Additamenta ad cognitionem florae Indiae occidentalis. II. 601 
laribus, apice obtusis et saepius subemarginatis v. aculis, ad basin 
plerumque magis angustatis, saepius (praesertim terminali) euneatis, 1,5— 
3 cm longis, 4—2 cm latis, dimidio usque duplo longioribus quam latiori- 
bus, chartaceo-coriaceis rigidis, margine integris, supra lucidis, subtus 
opacis et glaucescentibus; inflorescentiis stricte terminalibus, 2—6 mm 
longe peduneulatis, pauci- v. multifloris, paniculatis; petalis 2 mm longis; 
antheris clausis ovatis, sub medio affixis; gynophoro nullo; ovario crasse 
stipitato, breviter ovali-eylindrico glabro, stigmate breviter globuloso; 
fructu obovato 7—8 mm longo, 5—6 mm diametro. . 
Amyris diatrypa Spreng.! Neue Entd. HI (1822). p. 48 et Syst. II. 
217; DC. Prodr. II. 81 (sub A. diatrypa). 
Arbuscula v. arbor 3—5 m alta. Folia subtus ad nervum medium tantum 
v. tota facie minutissime pulverulento-pilosula, nervis utrinque subaequaliter prominen- 
tibus, punctis crassiusculis supra convexis v, obsoletis, subtus nigrescentibus. Inflo- 
rescentiae ramuli extremi glabri; bracteae 0,8—0,5 mm longae acutae; pedicelli 2— 
3 mm longi. Calycis lobi breviter triangulares v. semiorbiculares, obtusi v. rotun- 
dati, Petala chartacea punctis vix pellucidis. Fructus apice rotundatus. 
Habitat in Sto. Domingo: Bertero n. 529, Rob. Schomburgk n. 25*, 
prope Santiago ad Cuesta da Piedra et in sylvis ad Llano Rafael 280— 
300 m alt. solo caleareo: Eggers n. 1795, 2375. 
Va 39. A. elemifera Linn. ramis hornotinis ad apicem et in parte inflo- 
' rescentiae inferiore v. tota minute v. minutissime v. pulverulento-pilosulis; 
foliis oppositis v. hinc inde suboppositis, 1—2 cm, raro —-3 cm longe pe- 
tiolatis, foliolis 3 v. in eodem ramo 3 et 5, lateralibus 3—7 mm, raro 
—10 mm longe petiolulatis, plerumque in eodem specimine variabilibus, 
late ovatis, ovatis, rhombeo-ovatis usque subtriangularibus, raro ovato- 
oblongis v. rotundis v. obtriangularibus, ad apicem sensim angustatis, 
mediocriter v. satis longe acuminatis, acumine latiusculo v. angusto apice 
obtuso v. acuto, raro obtusissimis v. rotundatis, basi subtruncatis v. 
obtusis v. aeutis v. terminali saepe cuneato, fere semper (specim. Sagr. 
exc.) inferne latioribus, 2,5—6, raro —7 em longis, 1,3—3,5, raro —4,5 cm 
latis vix dimidio usque 2!/5-plo longioribus quam latioribus, membranaceis 
v. chartaceis v. coriaceis, margine minute, raro manifestius erenulatis v. 
subintegris, supra lucidis, subtus raro paullo pallidioribus et nitidulis, 
plerumque pallidis glaucescentibus et opacis; inflorescentiis plerumque 
stricte terminalibus, pedunculo supra euphylla suprema evoluto 2—A0 mm 
longo, pannieulatis, raro subeorymbosis, pauci- v. multifloris; petalis obo- 
vatis v. ovalibus 2—2,8 mm longis; antheris clausis ovatis v. anguste ovatis 
in 2/, —1/, alt. affixis, defloratis ovatis v. ovalibus; gynophoro nullo; ovario 
ovato-oblongo v. ovali-oblongo v. elliptico glabro; stigmate breviter v. de- 
presse capitato sessili; fructu globoso 4—6,5 mm diametro. 
Amyris elemifera Linn. Syst. X edit. (1759). p. 1000 et Spec. II edit. 
p. 495 (excl. syn. Plum. et patr. Carol.) et Amoen. Acad. VII. p. 65; Des- 
