedicelli sub anthcsi sub- 



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nulli. Fructus subovoidcus lobis conniventibus coronatus. 



Coccoloba Plumicri Giuseb. Fl. Br. West I. Isl. p. 162. 



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Frutex arborescens (ex GrisebachI) ramis sul itis, canescentibus, ad nodos 



subtumidis, glabris, lenticellis ellipticis. Ochreae oblic .etruncatae, ± 10 mm longae 



subcoriaceae, glabrae, amplae, evanidae, cicatricem anni arem relinquentes. Folia pc- 



tiolis 25—45 mm longis, in sicco sulcatis, glabris, ad In in ochreae inscrtis, ovalia vel 



ovata, apice rolundata vel brevissime acuminata, obtusa. basi ± cordata vcl sacpe sub- 

 peltata, 14—26 cm longa, -10—17 cm lata, subeoriacea, margine piano, utrinque glabra, 

 nervis lateralibus angulo 50—60° abeuntibus, subrectis, prope marginem arcuatim sub- 

 obscure procurrentibus, primariis supra prominulis subtus acute expressis, nervulis 

 ulrinque prominulis reticulato-venosa. I nf 1 o rescentia terminalis, fasciculata, spici- 

 forrnis, iaviilora, foliis subacquilonga vel brevior, pedunculo brevi rhachique glabris 

 siccisque angulatis, nodulis 1-lloris; bracteae semiorbiculares, minutae; oclireolac mi- 

 nutac, diiliculter conspicuae; pedicclli subnulli,fr. circa 4 7 2 mmlongi, incrassati. Peri- 

 anth! i tubus circa 0/2 mm longus, plane conicus, lobis duplo longioribus, ovatis, per 

 anUiesin retlexis. Filamenta circa 4 mm longa, filiformia, erccta, anthcris longe ex- 





sertis. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, circa i% mm longum; styli 3, i l / 2 mm longi, 

 stigmatibus lobaiis. Fructus ovoideus basi planus, lobis apice arete conniventibus 

 coronatus, circa 15 mm longus, 10 mm diametro, pcricarpio carnoso, fulvo, subcostato 

 (Fig. 9). Semen subglobosum, obtuso-tetragonum, acuminatum, basi planum, oo-sul- 

 catum , testa nitida , dilute fusca, cbartacea. Cotyledonos suborbiculares utrinquc 

 emarginatae, 6 mm diametro; radicula cyiindrica, dimidium cotyledonum aequans. 



llab. in Jamaica ad Moneaeue: March n. 1941, herb. Griseb. 



(v. s. in Herb. Gutting., Krug. et Urb.). 





7. Coccoloba Zebra Oriseb. 



Ramuli glabri. Ochrcae adpressae. Folia ovala, apice acuminata. 

 basi cordata, nervis primariis supra planis vel prominulis, sublus acute 

 expressis, nervulis ulrinque subplanis densissime reticulato-venosa., In- 

 florescentia nodulis 1-floris, rhachi minute pilosa. Bracteae, ochreolac 

 minutae. Fructus ovoideus, utrinque acuminatus, apice lobis perianthii 

 conniventibus conspicuis. 



Coccoloba Zebra Griser. Fl. Br. W. F. Isl., p. 162; Grosourdy El. Med. Bot. 



II, 106. 



Arbor magna materie ad aedilicandum maxime idonca (ex Wilson !), ramulis 

 striatis, nigrescentibus, glabris, lenticellis suborbicularibus, crassiusculis, dilute fuscis. 

 Ochreae oblique truncatae, 1 — 1 V2 cm longae, herbaceae, adpressae. Folia petiolis 

 supra canaliculars, ochream aequantibus vel superantibus , glabris, ad 1/3 altitudinis 







ochreae insertis, ovata, apice acuminata, basi cordata, ±*7 cm longa, ± 12 cm lata, 

 glabra, subeoriacea, margine anguste subrecurvo, nervis lateralibus angulo 40—65° abe- 

 untibus, decurrentibus, plane arcuatis, in margine obscuris, primariis supra subplanis 

 vcl prominulis, subtus acute expressis, nervulis utrinque subplanis densissime reticulato- 

 venosa. Inflorescentia terminalis, solitaria, racemosa, laxillora, nodulis 1-tloris, 

 pedunculo rhachique minutissime pilosis; bracteae squamiformes et ochreolac minutae; 

 nitriiPoTis s mm innrri hnriynntnlit.p.r divaricati. sub Leftte incano-tomentclli. Pcrian- 





t h ii tubus circa 2 mm longus, subincano-toinentellus; lobi obtuso-triangulares, tubum 

 aequantes, in anthesi rcflexi. Filamenta subulata, anthcris exsertis. Ovarium ob- 

 longum, trigonum; styli 3, stigmatibus sublobatis. Fructus ei C. Plumieri similis, 



















