68 



Ign. Uhban': 



latifolius Griseb., var. cockharifolins Wr. et Sauv. ei pnrvifoUiis Qrhek) 



Ilitchc! Bah. p. 70, 



'folia Ä. Bich. in Sayra Ciih. X (1S45) 



Fl 



Ifolins A. Rieh, in Sagra Cuba X (1845) 



et Ess. Fl. Cuh. p. 349. 



Maytemis cochlearifolius Griseb.! Cot. (1866) p. 53. 



Celastrus Richardi G. Maxa Dicc. bot. (1889) p. 25 et Perianl 

 cuh. (1890) p. 239 (27) (cum var. ß. pnrvifolius, y. latifolim, 8. coch- 

 learifolius) . 



Boje Cub. ex Sauv. 



Frutex dumosus (ex Eich.) v. arbor (ex Bhrbg.). Eami vetustiores 

 toretes flavido - cinerei v. albicantes, hornotini glabri. Stipulae 0,5 — 1 mm- 

 longae trianguläres deciduae. Folia disticha, interdiim spiraliter alterna, 

 minute r. obsolete punctulata. Flores 5-meri, in axillis foliormn et au 

 nodos defoliatos pauci (1 — 5); pedicelli floriferi ca. 0,3 mm., fructifen 

 0,5 mm. crassi non elongati. Sepala margine parum imbricata, semiorbi- 

 eularia v. triangulari-seraiorbicularia, 0,4 — 0,6 mm. longa, 0,7 — 0,9 miri. 

 lata, margine plus minus denticellata , denticellis brevibus v. bveYissum!> 

 saepe purpurascentibus. Petala ovata apice obtusa v. rotundata, sessilw 

 ca. 1 mm. lata, chartaceo-coriacea. Flor, masc: Filamenta subulata, 

 0,6 — 0,8 mm. longa; antherae breviter ovato - renitbrmes , filamentis duplo 

 breviores. Stylus subnullus; stigma indivisum v. obsolete v. manifeste bi- 

 lobum. Flor, fem.: Filamenta vix 0,3 mm. longa; antherae breviter 

 ovatae, filamentis subaequilongae, quam in masc. pluries minores. Discns 

 late annularis. Stylus subnullus v. usque 0,6 mm, long\is; stigma indi- 

 visum V. bilobum. Ovarium 2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 2. Fructiis 

 rubro-flavi (ex Ehrbg.) v. aurantiaci (ex Wright), sessiles, obovato - globosi v. 

 globulosi 5 — 7 mm., rare — 9mm. longi, 2- raro 3-valves; valvae 5—7 mm. 

 latae, in sicco intus bruneae, lamella prominente carinatae. Semina soli- 

 taria, raro bina, arillo albo (ex Wbight) completo obtecta; endosperminm 

 mediocre. Cotyledones foliaceae pallide virides, radicula 6-plo longiores. 



Hab. in ins, Bahama Cat Island et Crooked Island: Hitchcock, 

 Andros in Fresli Creek m. Jun. fl.: Northrop n. 626; Cuba: Wriglit 

 n. 2212, 2213, 2214^ 2215, prope S.Nicolas: Gundlach n. 15, prope 

 Piinta brava et in valli fluminis Yumury: Rugel n. 605, 625, prope 

 Calicita, m. Äug. friict: Combs n. 457; Haiti prope Port-au-Prince, 

 Petionville in sylvis St. Martin, m. April, flor,: Ehrenberg n, 240, 382, 

 Picarda n. 47, 858, 1193, 1211, 1471; Sto, Domingo: Bertero n. 3^9, 

 Rob. Schomburgk n, 30, 61*. 



21. Maytenus phyllantlioides Benth. ramulis hornotinis tereti- 

 bus V. ad apicem plus minus compressis, in sicco saepius plicato-striatis, 

 sed non tetragonis; foliis 3 — 5 mm, longe petiolatis, obovatis usque 

 elliptico-oblongis, inferne sensim in petiolum angustatis, apice rotuü- 

 datis nunc emargiuatis, raro subacutis, 2—4 cm, longis, superne 1—2 eni. 



