524 ]. Urban. 
supra plano v. vix conspicuo, subtus plus minus impresso, margine plano 
subplanove supero obsolete undulato-crenulatis, crasse coriaceis; pedunculis 
2,5—3,5 em longis; sepalis subaequalibus ovatis apice acutiusculis, 7—8 mm 
longis, exterioribus margine glanduloso-denticellatis, interioribus margine 
tenuiore nudis; ovario verisimiliter 2-loculari, loculis 8—10- (v. ultra?) 
ovulatis; fructu er. 42 mm diametro. 
Ternstroemia obovalis forma Grisb. Cal. (1866). p. 56; Sauv. Cub. p. 10 
(p. p.), — non Rich. 
Frutex 3—5 m altus. Rami suboppositi v. verticillati, vetustiores cinerascentes 
in sicco non striati teretes, Folia ad apices ramorum cujusvis anni conferta, nervis 
lateralibus utrinque plane nullis, utrinque laevia, in margine parce glanduloso-punctata, 
caeterum eglandulosa. Flores cernui; pedunculi ad medium 0,8—1 mm lati, vix v. 
parum compressi; prophylla decidua. Sepala (in statu longe deflorato visa) exteriora 
6 mm, interiora 5 mm lata coriacea. Petala et stamina ignota. Fructus breviter 
globoso-conicus, apice obtusus laevis, Semina plura. 
Habitat in Cuba in Loma del Pinal Mayan: Wright n. 2144. 
18. T. obovalis A. Rich. foliis 3—8 mm longe petiolatis, obovatis 
v. obovato-ellipticis, ad basin sensim angustatis et in petiolum protractis, apice 
obtusissimis v. plerumque rotundatis, 3,9—8 cm longis, 1,5—4,5 cm latis, 
dimidio usque duplo longioribus quam latioribus, nervo medio supra superne 
non, inferne vix v. leviter impresso, subtus inferne prominente, lateralibus 
supra raro subtus saepius conspicuis, margine plano v. anguste recurvato 
integris v. ad apicem obsolete undulato-crenatis, eoriaceis v. chartaceo- 
coriaceis, utrinque laevibus; pedunculis 1,5—6 em longis, prophyllis ovatis, 
semiovalibus v. triangulari -orbicularibus; sepalis 5 semiovalibus usque 
ovatis, 5—8 mm longis, exterioribus fere semper glanduloso-denticulatis; 
petalis in 2/;,—1!/, alt. coalitis, 6,5—10 mm longis, quoad liberis ovato- 
triangularibus usque oblongis, apice obtusis v. subtruncatis, non emar- 
ginatis; stigmate minuto punctiformi v. bipunctato; ovario 2-loculari, loculis 
5—15-ovulatis. 
Var. a. genuina Kr. et Urb. foliis 3—7 mm longe petiolatis, 4—8 cm 
longis, 2—4,5 cm latis; pedunculis 2—6 cm longis, ad medium 0,6—1 mm 
latis; sepalis subaequilongis 6—8 mm longis ovatis v. orbiculari-ovatis, 
aeutis v. apiculatis v. exterioribus obtusis, exterioribus dense et breviter 
glanduloso-fimbriatis; petalis 8—10 mm longis; ovarii loculis. 1410—15- 
ovulatis. 
Ternstroemia obovalis A. Rich.! Ess. Fl. Cub. (1845 )- p. 221 et in Sagra 
Cuba X p. 89 t. 25! ; Walp. Rep. V. 150; Grisb.! Cat. p. 96 (p. p.); Saw. 
Cub. p. 10. 
Ternstroemia obovalis var. excelsa Grisb.! Cat. (1866). p. 56. 
Ternstroemia obovalis var. ovulosa Wr.! in Grisb. Cat. (1866). p. 56. 
Mokofua obovalis O. Kize. Rev. I (1891). p. 63. 
Botoncillo Doming. ex Eggers. 
Var. B. Lindenii Kr. et Urb. foliis 6—8 mm longe petiolatis, 4—6 cm 
