Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. III. 585 
medium aculeati, floriferi cum foliis plerumque inermes; aculei si adsunt fere semper 
juxta petiolorum basin abeuntes gemini recti subteretes brunnei v. cinerascentes, usque 
7 mm longi. Folia 4,5—5 cm longe petiolata, petiolis sicut rhachi supra canaliculatis; 
foliola opposita, margine plana subplanave, chartacea v. subcoriacea rigida, supra 
nitida, subtus pallidiora minus nitentia v. subopaca, nervo medio supra plus minus im- 
presso, lateralibus numerosis utrinque prominulis et elezanter anastomosantibus, sub- 
tus glandulis parvis, raro mediocribus , nune parcioribus v. subdeficientibus, pallidis v. 
nigrescentibus, interdum pellucidis adspersa. Inflorescentiae in axillis nunc glo- 
meratae, nunc racemosae, nune panniculatae, sed petiolo semper breviores, ramulis 
inferioribus saepius basalibus ideoque quasi fasciculatis; bracteae ovatae v. triangu- 
lares obtusae 1—0,4 mm longae; prophylla deficientia v. solitaria ad basin pedicelli 
obvia; pedicelli 4—2,5 mm longi. Flores albi v. albo-flavidi, masculi: Sepala 
supra basin connata, caeterum libera, in aestivatione aperta, semiorbicularia usque 
triangulari-ovata obtusa subcoriacea, glandula dorsali carentia, margine glabra obsolete 
eroso-denticellata v. subintegra, a basi 0,1—0,7 mm longa. Petala in aestivatione 
cochleato - imbricata, ovalia usque orbiculari -ovata apice obtusa v. rotundata, sub 
anthesi erecto-patentia, crassiuscule chartacea glabra, calyce 3—5-plo longiora, 4,3— 
1,5 mm lata, Filamenta petala fere dimidio superantia; antherae ovatae v. breviter 
ovatae, sub medio affixae, clausae vix 4 mm longae. Ovarium rudimentarium v. 
potius gynophorum corrugatum, semigloboso-trigonum, stylis 2 (nunc 4) perbrevibus 
inferne subincrassatis coronatum; stígma nullum. Flores feminei: Staminodia 
nulla. Gynophorum disciforme carpidiis 5-plo brevius, ab iis ope sulci manifeste 
disjunctum. Carpidia sessilia didyma arcte accumbentia, glanduloso - punctata, 
quodque ovato-globulosum; ovula placentae mediae v. paullo supra medium lateraliter 
affixa. Styli e vertice carpidiorum ad latus ventrale abeuntes, inter sese conglutinati, 
ad commissuram linea exarati, ab initio recti, carpidiis sesquilongiores; stigmata in 
unum connata convexa, ab apice visa ovalia v. didyma, stylis dimidio latiora 0,7— 
0,8 mm lata. Cocci (abortivis plus minus evolutis) sessiles divergentes ad ventrem 
subcarinati subaequilateri, obsolete v. manifeste mucronato-apiculati, in sicco brunnei, 
plus minus manifeste glanduloso-tuberculati v. -impressi et obsolete rugulosi, endo- 
carpio soluto. Semina sub apice carpidii affixa, elobuloso-reniformia, dorso obsolete 
carinala, intus ad medium v. paullo superius umbilico ovato nolata, cr. 3 mm longa, 
2,7 mm lata. 
Habitat in Jamaica: Bertero (an revera ex hac insula, anne ex 
Guadeloupe?); Sto. Domingo prope Puerto-Plata ad Palmar m. Majo 
flor.: Eggers n. 1931; Puerto-Rico in sylvis litoralibus prope Guanica 
circa Salinas Montalba m. Febr. fruct.: Sintenis n. 3594; St. Croix: 
Eggers, Isert, Ryan, West (herb. Haun.); St. Barthélemy: Forsstroem 
(hb. Holm.); Antigua: Wullschlaegel n. 94 (hb. Monac.); Montserrat: 
Ryan (hb. Haun.); Guadeloupe: Bertero, Duchassaing, l'Herminier; 
Marie-Galante in sylvis Folle-Anse prope mare m. April. flor.: Duss n. 
3629; Désirade in plateau du Galet m. April., Majo flor.: Duss n. 2974; 
Les Saintes in monte Chameau 300 m alt.: Duss n. 2975; Dominica 
ex Swartz; Martinique in sylvis montanis aridis solo calcareo: Duss 
n. 97, 494, 647, Hahn n. 1085; St. Lucia m. Majo flor.: Ramage; 
St. Vincent: Smith n. 4742 (hb. Kew.), 1743; Barbados in Turner's 
Hall wood: Eggers n. 7456; Trinidad: Fl. Trinid. n.344 (ex berb. St. Louis). 
Obs. I. Species quoad foliolorum numerum formamque valde variabilis, in 
