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(!. l.iniLin. 



Arbor vel frute\ 10— 15-metralis, erecta, usquo ad apicem .sine ramiiicalione, 

 trunco 10 cm diametro (ex Sintenis!), minis sulcato-acutangulis, fere subalatis; ramulis 

 suleatis, glabris. Ochreae oblique Iruncatae, 4— 7 cm longae, crassae, coriaceae, 

 costatae, glaberrimae, amplae, porsislmiles. Folia petiolis nullis delloidco-aut ovato- 



orbicularia, apice obtusa, basi cordafo-subamplexicaulia, 25—60 cm longa, 26—45 cm 

 lata, rigide coriacea , builata, margine recurvo, utrinque glaberrima, opaca, nervis 

 lateralibus angulo 60-80° abcuntibus, subdecurrenlibus, arcualis, ad margincm obscuris, 

 primariis supra impressis, suhlus valdc prominmlibus, nervulis supra inconspicuis, 

 subtus subplanis punctato-venosa. I n Horeseenlia icrminalis, folia superans, saep.' 

 50 cm longior, raecmosa, ucnsillora, nodulis 2— 8-floris , pedunculo 2— -7 cm longo 



rhacbique saoguineis (ex Sintenis!), sub feiite minute puberulis angulalisque; bracteae 

 lanccolatae, acutac, concavae, circa 1 mm longae; ocbroolae membranaceae, bracteam 

 aequantes; pedicelli tcnucs, 5—13 mm longi, sub lente minute pubcruli, patcntes, san- 

 guinei. Flores sanguinci. Perianlhii tubus campanulato-urceolalus, circa 2 mm 

 longus; lobi ovati, 1 1/ 2 mm l.mgi, in antbesi rcilexi. Filamenta lobis brcviora, lili- 

 formia, antberis exsertis. Ovarii! in oblongum, acuto-trigonum, circa 1 mm long'um ; 

 slvti 3, ovario breviorcs, stigmalibus sublobatis. F met us ovoideus, obscure trigonus, 

 basi in stipitcm brevcm contractus, apice acuminates, lobis pcriantbii arete ailprcssis,' 

 conspicuis, circa 6 mm longo, 4 mm diametro, pericarpio sanguinco, crustaceo, sub- 

 costato (Fig. 49). Semen subglobosum , acuminatum, 3-sulcatum, partibus leviter 

 1-sulcatis, testa laevi, subuilida, brunnca (Fig. 49*). Cotylcdoncs suborhiculares 

 utrinque emarginatae, planae; radicula dimidium colylcdonum acquans (Fig. 49b). 



I lab. in St. Thomas: herb. Dkless.; in Puerto Rico fivquens: 



E(i(;i:Ks 



s. n., n. 827; Stahl n. 276, 4057, Sintkms n. 1280, 2171, 4980. 



5178, 5285; loco non indicator Willi), herb. n. 7695. Verisimiliter 

 aliis insulis An till n ru m reperienda. 



in 



Floret Apriii, Junio, Septembri. Fruct. Scptembri. 



(v. s. in herb. Bcrol., Brux., Deless., Coiling., Kew., Kiuju. el Uiu.., Lips., Willd. 



berb. n. 7695.) 







107. Coccoloba uvifVra (L.) J;icq. 



Hamuli minutissime pubcruli. Ochreae amplae, minutissimc pube- 

 rulac. Folia late ovata, apice rotundata vel plane cmarginala, basi roliin- 

 dnla vel cordata, nervis primariis supra semiimmersis , subtus expressis, 

 nervulis prominulis utrinque scrobiculato-venosa. Infloreseentia nodulis 

 1— 4-floris , rhachi sub lente evanesccnler puberula. Pedicelli ochreolas 

 circa 2-plo superantcs. Fructus ovoideus, basi stipitiformiter contractus, 

 apice subrotundalus, lobis perianlhii connivenlibus conspicuis. 



Coccoloba uvifera .1 acq. Hist, Am. Stirp. p. 112 tab. 73 et Pict. tab. 110; Am. Gew., 

 lab. 127; Lisne, Spec. PI. 2. cd. 523 ct Syst. veg. 405 ; Hoinr. Linn. Pfl.Sysl.l, 489; Mill' 

 Diet. n. 1; Willd. Spec. Pk II, 457; Spreng. Syst.II, 252; Ait. bort. Kew. 2. e.l. II, 421; 

 Desk. Cat. hort. Par. 3. cd. p. 69; Lam. Encyc. VI, tab. 316 fig. 2 ; Wikstr. St. Barthcl. 

 p. 420; West, St. Croix p. 281 ; Gartn. Carp. p. 214 tab. 45 fig. 3 ; Havne, Arzneigcw. X, 

 tab. 4; Nuttall, Sylva III, 88; Rodsch. Observ. p. 47; Descourt. Ant. II, 77 ; Nees,' 

 Diissel. Suppl. 9; Nook, in: Bot. Mag. 59 tab. 3130; II. B. K. Nov. Gen. II, 140; Lim! 

 hort. Jam. I, 76; Mavc. Barb. p. 155; La Sacra XI, 183; Meyer, Prim. Fl. Essequ. I, 

 159; Cham, et Schlecht. in: Linnaea VI, 368; Schlecht. in: LinnacaVI, 760 et XXVI, 

 643; Sciiomb. in: Linnaea VIII, 280; Miquel in: Linnaea XVIII, 242; Meissn., Mom 



