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584 I. Urban, 
carpidia 2 rudimentaria perparva gynophoro subimmersa in stylos breves conniventes 
apice interdum subincrassatos abeuntia, Flores feminei ... Cocci abortivi bre- 
viter ovati incurvi stylo persistente longiuscule apiculati, perfecti sessiles divergentes 
breviter et suboblique apiculato-acuminati, latere ventrali magis curvati et usque ad 
basin dehiscentes, transversim subteretes, rugulosi, minute glanduloso-punctati, brun- 
nescentes, in vivo ex EccEns nigri, endocarpio demum soluto. Semina ovata trans- 
versim subteretia, a medio fere usque ad apicem intus umbilico ovato v. anguste ovato 
nolata, nigra nitida, 5 mm longa, 4 mm crassa. 
Habitat in St. Thomas in sylvis ad Flag Hill alt. 900 — 230 m rara, tl. 
Majo—Junio, fr. m. Aug.: Eggers hb. pr. n. 78, ed. Toepff. et Rensch n. 293. 
Obs. In floribus masculis numerosis a me examinatis semper carpidia 2 tantum 
inveni, quanquam cl. Esgenrs l.c, »carpids 3 (2—4)« indicat; egomet in materie fructifera 
manca fructum 3-carpidiatum bis inveni. 
27. F. trifoliata Sw. ramis sterilibus fere semper aculeatis, floriferis 
plerumque inermibus; foliis imparipinnatis, foliolis 3 (2)—7 v. in plantis 
juvenilibus usque 13, lateralibus subsessilibus usque 6 mm longe petio- 
latis, valde variabilibus, late obovatis usque elliptieo-lanceolatis, apice 
emarginatis, rotundatis, obtusis, acutis v. breviter acuminatis, basi plus 
minus oblique acutis v. cuneatis, 2,5 — 8 em longis, 1,2—4 cm latis, 
dimidio usque 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, margine toto v. superne 
v. ad apicem tantum minute crenulatis, subtus in facie glanduloso-puncta- 
lis v. subepunctatis ; inflorescentiis lateralibus usque 1,5 cm longis, flori- 
bus breviter pedicellatis; petalis 1,8—9,3 mm longis; ovario 2-carpidiato; 
coceis 4 v. plerumque 2, globulosis 3,5—4 mm longis, 3—3,5 mm latis. 
Fagara trifoliata Sw.! Prodr. (1788). p. 55. 
Aanthoxylum punctatum Vahl in West St. Croix (1795). p. 510; Poir. 
in Lam. Enc. Suppl. II. 294 ; DC. Prodr. I. 725; Grisb.! Kar. 41. 
Xanthoxylum ternatum Sw.! Fl. Ind. occ. 1 (1797). p.570; Vahl Eclog. 
II. 46; Poir. in Lam. Enc. Suppl. II. 292; DC. Prodr. 1.725; Wikstr. 
Guad. 76 ; Grisb. Kar. 41. , 
Fagara ternata DC. Prodr. I (1824). p. 725. 
Tobinia ternata Desv. in Ham. Prodr. (1828). p. 57; Grisb. Flor. 156. 
Aanthoxylum emarginatum Wikstr. Guad. (1827). p. 76 (ex loco nat.): 
Mayc. Barb. 587 ; Grisb. Kar. 41; Mazé Guad. 103, — non Sw. 
Xanthoxylum spinosum Wikstr. l.c.; Kew Ind. ! n. 81. (a.1895). p. 241, 
— non Sw. 
Tobinia punctata. Grisb. ! Flor. (1859). p. 137; Egg.! St. Croix 108 
et St. Croix and Virg. Isl. 57. 
Tobina spinosa Grisb. Flor. (1859). p. 157 (p. p), — non Ham. 
Aanthoxylum trifoliatum Kr. et Urb. in herb. variis. 
Lepineux rouge in Marie-Galante et Désirade ex Duss: Bois 
flambeau blance v. noir Martin. ex Duss. 
Frutex v. arbuscula plus minus tortuosa 2—8 m alta. Rami juniores 
glabri v. minute pulverulento-pilosuli in sicco brunnei, posterius cinerascentes, in 
planta juvenili sicut rhachis supra sub foliolorum insertione et subtus saepe ad nervum 
