

598 Rubiaceae. 



Bertero n. 537, Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 1063 (p.p.), Sintenis n 1685*, 

 1694 2729, 2811, 3224, 4734, 4970, 5229, Stahl n. 515, ol5 . - 

 Cuba', Hispaniola, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan (ex Egg.), St. Martin, 

 Saba (ex Bold.), St. Eustache (it), Antigua (hb. Monac), Guadeloupe, 

 Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, Bequia, Grenada, Margarita, Guiana. 



48. P. maleolens TJrb. Symb. I (1899) p. 444. - Tea cimarrona. 

 Frutex v. arbuscula 3—4 m. v. arbor usque 10 m., odore odiose 



aromatico. Flores albi. Fructus maturi rubri. Fl. VII, fr. VII, XL 



Sierra de Luquillo in regione superiore montis Jimenes et in 

 cacumine montis Yunque, Sierra de las Piedras in sylva primaeva 

 montis Frances: Sintenis n. 1440, 1440*, 5331, 6881, P.Wilson 



n. 93. — * 



49. P. undata Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. Ill (1798) p. 5 t. 260!; 

 DC. Prodr. IV p. 513; Griseb.! Flor. p. 342 (excl. syn. P. nervosa Sw.); 

 Stahl! Est. V p. 70. - P. hirsute Spreng.! Syst. I (1825) p. 744 (quoad 

 pi. port, non Sw.). — P. oligotrieha DC. Prodr. IV p. 514; Bello Ap. I 

 p. 281 n. 398; Krug Ic. t 17. — P. portoricensis DC. L c. p. 515. — 

 Palo raoro. 



Frutex 1—3 m. Flores albi. Fructus maturi rubri. Var. glabra 

 (P. undata Jacq.) v. plus minus pilosa v. ferrugineo-pubescens (P. por- 

 toricensis DC, P. rufescens Griseb.), fractious obovatis v. ellipticis. 

 Fl. I, IV, VI, IX, X, fr. I, II, VI, X. 



Prope Bayamon in umbrosis, prope Maunabo in sylva primaeva 

 montis Mala pascua, prope Cayey in sylvis ad Pedro Avila et locis 

 herbosis montis Llano, prope Pefiuelas ad saxa montis Llano, prope 

 Guanica in sylva densa montis Cobano, prope Cabo rojo in Monte 

 grande, prope Mayaguez in monte Mesa, prope Manati in fruticetis 

 ad Mango: Bertero, Heller n. 1234, Krug n. 566 b , Sintenis n.895, 895 c , 

 2419, 3759, 4744, 5220, 6635, 6954, Stabl n. 225, 512. — Bermudas 

 (ex Hemsl.), Florida, Key ins., Bahama, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman (ex 

 Hitchc), Hispaniola, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan, St. Martin, Saba, 

 St. Eustache, St. Kitts, Antigua, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St. Vincent, 

 Bequia (ex Kew Bull, n.81 p. 258), Barbados, Trinidad, Amer. centr. 



50. P. Stahlii Urb. (n. sp.) frutex 1 — 3 m. altus glaber, stipulis 

 gemmam apicalem initio plane includentibus integris, postenus ui 

 lateraliter usque ad basin fissis et deciduis, 4 — 5 mm. longis, nie 

 branaceis; foliis 3—10 mm. longe petiolatis, ellipticis usque lanceolatis, 

 inferne sensim v. valde sensim in petiolum angustatis, antice 

 minatis, 5 — 10 cm. longis, 1,5 — 3,5 cm. latis, nervis utroque latere 

 5 — 7 arcuatis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, posterius lateralibus, 

 1 — 2,5 cm. longe pedunculatis, corymbosis; floribus vix v. usq 



