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Coccoloba punctata Griseb. var. a Jacquini Griseb. pr. p. Fl. Br. W. I. Isl. p. i 63 ; 

 Eggers, St. Croix p. \k"l et St. Cr. et Verg. n. 7U. 



F rut ex 3-metralis vel arbor 8 — 4 0-metralis vel altior (ex Sintenis !) ramis striatis, 

 ramulis glabris. Ochreae circa 1 cm longae, acuminatae, subcoriaeeae, enerviae, gla- 

 brae, adpressae, evanidae. Folia petiolis supra canaliculars, glabris, ochrea aequilongis, 



sub ochrea insertis, ± late ovata, apice longiuscule ycI brcvitcr acuminata, obtusa, basi 



rotundata, ± 9 cm Ionga, =h 5 cm lata, coriacea, glaberrima, opaca vel supra subnitida, 

 supra in sicco fuscescentia, subtus pallidiora, nervis lateralibus angulo 50 — GO abeunti- 

 bus, decurrentibus, subrectis, ad marginem plane arcuatis , primariis supra immersis 

 vel planis, subtus prominulis, nervulis uirin([ue inconspicuis. Inf lorescentia termi- 

 nalis, foliis \ — 2-plo longior, spiciformis, laxillora , erecta, nodulis 1-floris, pedunculo 

 vix \ cm longo rhachique glaberrimis; bracteae triangulares, 1 1 / 2 mm longae, subaccur- 

 rentes; ochreolae bracteam ae(]uantes, mcmbranaceae, plane trilobae; pedicelli subnulli. 

 Flo res albi vel viridulo-albi (ex Sintenis !). Periantbii tubus campanulatus, \ mm 

 longus; lobi ovati 2^2 nun longi, in anthesi usque ad tubum rccurvalL Filamenta lili- 

 formia, circa 3 mmlonga, erecta, ad fructum pcrsistentia, antheris longe exsertis. Ova- 

 rium oblongum, trigonum, 1 '/u mm longum ; styli 3 , tenues, \ mm longi, stigmatibus 

 lobatis. Fructus globosus, basi subito brevissime stipitatus, oblusiuscule trigonus, 

 circa 4 mm diametro, apice lobis periantbii laxis acumine 2 mm longo coronatus, peri- 

 carpio rubro (ex Sintenis !), striato (Fig. 13). Semen subglobosum , basi planum, apice 



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breviter acuminatum, 6-suleatum, obtuso-trigonum, fuscum, testa cornea, dilute fusca, 

 nitida (Fig. 13 a). C o tyledones ovati, 2 mm longae, 3 mm latae, apice plane emar- 

 ginatae, arete adpressae; radicula cotyledonibus dimidio brevior. 



Hab. in St. Thomas: herb. Berol; in Jamaica: Wilson; loco non In— 

 dicato: West; nee non in Puerto Rico frequens in silvis montium: Sin- 

 tems n. 238, 990, 1018, 1405, 1501, 2003, 6004, 6118, 6524, Eggers 

 n. 826, 1173, Stahl n. 887, Gundlach n. 941, 1437, Sciiwankcke 11. 107. 



Floret Januario-Majo, Julio-Augusto. (v. s, in lierb. Herol., Boiss.-Bakb., Brux., 

 Candoll., Deless., Hann., Holm., Kew., Kkug. et Uru., Petrop.) 











28. Coccoloba Krugii Lindau spec. nov. 



Hamuli glabri. Ochreae adpressae. Folia suborbieularia vel cor data, 

 apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi cordata, nervis lateralibus supra planis, 

 subtus prominulis, nervulis supra inconspicuis, subtus planis subscrobicu- 

 lato-venosa. Inflorescentia spiciformis nodulis 1-floris, rhachi glabra. Pedi- 

 celli subnulli. Fructus ovoideus, obluso-trigonus, acuminalus, lobis peri- 

 antbii apice arete adpressis conspicuis. 



Frutex vel arbuscula (ex Sintenis!) vel arbor 2— 8-metralis (ex Sintenis, 



Eggeks!) ramis ± regulariter striatis vel transversaliter subrimosulis, cinereis vel fus- 

 cescentibus, lenticellis fuscis, orbicularibus; ramulis substriatis, glaberrimis. Ochreae 

 circa 8 mm longae, tenerrimae, costatae, adpressae, statim evanidae. Folia petiolis 

 supra plane canaliculalis, 5 — 8 mm longis, glabris, basi subtumescentibus, sub ochrea 

 insertis, suborbieularia vel cordata, apice obtusa vel rotundata, basi cordata, 2 — 5 cm 

 tonga et lata, coriacea, glaberrima, laete viridia, margine subrecurvo, costa media 

 supra semiimmersa, subtus prominentc, nervis lateralibus angulo 50 — 60^ abeuntibus, 

 subrectis, lamina pallidioribus, supra planis, conspicuis, subtus prominulis, nervulis 

 supra inconspicuis, subtus planis, manifestis subscrobiculato-venosa. Inflorescentia 

 spiciformis, folia subaequans vel brevior, laxiflora, nodulis 1-iloris, pedunculo 5 — 10 mm 

 longo rhachique glaberrimis angulatis(|ue , bracteae cavatae, accurrentes, circa 3 / 4 mm; 



Jiutauiscko J.ilirbuclier. XIII. Bd. 



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