



Monographic! generis Coccolobae. 195 







formia, lobis longiora, anlheris exsertis. Ovarium breve, oblongum, trigonum. Fruc- 

 tus globosus, obtuso-trigonus , basi rotundatus, apice lobis perianthii arclissime ad- 

 pressis obtuso-coronatus, 6 mm longus, 5V2 mm diametro, pericarpio crustaceo , co- 



slalo (Fig. 44). 



Hab. in Columbia in calidis subhmnidis prope Honda: Humboldt; 

 loco non indicate): Goudot n. 4 et s. n.; Trtana n. 981. 



Morel Junio el Octobri, (v. s. in lierb. BeroL, Willd. herb. n. 7704.) 



93. Coccoloba sparsifolia Lindau spec, nov. 



Ramuli minutissimc puberuli, demum glabra li. Ochreae glabrae, 



amplae. Folia ovata , apice obtuso-subacuminata, basi ± cordata, nervis 

 primariis supra subprominentibus, subtus acute expressis, nervulis utrin- 

 (jue prominulis laxe reticulata- venosa. Inflorescentia nodulis I — 2-floris, 

 rhachi glabra. Ochreolae pedicellos duplo superantes. 



Rami grisei, rimosi, lenticellis cliipticis, fuseis; ramuli lalerales, sulcati, minu- 

 tissimc puberuli, demum glabrati, ochreis cincti. Ochreae oblique truncatae, circa 

 \ 3 mm longae , glabrae, membranaceae, amplae, evanidae. Folia petiolis tenuibus, 

 supra plane canaliculars, circa 10 mm longis , supra minute puberulis, sub ochrea in- 



serlis, ovata, apice obtuso-subacuminata, basi ± cordata, 5—9 cm longa, 4—6 cm lata, 

 subcoriacea, supra nitida, subtus pallidiora, glabra, margine piano, nervis laleralibus 

 angulo 50— 60° abeuntibus, subdecurrentibus , plane areuatis, primariis supra subpro- 

 minentibus, subtus acute expressis, nervulis utrinque prominulis laxe reticulato-venosa. 

 Inflorescentia terminalis in ramulis vel rarius axillaris (?), erecta, racemosa, laxi- 

 flora, foliis subae<(iiilonga, nodulis 1 — 2-floris , pedunculo 6— 8 mm longo rhachique 

 glabris angulatisque; bracteae triangulares, aculae, V 2 mm longae; ochreolae 2 mm 

 fere longae, rotundato-bilobae, membranaceae; pedicelli 4 mm longi, in ochreola re- 

 eonditi, horizontaliter divaricati. Perianthii tubus urceolato-campanulatus, V*"™ 1 

 longus; lobi ovati, 2 mm longi, in anlhesi rellexi. Filamenta &/ 2 inm longa, erecta, 

 antheris exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, 1 mm longum; styli 3, \/>> mm longi, 



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stismatibus sublobatis. 



llab. in Brasiliae prov. Maranhao: Don n. 144. 



(v. s. in herb. Brux.) 







94. Coccoloba Griselmchiaua Lindan spec. nov. 



Ramuli glabri. Ochreae subadpressae. Folia ovata, apice obtuso- 

 acuminala , basi cordata, nervis primariis supra semiimmersis, subtus ex- 

 pressis, nervulis tenuiler prominulis utrinque eleganter denseque reti- 

 culalo-venosa. Inllorescentia nodulis 4-floris, rhachi glabra. Fructus 

 ovoideus, apice acuminatus, lobis perianthii arctissime adpressis conspicuis. 



Coccoloba guyanensis Griseb. (non BCbissn.) in: Fl. Br. W. I. Isl. p. 163. 



Hamuli sulcati, canescentes, glabri. Ochreae usque ad medium fissae, apice 

 rotundatae, circa 8 mm longae, subadpressae, costatae, costis post membranae destruc- 

 tionem diutius persistentibus. Folia petiolis supra canaliculars, glabris, 0/ 2 — 2 cm 

 longis, sub ochrea insertis, ovata, apice obtuso-acuminata, basi cordata, 8— 14 cm longa, 

 5_9 C m lata, eharlacea, supra nitida et fuseescentia, subtus pallidiora, margine anguste 

 subrecurvo, glaberrima, nervis lateralibus angulo 70 — 85° abeuntibus, plane arcualis, ad 



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