







Monographia generis Coccolobao. 1.43 





F i 1 am en ta filiform ia, lobis subaequilonga, antheris longe exsertis. ya r i u m o\ oideum, 

 olituso-trigonum, circa 3 / 4 mm longum; styli 3, dimidium ovarii ac(|uantcs, stigmatibus 

 lobatis. 





Hiib. in Cuba: Whk.iit n. 22<>3. 



(v. s. in herb, Boiss.-Bakb., Cahdoll., (lotting., Holm., Krug. ct Urb., Petrop.) 



20. Coccoloba rufcseens Wr. 



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Hamuli novelli rufo-puboruli. Ochreae ad basin fore fissae, rufo-pube- 

 rulae, adpressac. Folia ovala, apice acuminata, basi in petiolum angustata, 

 glabcrrima, utrinque rufescenlia, ncrvis primariis supra subimpressis sub- 

 tus prominentibus, nervulis utrimpie inconspieuis. Infloroscenlia nodulis 

 1-floris, rhachi rufo-puberula. Pedicelli in ochroola paiillo longiore rocon- 

 dili. Fructus globosus acumine loborum arete connivenlium dimidium fere 

 longitudinis fructus aequanle coronalus. 



Coccoloba rufescens pr. p. Wr. in: Sauv. FI. cub. p. 4 88. 



Coccoloba punctata Griseb. var. parvifolia pr. p. Griseh. Cat. p. 64 et Fl. Br. W. I. 

 [si. p. 163 ; Eggers, St. Croix p. 442 et St. Cr. el Verg. n. 714 ; Hkllo, Ap. Puert. Ric. 

 n. 659. 



Coccoloba punctata Griseb. var. parvifolia forma foliis supra politis G riser., PL Wright, 



p. 475. 



Uvero de cosla Cubensibus (ex Sauvalle!). 



Fru ticosa vel arboresccns (ex Wright!) ramis glabris, subcanesccntibus, ob- 

 solete striatis, ramulis novellis rufo-pubcrulis. Ochreae usque ad basin fere fissae, 



petiolum aequantes, rufo-puberulae, adpressae, mox evanidae. Folia petiolis supra ca- 



naliculatis, circa 5 mm longis puberulis, sul) ochrea insertis, ovata, apice ± acuminata, 



obtusiuseula, basi in petiolum ± angustata vel rarius subrotundata , ± 6 cm longa, ± 

 3>/ 4 cm lata, novella membranaeea, adulta coriacea, margine leviter recurvo , utrinque 

 glaberrima, saepe supra nitida, subtus subopaca, nervis lateral ibus angulo 40— 6fl°abcun- 

 tibus, rectis, ad marginem obscuris, primariis supra subimpressis subtus prominentibus, 

 nervulis utrinque inconspieuis, utrinque rufescentia. Inflorescentia terminal is in 

 ramulis, solitaria, racemosa, folia aequans, pedmiculo circa 3—4 mm longo rhachi que 



ufo-puberulis, nodulis 4-floris; bracteae semiorbiculares, circa 3 / 4 nim longae, pube- 

 rulae; ochreolae bracteam aequantes, subrecte truncatae, membranaceae; pedicelli vix 

 */ 2 mm longi, in ochreola reconditi. Perianthii tubus O/2 mm longus, plane campa- 

 nulatus; lobi ovati, tubum aequantes, in anthesi recurvati. Filamenta filiformia, erccta, 

 circa 2 mm loni*a, antheris longe exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, circa 1 mm 

 longum, sty lis 3 brevioribus, stigmatibus sublobatis, crassiusculis. Fructus globosus 

 apice in acumen circa 4 l / 2 mm longum lobis arete conniventibus formatum subito pro- 

 tractum, omnino 572mm longus, circa 37 2 mm diametro, pericarpio crustaceo (Fig. 4 2). 

 Semen formam fructus imitans, basi planum, 6-sulcatum, fusco-nigrum , testa charta- 

 cea, dilute fusca, Cotyledones orbiculares, apice prof unde emarginatae, planae, circa 

 2 mm diametro; radicula circa 4 V 4 mm longa, supra cot\ledones exstans. 



Hab. in Cuba oriental i prope villain Monte Verde dictam: Wright 

 n. 462, 462% 742 in herb. Griseb. 



Forma longifolia Lindau. . . ../ 



Folia oblongo- ovata, apice acuminata vel longe acuminata, basi an- 

 gustata, ± 10 cm longa, ± 4 cm lata. 





