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Ihn. Uhbän: 



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V. elliptico-oblongis, ad apicem magis angustatis, 10— 17 cm. longis, 

 2 — 3-plo longioribus quam latiohbns, nervis lateialibus non y. obau- 

 lete anastomosantibus; petalis ovalibus 2,5 — 3 mm. longis. 



YviT.y. minor Urb. (n. var.) foHis ovatis 4 — 6 cm. longis ca. dimidio 

 longioribus quam latioribus, nervis lateralibus obsolete v. vix anastüiuü- 

 santibus; petalis ovatis 2 — 2,2 mm. longis. 



Frutex v. arbor parva 3 — 7 in. alta. Rami vetustiores teretes grlsei 

 leiiticellis creberrimis notati, hornotini glaberrimi. Folia distiche alterna, 

 in sicco olivacoa v. brunescentia. Flores in axillis foliorum et nunc prae- 

 terea ad nodos defoliatos pauci v. numerosi, ö-meri; pedicelli ca. 0,3 mm., 

 frnctiteri 0,8 — 1 mm. crassi. Sepala margine imbricata, exteriora breviter 

 triangularia v. semilunaria 0,4—0,7 mm. longa, 1 — 1,5 mm. lata, intcriora 

 bveviora, omnia margine nuda integra v. denticellato-fimbriata. Petala apice 

 rotundata, 1,5 — 1,8 mm. lata coriacea. Flor. masc. (v. hcrmaphr.): Fila- 

 ment a subulata postremo 1 — 1,2 mm. longa; antherae reniformes apicc sub- 

 cmarginatae filamentis 2 — 2Y2-PI0 breviores. Discus late aunularis plano- 

 convexus, manifeste v. obsolete plicato - rugosus. Stylus 0,2 — 0,3 nun. 

 lotigtis, crassus; Stigma \ix v. parum prominens, peltatum, veitice non y. 

 obsolete sulcatum. Ovarium disco plus minus immersum, 2-loculare, ovubs 

 in quoque loculo 2. Fructus 1,5 — 2 mm. longe stipitatus, ovatus apicii- 

 latus, in sicco bruneus, 2-valvis; valvae 7 — 8 mm. latae, intus in sicco 

 purpureae, lamella prominente serpentina longitrorsum cariuatae. Semina 

 arillo circumdata, ovata 7 — 12 mm. longa, endospermio carnoso. Cotylc- 

 dones foliaceae virides anguste ovatae, radicula brevissiraa. 



Hab. in Jamaica var. a. in Whitfield Hall Works, 1000 m. alt, 

 ad ehester Vale, ad Green River lilue Mountains, m. Nov., Dcc. flor., 

 m. Sept. fruct.: Harris n. 5331 , 5429, 5460, 6105; var. ß. in Cedar Hurst, 

 ad St. Georges, below Yinegar Hill 700 — 1200 m. alt, m. Dec, Febr. 

 llor.: Harris n. 5470, 5505, 5570; var. 7. ad Chester Vale Road, 1000 m. 

 alt., m. Nov. fl.: Harris n. 5430. 



9. Maytenns l)raehyearpa Urb. (n. sp.) raraulis hornotinis superne 



parum compressis non angulatis; foliis 5 — 10 mm. longo petiolatis, ovatis 

 v. ovalibus, basi plerumque rotundata, raro acuta in petiolura' vix v. 

 paullo protractis, apice breviter v. mediocriter acuminatis, acumine lato 

 rotundato v. emarginato, 6—9 cm. longis, 3 -6 cm. latis, dimidio usque 

 fcre duplo longioribus quam latioribus, nervo medio supra inferne pjo- 

 minente, lateralibus supra tenuissime prominulis v. obsoletis, subtus 

 tenuissimo prominulis et obsolete anastomosantibus, chartaceis v. coriaccis 

 nun v. obsolete lineolatis, margine integris v. superne subundulatis, 

 planis V. anguste recurvatis; floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis florifcris 

 4-5 mm., fructiferis 4— 8 mm. longis; petalis ovatis, 2 — 2,2 mm. 

 longis; fructibus obovato-orbicularibus v. plerumque suborbicularibus 

 8-11 mm. longis. 



