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Ion. Urha.n; 



n. 82, 332; St. Thoraas in litoralibiis saxosis, in Cowell's Hill ad ripas, 

 m. Sept. — Dec. fl.: Bertero, Eggers s. n. et ed. ToepfF. n. 149, C. Ehren- 

 berg n. 149, Read; St. Jan ad Klein Cancel Bay in litoralibiis ra. Dec. i: 

 Eggers n. 3170; St. Croix in plaga sept. et ad Rustey's Twist: Eggers 

 (hb. Haun.), Ricksecker n. 323, 427, West (hb. Haiin.). 



Frutices v. arbores parvae. Rami vetustiores teretes plus mimis 



lenticellosi , in sicco brunei y. cinerascentes, juniores ad apicem dilatati et 



sub commissuris foliorura sulcati, Stij^ulae 0,5 — 1,5 mm. longae, extrm- 



secus lanceolatae v. e basi triangulär! lanceolatae, re vera intra petiolos pro- 



tractae, sed inter sese remotao. Folia nervo medio supra vix v. manifeste 



prominente, lateralibus utrinque reticulato-anastomosantibus, reticulo supra 



interdum minus conspicuo v. obsoleto. Inflorescentiae ex axillis euphyl- 



lorum, iufimae interdum ex axillis squamarum prodeiintes, pedunculo 0,2 



2 cm. longo, panniculatae t. corymbosae, ramis in cyraas confertas excin- 



rentibus, rarissime ab inltio cymosae; bracteae et propli^'lla triaugularia v. 



late triangnlaria , 1 — 0,5 mm. longa, interdum stipulata; pedicelli 0,5 



2 mm. longi. Flores flavo-virides v. viriduli, raro albi, 5-, rare casii 



4-meri, masculi manifeste majores. Sepala sub anthesi anguste quin- 



cuncialiter imbricata, basi paullo u\ter sese connata, coriacea, triangnlaria, 



semiorbicularia usque semiovalia 0,8 — 1,3 mm. longa, 1,2 — 1,7 mm. lata. 



Petala in praefloratione cocbleari- imbricata, ovata v. anguste v. rectangnlari- 



ovata, apice rotundata, coriacea v. subcoriacea, 2 — 3,5 mm. longa, 1,8 



2,3 mm. lata. Stamina sub disco inserta; filamenta 0,8—1,5 mm. longa; 



antherae suborbiculares , 0,5 — 0,6 mm. longae, intus longitudinaliter debis- 



centes. Discus am plus breviter cupuliformis v, subplanus, carnosus, mar- 



gine undulatus v, crenatus. Ovarium parvum 2 — 3-locnlare, ovulis abor- 



tivis; Stylus brevissimus 0—0,3 mm. longns, apice subplano integro v. 



obsolete 2 — 3-sulcato. Flores feminei manifeste minores. Petala 



1,7—3 mm. longa, 1,3 — 1,8 mm. lata. Staminodia petaloidea obovata v. 



anguste obovata v. eliiptica, 1,5 — 2,3 mm. longa. Discus carnosus, cum 



ovario plus minus confluens, margine non v. vix crenatus. Stylus 0,3 



0,5 mm. longns crassiusculus, stigmate integro v. subintegro. Ovarium 



breviter conicum, ovulis basi afüxis convexis. Fructus globosi, obovati. 



ovati usque elliptico-oblongi, 1,5 — 3 cm. longi, 1 — 1,8 cm. crassi, apice 



rotundati, apiculati v. longiuscule acuminati, exocarpio crustaeeo sicco, raro 



extrlnsecus tenuiter carnosulo, 0,5 — 2 mm. crasso, endocarpio osseo 2 — 4 mm. 



crasso, 3- v. abortu 2 — 1-loculares. Semina in quoque loculo solitaria, 



rarissime in fructu 1-loculari bina, ad basin dissepinienti affixa, ovalia, cora- 



pressa v. convexa, intus plorumque longitudinaliter carinata; testa laevis v. 



subgramdata , non striata, obscure brunea coriacea v. in sicco crustacea; 



endospermmm mediocre v. satis copiosum, carnosum. Cotyledones planae 



vindes subanguste ovatae v. anguste ovales, basi cordato-excisae, radicula 



breviter ovata v. pentagona 7 — 10-plo longiores. 



Obs Yar. contimntak Harms et Loes. in Engl. Jahrb. XXIX (190Ö) 

 p. J8 m duahus fonnis in Mexico et America central! invenitur. 



37. Elaeodendroii Elireiibergii Urb. (n. sp.) foliis omnibiis oppo- 



sitis, 8 — 12 mm. longe petiolatis, oblonge -lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, basi 



n 



1 



obtusa perpauUo in petiolura protractis, superne paullo magis angustatis 



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