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Monographia generis Coceolobae. 



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pulchre cordata, 7 — 8 cm longa, 5 — 6 cm lata, subcoriaeca, supra nilida, subtus opaca, 

 marginc piano, glabra, subtus ail costam evanescenter puberula, nervis lateralibus 

 angulo Ii0— 63° abcuntibus, subdecurrentibus , usque ad margincm fere subrectis, ad 

 marginem in arcus 2 fissis , primariis supra subimmersis, subtus expressis , nervulis 

 supra iuconspicuis, subtus plants manifestis. Inflorescentia tcrminalis, foliis aequi- 

 longa vel brevior, raccmosa, multiflora, nodulis 1 — 2-floris, pedunculo circa 5 mm longo, 

 ochrea cincto rhachique glahris angulatisque; bracteae triangulares, acutae, circa 1 mm 

 longae; ochreolae bracteam aequantes, bilohae, membranaceae; pcdicelli alabastriferi 

 subnulli. Perianthii tubus conicus, circa i 1 /^ mm longus; lobiovati, lubuin 

 aequantes, in anthesi rellexi. Filamenta lobos aequantia, erecta, antheris longe ex- 

 sertis. Ovarium circa 1 mm longum, obtuso-trigonum ; styli dimidium ovarii aequantes, 

 stigmatibus lobalis. 



Hab. in Jamaica: March. 



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(v. s. in herb. Gutting. , Krug. et Unit., Petrop.) 



109. Coecoloba leptostachya Bentli. 



Ramuli glabri. Ochreae laxae, evanescenter minute puberulae. Folia 

 ovala vol subobovata, apice rotundata vel breviler obtuseque acuminata, 

 basi rotundata vel cordata, nervis lateralibus nervulisquc supra vix, subtus 

 magis prominulis reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia saepe subpaniculata, 

 nodulis 1 — 3-floris, rhachi minute puberula. Bracteae minimae. 



Coccoloba leptostachya Bentii. in: Dot. Sulph. p. 159; Walp. Ann. I, 551 ; Meissn. 

 in : DC. Prodr. XIV, 4 63; Seehann, Voy. of Herald p. 192; Hemsley, Biol. Ill, 36. 



Hamuli glabri, irregulariter angulati. Ochreae laxae, circa 1 cm longae, cliar- 

 taceae, novellae sub lento minute puberulae, adultae glabrae , oblique truncatae, eva- 

 nidae, cicatrices relinquentes. Folia petiolis glabris, 40—13 mm longis, supra canali- 

 culatis, ovata vel subobovata, apice rotundata vel breviter obtuseque acuminata, basi 

 rotundata vel cordata, 7—1 3 cm longa, 5— 9 cm lata, glabra, margine subrecuno, 

 opaca, coriacea, costa media supra plana, subtus prominonte, nervis lateralibus angulo 

 50 — 60° abeuntibus, subdecurrentibus, ad marginem subobscuris, supra semiimmersis, 

 subtus prominentibus, nervulis supra obsoletis, vix conspicuis, subtus prominulis ele- 

 ganter denseque reticulalo-venosa. Inflorescentia terminalis, foliis longior, race- 

 mosa vel subpaniculata, nodulis 1 — 3-floris cum fructu unico poslea evoluto, pedunculo 

 brevi rhachique II. subgracili minute puberulis angulatisque; bracteae, ochreolae mini- 

 mae; pedicelli II. circa 1 mm longi, tcnues, horizontal iter divaricati, fr. crassi, aequi- 

 longi. Perianthii tubus in alabastro jam satis evoluto conicus, 1 mm longus; lobi 

 ovati, tubum aequantes. Filamenta filiformia, lobis breviora(?). Ovarium trigonurn, 

 */ 2 mm longum; styli 3, ovarium aequantes. 



Hab. in Columbia pro])e Libertad: Bot. Sulph. et in Panama 

 et Veragua in savanis: Seemann n. 4197 (ex Hemsley !), 1167 (herb. Kew.) 

 Barclay (ex Skemann!). 



(v. s. ex herb, Kew.) 





110. Coccoloba leptostachyoides Liiulan spec. nov. 



Ramuli sub lente brevissime puberuli. Ochreae obsolete puberulae, 

 subamplae. Folia ovala, apice acuminata, basi rotundata, tenuia, nervis 

 primariis utrinquo prominulis, nervulis subplanis eleganter densissime 



