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35. Coccoloba costata Wr. 



Hamuli rufo-puberuli. Ochreae amj>liatac ; rufo-pubcrulae. Folia ovata 

 aut elliptica, apice obtuso-acuminata, basi cordata, ncrvis primariis supra 

 promincntibus, subtus acute exprcssis. nervulis utrinque proininulis ample 

 reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia nodulis 1 -Moris, rhachi obsolete rufo-pu- 

 bcrula. Pedicelli fr. ochreolas 3 — 4-plo superantes. 



Coccoloba costata Wright in: Saiiv. Fl. Cub. p. 4 39. 

 Coccoloba leoganensis Ghiskji. (non Jacq.) var. cordata Griseb. Gat. p. 61. 

 Frutex arborcscens (ex Wright!) vel arbuscula 3-metraIis (ex Sintknis!) 

 ram is iircgnlariter sul)riinoso-subangulalis; ram u lis praesertim ad nodos rufo-puberulis. 



Ochreae subcoriaceae, ampliatae, ± 5 mm longae, rufo-puberulae. Folia petiolis 

 nclircam aequantibus , supra canalieulatis, puberulis, ad basin ochreae inscrlis, ovata 



aut elliptica, apice acuminata plerum(|iie obtusa, basi cordata. ± \\ cm longa, ±5 cm 

 lata, usque ad 27 cm longa, 13 cm lata, utrinque glaberrima, rigide coriacea, margine 

 rccurvo, nervis lateralibus angulo40 — 90° abeuntibus, subdecurrenlibus, plane arcuatis f 

 primariis supra promincntibus, subtus acute exprcssis, nervulis utrinque proininulis 

 ample reticulato-venosa , supra subverruculoso-punctata. Inflorescentia terminalis, 

 racemosa, foliis nequilonga vel 1 V2 — 2-plo longior, multiflora, nodulis 1-floris, pedunculo 

 circa 2 cm longo rhachique obsolete rufo-puberulis; bracteae squamiformes, accurrcntes, 

 circa */ 2 mm longae; ochreolae recte truncatae, membranaceae , bracteam aequantes; 



pedicelli post anthesin \ x J2—% mm longi, horizonlaliter divaricati vel patentes. Lobi 

 ovati. Filamenta subulata, in alabastro longitudine varia. Ovarium subglobosum, 

 trigonum, basi attenuatum; styli 3, stigmatibus sublobatis. 



Hal), in Cuba or ion tali proj>c villain Monte Verde dictam : 

 Wright n. 1393; in Puerto-Rico prope Utuado in scopulis ad los An- 

 geles: Sintenis n. 5934. 



(v. s. in herb. Boiss.-Barb., Candoll., Gutting., Holm., Kruc. et Urb.) 



36, Coccoloba Urhaniaiia Lindaii spec, nov. 



Hamuli glabri. Ochreae glabrae, adpressae. Folia ovalia vel ovata vol 

 oblongo-ovata, apice obtusa vel acuminata, basi cordata vel rotundala, ner- 

 vis nervulisque utrinque grosse ])rominentibus laxiuscule reticulato-venosa. 

 Inflorescentia nodulis 1-floris, rhachi glabra. Pedicelli subnulli. Fruetus 

 ovoideus, apice lobis perianthii laxis longe coronatus. 



A rbor 10 — 15-metralis (ex Sintenis!) ramis leviter sulcatis, ramulis cincreis, stria- 

 tis, glabris. eh reae oblique truncatae, circa 2 cm longae, adpressae, striatae, glabrae. 

 Folia petiolis supra canaliculars, O/2 — 2 cm lnngis, glabcrrimis, ad basin ochreae in- 

 scrlis , ovalia vel ovata \el oblongo-ovata, apice obtusa vel acuminata, basi cordata vel 

 rotundala, 1 1 — ^ cm longa, 8—11 cm lata, coriacea, glabra, margine piano \ el rccurvo, 

 nervis lateralibus angulo 50 — GO abeuntibus, decurrentibus, usque ad marginem fere 

 subrectis, primariis nenulisque utrinque grosse proininontibus laxiuscule reticulato- 

 venosa. Inflorescentia spiciformis, foliis aequilonga vel longior, nodulis 1-iloris; 

 pedunculus ochrea cinctus, brevis, glabcr, fr. incrassatus; rhachis glabra, fr. incrassata, 

 alabastrifera teres, in sicco nigrescens, alabastris a bracteis membranaceis, albidis ob- 

 tectis; bracteae ovatae, circa l 1 ^ 111111 longae; ochreolae bilobae, lobis semiorbicularibus, 

 circa 2^/2 mm longae, 11. erectae, fr. usque ad rhachin rcflcxac; pedicelli subnulli, fr. in- 

 crassati. Perianthii tubus in alabastro jam satis evoluto I'/^mm longus; lobi ovati, 









