Styracaceae americanae novae. 21 



8. Styrax microphyllus Perk., nov. spec. — Prutex; rami subteretes, 

 5 — 7 mm lati, juniores dense breviter ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosi demum 

 glabrescentes; folia alterna,petiolata, petiolo 0,5 — lcmlongo, 1 mmlato, tomen- 

 toso, oblonga vel anguste oblonga vel interdum obovato-oblonga, 4—6,5 cm 

 longa, 1,8—2,5 cm lata, apice acuta vel interdum rotundata, basi cuneata 

 vel in petiolum sensim attenuata, coriacea, integra, supra glabra, nitida, 

 subtus dense brevissime ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa, nervis lateralibus 

 7 — 8, marginem petentibus, marginem versus curvatis, supra pauce, subtus 

 manifestius prominentibus. Inflorescentia racemosa, interdum floribus soli" 

 tariis, axillaris vel terminalis, 2,5 — 3,5 cm longa, rhachis inflorescentiae 

 breviter ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa: bracteae bracteolaeque minutae, 

 pilosae, caducae; flores 1,6 cm longi, rosei (ex Schlim), pedicello 0,7 — 

 1 cm longo, tomentoso; calyx cupuliformis, truncatus, margine undu- 

 latus, papyraceus, 5 mm altus, 6 mm latus, extus pilos minutissimos ad- 

 pressos densos gerens. intus flavescenti-pilosus; corolla 5-partita, tubo 

 4,5 mm longo, lobis multo breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, 

 papyraceis (in sicco), 1 cm longis, 2 mm latis, lanceolatis, apice sub- 

 acutis, extus minute ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosis, intus molliter pilosis, 

 apice pilos fasciculatos paucos gerentibus; stamina 10, filamentis parte 

 libera planis, marginibus intus elevatis basim versus pilis fasciculatis 

 dense obsitis, extus tenuiter pilosis; ovarium obovatum, parce inferum, 

 triloculare, extus stellato-pilosum. 



Columbien: Prov. Ocana. 1660 — 2000 m u. M. (Schlim no. 669, 

 im Mai bliihend). 



Diese kleinblatterige Art unterscheidet sich von & obtusifolius Griseb. 

 durch die Form der Blatter, die gelbe Filzbehaarung der Blattunterseite 

 und die viel grosseren Bliiten. 



9. Styrax Cespedesii Perk. nov. spec. — Frutex vel arbor: rami sub- 

 teretes, 3 mm lati, breviter ferrugineo-tomentosi; folia alterna, petiolata, 

 petiolo 0,9 — 1,1 cm longo, 1 mm lato, ferrugineo-tomentoso, oblonga vel 

 interdum ovata, 8 — 10 cm longa, 3,5 — 5 cm lata, apice interdum acuta vel 

 plerumque breviter lateque acuminata, apice ipso acutiuscula, basi rotundata, 

 chartacea, integra, juniora utrinque stellato-ferrugineo-tomentosa, adulta 

 supra nitida, glabra, nervis medianis ferrugineo-tomentosa, subtus stellato- 

 ferrugineo-tomentosa, supra nervis venisque paullo, subtus manifeste 

 prominentibus, nervis lateralibus circa 6. marginem petentibus, margine 

 inter sese curvato-conjunctis, nervis numerosis in nervis lateralibus 

 rectangulariter impositis. Inflorescentia racemosa, axillaris 4.5 — 6 cm 

 longa, circa 6-flora; rhachis inflorescentiae ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa, 

 bracteae minutae, caducae. tomentosae; flores nondum plane evoluti, 

 1,2 cm longi. pedicello 0,8—1 cm longo, ferrugineo-tomentoso; calyx 

 cupuliformis, 5 mm altus. 6 mm latus. membranaceus, extus flavescenti- 

 ferrugineo-tomentosus, intus adpresse flavescenti-pilosus, margine trun- 

 catus, minute indistincte denticulatus: corolla 5-partita, tubo 1 mm longo, 

 lobis in aestivatione valvatis, papyraceis. 8 mm longis, 2 mm latis, 

 extus flavescenti-stellato-pilosis, pilos adpressos gerentibus, intus in parte 



