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G. Lindau. 





57. Coccoloba dioica Karsl 



Hamuli regulariter striali , glabri. Ochreae glabrae, basi costis post 

 ochreae destructionem longius persistent! bus instructae. Folia obovata vel 

 ovalia, apice ± acuminata, glaberrima, subtus ad nervos primarios evanes- 

 center tomentella, nervis primariis supra prominulis, subtus oxpressis, 

 nervulis utrinque tenuiter prominulis laxiuscule reticulato-venosa. In- 

 florescentia nodulis 1-floris, rhachi glabra. Pedicelli ochreolas aequantes. 



Coccoloba dioica Karst. mss. in herb. Petrop. 



Rami subrimosulo-striati, lenticellis dilute fuscis, ovalibus; ramuli regulariter 

 striati, glabri. Ochreae membranaceae basi chartaceae, glabrae, mox evanidae, basi 

 costis post ochreae destructionera longius persistentibus instructae. Folia petiolis 

 supra canaliculatis, circa I*/* cm longis, glabris, ad basin ochreae insertis, obovata vel 

 ovalia, apice acuminata, obtusata vel acria, basi rotundata vel subcordata, 8—14 cm 

 longa, 3Va — 8 cm lata, tenuia, margine piano, glaberrima, subtus ad nervos primarios 

 evanescenter tomentella, nervis lateralibus angulo 50 — 75° abeuntibus, subrectis, pri- 

 mariis supra prominulis, subtus expressis, nervulis utrinque tenuiter prominulis laxius- 

 cule reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia terminalis, soliiaria, racemosa, laxitlora, foliis 

 brevior, nodulis 1-tloris, pedunculo subnullo vel usque ad 5 mm longo rhachique glabris, 

 in sicco sulcatis; bracteae lanceolatae, obtusae, circa 3 mm longae, membranaceae, 

 laxae; ochreolae bracteam aequantes, membranaceae, laxae; pedicelli tenues, ochreolis 

 aequilongi, horizontalitor divaricati. Perianthii tubus in flore jam deflorato cam- 

 panulatus, O/omm longus; lobi 2 mm longi, ovati, in anthesi reflexi. Filament a lobis 

 breviora, filiformia, antheris exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, circa I'/omm 

 longum; styli 3, I mm longi, stigmatibus lobatis. 



Ilab. in Venezuela prope Caracas: Kahsten. 



(v. s. in herb, Petrop.) 



58. Coccoloba excelsa Bentli. 



Hamuli ferrugineo-pubescentes vel glabri. Ochreae profuude fissae, 



amplae, subglabrae. Folia ovata vel ovalia, apice ± acuminata, basi eordata, 

 glaberrima vel subtus pubescentia, nervis primariis supra impressis, subtus 

 prominentibus. Inflorescentia foliis brevior, nodulis 1 — 3-floris, rhachi 

 puberula vel glabra. Bracteae minutae. Pedicelli ochreolas longas aequantes 

 vel superantes. Fructus globosus, utrinque altenuatus, lobis perianthii 

 arete conniventibus breviter obtuso-coronatus. 



Coccoloba excel sa Berth, in: Hook. Journ. Bot. IV, 624 ; Meissn, in : Fl. bras. V, 1 p. 34 

 et in DC. Prodr. XIV, 156; Schomb, Faun, et Fl, Br. Guy, p. 934. 



Coccoloba parimensis Benth. in: Hook. Journ. Bot, IV, 626; Schomb. Faun, et Fl, 



Br. Guy. p. 1131. 



Coccoloba parimensis Bknth. var. j3. Hostmanni Meissn. in; Fl.bras.V, 1 p. 35 et in: 

 DC. Prodr, XIV, 156. 



F rut ex volubilis cum cirrhis longis, sub aquam dependentibus, caule lignoso (ex 

 Wullschlagel !). Rami obsolete striati; ramuli striati, in sicco nigrescentes, ferrugineo- 



pubescentes, demum glabrati, lenticellis elliplicis. Ochreae profunda fissae, in acumen 

 10 — 15 mm longe protractae, totae 15 — 20 mm longae, apice membranaceae, amplae, 



mox evanidae, glabrae, basi tomcntellae. Folia petiolis supra canaliculatis, ± 1 cm 



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