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patentes, subreflexi. Flores albi (ex Balansa!). Perianthii tubus brevissimus; 

 lobi ovati, 1 V2 mm longi, in anthesi reflexi. Fil amenta lobos aequantia(?), antheris 

 exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, trigonum, circa \ mm longum; styli 3, 1/2 mm longi, 

 stigmatibus lobatis. Fructus ovoideus, utrinque attenuates, circa 7 mm longus, 

 5 mm diametro, lobis perianthii siccis, albis (ex Balansa!), adpressis, usque ad basin 

 conspicuis (Fig. 56). Semen profunde 3-sulcatum, partibus 4-sulcatis, testa cornea 

 fusco-nigra, nitida. Cotyledones ovatae, apice emarginutae, lobis acutis, 2'/2 mm. 

 longae, 2 mm latae, adpressae, margine revoluto. 



Hab. in Paraguay in praeruptis : Balansa n. 2060. 



(v. s. in herb. Getting.) 



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125. Coccoloba Billbergii Lindau spec. nov. 



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Hamuli glabri. Ochreae adpressae, glabrae. Folia oblonga vel sub- 

 obovata, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel subcordata, nervis primariis 

 utrinque tenuiter expressis, nervulis paucis utrinque prominulis laxe reti- 

 culato-venosa. Inflorescentia nodulis \ — 2-floris, rhachi glabra. Pedi- 

 celli ochreolis breviores. Fructus ovoideus, apice acuminatus, basi planus, 

 lobis perianthii adpressis. 



Coccoloba obtusifolia Meissn. (non Jacq.) in; DC. Prodr.XIV, i 61 . 



Rami tenuiter striati, albido-canescentes , lenticellis suborbicularibus , verru- 

 culosis; ramuli striati, giabri. Ochreae 4—5 mm longae, membranaceae, adpressae, 

 glabrae, evanidae. Folia petiolis supra canaliculars, ochream aequantibus, glabris, 

 sub ochrea insertis, oblonga vel subobovata, apice rotundata, basi rotundata vel sub- 



cordata, 31/2— 7 1/ 2 cm longa, 4 i/g— 31/2 cm lata > glabra, subtus in axillis pilosa, margine 



piano, undulato, supra pallide viridi-opaca, nervis lateralibus angulo 60—70° abeunti- 

 bus, arcuatis, primariis utrinque tenuiter expressis, nervulis paucis utrinque prominulis 

 laxe reticulato-venosa. Inflorescentia terminalis , racemosa, foliis aequilonga, 

 multiflora, nodulis 4 — 2-tloris, pedunculo circa 5 mm longo rhachique glabris, angulatis; 

 bracteae triangulares, acutae , nigrescentes, circa 3 / 4 mm longae; ochreolae bilobae, 

 laxae, membranaceae, circa 2 mm longae; pedicelli tl. tenues, vix 4 mm longi, sub- 

 horizontaliter divaricati , fr, non accrescentes, fructibus pendentibus. Perianthii 

 tubus conicus, J / a mm longus; lobi ovati, 1 7 2 mm longi, in anthesi reflexi. Fila- 

 menta lobis aequilonga (?), antheris exsertis. Ovarium oblongum, acute trigonum, 

 circa 3/ 4 mm longum; styli ovario aequilongi, stigmatibus lobatis. Fructus ovoideus, 

 obtuso-trigonus, apice acuminatus, basi planus, lobis perianthii adpressis, usque ad 

 basin fructus conspicuis, 41/2 mm longus, 4 mm diametro, pericarpio crustaceo, fusco- 

 nigro, subcostato (Fig. 57). Semen profunde 3-sulcatum, partibus 4-sulcatis, testa 

 cornea, fusco-nigra, nitida. Cotyledones subreniformes, apice profunde emargi- 

 natae, lobis subacutis, \ 1 / 2 mm longae, 2 mm latae, adpressae, margine revoluto, radi- 

 cula 4 mm longa. . , . 



Hab. in Columbia circa Carthagena: Billberg n. 204, 204 a . 



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