630 I. Urban, 
antia, basi saepe valde asymmetrica ibique v. rotundata v. paulum cordata 
v. rarius distinete in petiolum longiusculum attenuata, apice late rotun- 
data v. paulum obtusata, glabra, raro tomentella, nervo mediano inprimis 
infra in sicco conspicuo nervisque lateralibus distincte prominentibus, 5—9 
arcuatis, v. vix v. distincte reticulatim coniunctis. Inflorescentiae parcius 
puberulae. Anthocarpia pedicellis parvis, 3—5 mm longis suffulta. 
Pisonia subcordata Sw. Prodr. p. 60 et Flor. II. p. 641; Schlecht. in 
Linnaea XXII. p. 885; Grisb.! Flor. p. 70; Egg.! St. Croix 142 el Virg. 
Isl. 87. 
Pisonia subovata Poir. in Lam. Dict. V. p. 547. 
Obs. Non huc pertinet P. subcordata Choisy in DC. Prodr. XIII. 2. p. 444 et Schmidt 
in Mart. Flor, Brasil. XIV. 2. p. 561. 
Form. 4. Swartziana. Folia evoluta latissime ovata ad suborbieularia, 
55—125 mm longa, 37—105 mm lata, basi subcordata v. rotundata, in petio- 
lum usque 55 mm longum vix v. brevissime contracta, apice late rotundata 
v. raro obtusata, viridula v. griseola, subconcoloria, opaca, glabra (iuniora 
solum paulum puberula), nervis lateralibus marginem versus anastomo- 
santibus, v. indistincte et laxe v. distinctius reticulata. 
Pisonia nigricans West St. Croix p. 512; Bello Ap. I. 103, — non Sw. 
Mampoo v. Loblolly in ins. Dan.; Mapou gris in Désir. ex Duss. 
Vidi ex Puerto-Rico: Sintenis n. 1721 (fructif.), 2734", 5669 (c5 et 
fruct.); St. Thomas: Eggers ed. Toepfl. n. 378 (Gt), Ehrenberg n. 268, 
Krebs, Read; St. Croix: Eggers (3); St. Barthélemy et St. Kitts ex 
Sw.; Antigua: Wullschlügel n. 463 (fruct.); Guadeloupe: Bertero (Q), 
Duchassaing; Désirade: Duss n. 2172®; Martinique: Plée n. 958 (Q). 
Form. 2. albida. Folia evoluta late v. oblongo-elliptica, circ. iisdem 
mensuris ut 1, utrinque attenuata, apice obtusata v. rotundata, discoloria, 
supra viridescentia et glabriuscula, infra albida v. cinerascentia, opaca, 
pilis brevibus (cum petiolo) molliter tomentella, nervis ut in praecedente 
sed dense reticulatim coniunctis. 
Palo bobo Portor. ex Sint. 
Habitat in Puerto-Rico: Sintenis n. 594 (cj! typica), 3748 (cj), 3869 
(formae magis glabratae). 
Form. 3. gigantophylla. Folia evoluta maxima, 200—960 mm longa, 
145—160 mm lata, ovata v. obovata v. late elliptica, in petiolum usque 
60 mm longum, robustum euneatim attenuata, apice obtusissima v. rotundata, 
raro paulum acutiuseula, nervis parce hirtulis exceptis glabra, paulum 
nitidula, subconcoloria, viridia, nervis lateralibus permultis anastomosibus 
dense et anguste coniunctis reticulatim areolata. (Flores et fructus ignoti). 
Habitat in Puerto-Rico: Sintenis n. 9441, 2705, 4335. 
Var. 8. rotundata (Grisb.!) 
»À spreading tree, 20' high« Wright (in schedulis). Rami vetustati mo- 
dice incrassati, divaricati, peridermio cinerascente, ruguloso, rimuloso, 
