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ovoideus, ulrinque acuminatus, apice tobis perianthii conniventibus conspicuis, circa 

 17 mm longis, circa 1 1 mm diamctro, pericarpio carnoso, costis post carnis destructionem 

 diutius persistentibiis (Fig. 10). Semen oblongum, acuminatum, basi planum, n-sulca- 

 Itim, obsolete trigoiuun, testa nilida, dilute fusca, cornea. Coty ledones suborbicu- 

 lares, circa r> mm diamclro, basi plane, apice profunde emarginatac, non adpressae; ra- 

 dicula circa 3 mm longa. 



Hah. in Jamaica in Zebra silva: March n. 079; loco non indicate ; 

 Wilson. 



(v. s. in herb. (Willing., Kiun;. ct Ukh.) 



8. €occoloba paracusis Meifsn. 



Ramuli brevissime lomenlclli. Ochrcac adpressae, brevissime tomen- 

 tellae. Folia ovata, apice ± acuminata, basi cordata, nervis primariis 

 supra semiimmersis, sublus promincnlibus, nervulis majoribus utrinquc 

 subplanis, minoribus obsolelis. Inlloroscentia nodulis 1 — 2-floris, rhachi 

 brevissime tomcntella. Bracteae minulae. Fructus ovoideus, apice at- 

 temialo-rolimdatus, lob i s perianlhii apice conspicuis, 



Coccoloba paracusis Meissn. in: FI. bias. V, 1, p. 38 et in; DC. Prodr. XIV, 159. 



Arbor (?) (ex Meissner!) ramis subrimosis, ramulis elegantcr strialis, in siceo ni- 

 grescentihus, brevissime tomentellis, lenticellis parvis, ellipticis, albidis. Ochreae 

 I cm longae, subcoriaceae, ima basi diutius persistente, brevissime tomentellae, ad- 

 pressae. Folia petiolis supra canaliculars, in sicco slriatis, I— 2 cm longis, minutissime 



pilosis, sub ochrca insertis, ovata, apice ± acuminata, basi cordata, ± 19 cm longa rb 



12 cm lata, coriacea, margine piano, undulato, utrinquc nitida, supra glaberrima, sublus 

 ad ncrvos sub lento minute puberula, nervis laleralibus angulo 55—75° abeuntibus, 

 initio subrectis, demum ad margincm arcuatis, primariis supra semiimmersis, sublus 

 prominentibus, nervulis majoribus laterales conjungentibus subparallelis utrinquc sub- 

 planis, minoribus subtus obsolelis, supra conspicuis densissime reticulalo-vcnosa. ln- 

 florescentia tcrminalis, solitaria, dimidium foliorum subaequans, laxiflora, racemose, 

 nodulis 1— 2-lloris, pedunculo circa 1 1 / 2 c ™ longo rliachique brevissime tomentellis; 

 bractcac minutae, squamiformes, tomentellae; ochreolae subcoriaceae, 1 mm longae, 

 breviter bilobae, lobis rotundatis, tomentellae; pedicelli fr. circa 2 mm longi, erassius- 

 culi, puberuli. Flores non vidi. Fructus ovoideus, apice attcnuato-rotundatus, circa 

 10 mm longus, 5 mm diamclro, pericarpio tenui, papyraceo, elegantcr striato (Fig. M), 

 Semen immaturum tetraedrum, stipitatum, testa cornea, fusco-nitida. 



Hab. in Brasiliae prov. Para in udis ad canalem Igarape-mirini: 

 Martius; Alto Amazonas in viciniis Jlanaos: Spruce n, 957. 



Fruct Augusto. (v. s. in: herb Boiss.-Barb., Getting., Kcw., Mon., Petrop.) 



9. Coccoloba obloiiga Lintlau spec. nov. 



Hamuli glabri. Ochreae amplac , minute puberulac. Folia obionga, 

 apice oblusissima, basi subcordata vel rotundata, ner\is primariis supra 

 semiimmersis, subtus acute exprcssis, nervulis ulrinque prominulis dense 

 rcticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia nodulis \ — oo-lloris, rhachi puberula. 

 Pedicelli ochreolas superanles. 



Frutcx subscandens (ex Riedel!) ramis limosis, lenticellis ellipticis, subfuscis, 

 crebris; ramulis glabris, angulalis. Ocbreac circa 1 cm longae, amplac, minute pube- 



