32 C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
obtusiuseula, integerrima, + 80 mm longa, 30 mm lata, chartacea, nervo medio junioribus 
subtus prope basin adpresse parce obscureque lepidoto excepto glabra, paullo nitidula vel 
opaca, minute vel vix reticulata, punctulis in parenchymate absconditis ob lucem visis ob- 
scurioribus multis aucta. Inflorescentia multiflora, densiuscule 3-pinnatim panniculata, folia 
subaequans vel paullo superans, adpresse ferrugineo-tomentella, pedicellis usque ad 5 mm 
longis sed saepius brevioribus bracteas multo superantibus; flores stylo longe porrecto 
computato usque ad 8 mm longi, glabri; sepala fere libera, ovato-elliptica, late rotundata 
margine densé ciliolata, et lineis crassis et punctulis praedita; petala ad 1/3 connata lobis 
sublingulatis, medio crasse lineato-maculatis; stamina antheris fere basifixis, birimose de- 
hiscentibus sed apice praesertim apertis, dorso concoloribus nec punctatis, filamentis an- 
theras subaequantibus; ovarium glabrum, ovoideum, stylo perlongo apicem versus persensim 
attenuato. Bacca globosa, + 4 mm diam., brunneo-nigrescens, laevis. — Fig. 14 A—E. 
Von Florida und den Key-Inseln über die Bahamas, Sto. Domingo und Cuba 
nach Mexiko verbreitet, hier am hàufigsten; in Guatemala sehr selten, in Central-Amerika 
fehlend (Andrieux n. 472, Brace n. 331, Curtiss n. 1779, 5952, Eggers n. 4196, 
41962, Ehrenberg n. 1195, Ervendbergn.216, Friedrichsthal n. 1820, Karwinsky 
n. 446, 447, Nash n. 2458, Northrop n. 234, Palmer n. 331, Pringle n. 3313, Robin- 
son n. 307, Sartorius n. 17, 17a, Schiede n. 235, 1226, Wright n. 2911, Wright, 
Parry u. Brummel n. 172). 
13. A. densiflora Krug et Urb.! in Notizbl. bot. Gart. u..Mus. Berlin I. (1895) 79 et 
Symb. antill. I. (1900) 385; Mez in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1904) 398. — Ramuli crassi, 
novelli adpresse ferrugineo-tomentelli. Folia petiolis = 5 mm longis, lamina decurrente 
quam maxime alatis stipitata, elliptica vel obovato-elliptica, basi acuta apice obtusiuscula vel 
rotundata et nonnunquam emarginata, integerrima, = 85 mm longa, 40 mm lata, coriacea, 
glabra sed utrinque punctulis minutis immersis parcis (lepidum delapsorum locis) praedita, 
opaca, subtus virentia, supra manifestius subtus obscure costulata et ad marginem paullo 
reticulata, punetulis atris minimis multis aucta. Inflorescentia multi- vel submultiflora, sco- 
parie bipinnatim panniculata, glabra, folia paullo superans , ramulis densissime subeylindrice 
florigeris, pedicellis crassiusculis, += 2 mm longis; flores genitalibus porrectis computatis 
5 —6 mm longi, glabri; sepala libera, ovato-elliptica, late rotundata, optime ciliata, co- 
riacea margine pallida, punctis subpaucis aterrimis picta; petala breviter connata lobis 
coriaceis, subellipticis apice oblique rotundatis, punctis lineisque nonnullis pietis; stamina 
antheris e brevissimis ovatis, dorso concoloribus nec punetatis, medio filamentis longissimis 
affixis; ovarium glabrum, obovoideum, stylo gracili staminibus breviore. 
Jamaica: in den Blue Mountains (Harris in herb. Jam. bot. Dept. n. 5227, 5431, 
5510, 6077, 6578, 7657). — Blüht im November (Herb. Boiss.-Barbey, Berlin). 
14. A. spicigera Donnell-Smith! in Bot. Gaz. XXVII. (1899) 434. — Ramuli cras- 
siusculi, glabri. Folia petiolis = 10 mm longis, lamina decurrente alatis stipitata, oblongo- 
elliptica, basi persensim apice breviter acuta, integerrima, > 120 mm longa, 40 mm lata, 
glabra, opaca, sicca plumbeo-pallida, coriacea, laevia, haud manifestius punctata. Inflores- 
centia multiflora, scoparie bipinnatim panniculata, folia superans, glabra, e spicis elongatis 
subinterruptis composita; flores ante anthesin (stylo porrecto computato) 5—6 mm longi, 
glabri ; sepala fere libera, elliptico-ovata, late rotundata, margine dense longeque ciliata, 
non nisi prope basin et obscure lineato-punctata; petala carnosa, basi breviter coalita, sub- 
lingulata, rotundata, non nisi perobscure lineata; antherae ex ovato rotundatae apiceque 
acuminulatae per anthesin supra medium paullo constrictae, dorso concolores nec punctatae, 
filamentis longissimis basi inter sese altius quam cum petalis coalitis paullo super basin af- 
fixae; ovarium glabrum, subglobosum. 
M exiko: Chiapas bei Comitan auf Wiesen, in Beständen neben Akazien (Seler n. 2678). 
— Blüht im August (Herb. Berlin). 
15. A. scoparia Mez n. sp. — Ramuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis > 7 mm longis, 
lamina decurrente alatis insensimque in eam transeuntibus stipitata, obovato-elliptica, basi 
longe acuta apice obtusiuscula vel brevissime lateque subacuminata, integerrima, + 80 mm 
