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oberseits dunkelgriin, in der Jugend diinn fllzig, spater matt, sehr 

 schwach flaumig, unterseits intensiv blaugriin, mit stark vortretendem 

 Adernetz, in der Jugend reichlich anliegend behaart, zuletzt verkahlend. 

 Nebenblatter klein, halbherzformig, bleibend. 



Unterscheidet sich von Salix aurita durch die schmaleren, langlich 

 elliptischen, die grosste Breite in der Blattmitte aufweisenden. unterseits 

 lebhaft blaugriinen, zuletzt verkahlenden Blatter und kleinere Neben- 

 blatter, von S. angustifolia durch die in der Jugend flaumigen Zweige, 

 grossere und breitere, in der Jugend auch oberseits filzigen Blatter mit 

 unterseits vortretendem Adernetz und die wenig seidige Behaarung der 

 Blattunterseite. 



Steiermark: Unter den Starameltern auf einer feuchten Wiese bei 

 Prassberg (Krasan!). 



LY111. N. L Britton, Plantae novae bahamenses. II. 1 ) 



(Ex: Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. IV [1905], 116-127). 



18. Coccolobis bahamensis N. L. Britton, 1. c, p. 116. 



A glabrous shrub, 4 m, high or less. Leaves thin-coriaceous, elliptic 

 to ovate or obovate-elliptic, obtuse to acutish at the apex, obtuse, some- 

 what narrowed, or subcordate at the inequilateral base, 4 — 7 cm long, 

 5 cm wide or less, the primary veins 6 — 8 on each side, minutely but 

 strongly reticulate-nerved on both surfaces, dull, the upper surface bright 

 green, the lower surface paler; petioles 3 — 5 mm long; racemes very 

 slender, numerous, recurved-drooping, finely puberulent when very young, 

 in fruit glabrous; pedicels 1 mm long in fruit, much longer than the 

 ochreolae; flowers bright white, 3 — 4 mm broad; sepals oval, obtuse, 

 about as long as the stamens; fruit ovoid, narrowed at the base, bluntish 

 at the apex, 6 mm long, 3 — 4 mm thick, faintly several- rib bed, not 

 coronate. 



Bahamas Islands. Mathew Town to Lower Savannah, Inagua 

 (Nash & Taylor, 1352, type); Miner's Tent to Balsam Hill, Inagua 

 (Nash & Taylor 1280); coppice, Lake Cunningham, New Providence 

 (Britton & Brace. 647). The abundant gracefully drooping racemes of 

 bright white flowers make the bush very beautiful. 



19. Clematis bahamica N. L. Britton, 1. c, p. 117. 



Clematis dioica var. virginiana 2. baliamka Kuntze, Verhand. Bot. Ver.^ 

 Prov. Brand. 26: 102. 1885. 



Vine slender, trailing or high-climbing, the young plants sparingly 

 and loosely pubescent. Leaves trifoliolate or the uppermost simple; 

 leaflets slender-stalked, 4 cm long or less, various in form even on the 



») cf. No. I in Rep. V, (1908), pp. 179—185. 



