Nova geneia et species III. 319 



tibiis, e basi V. pauUo supra basin 3- v. sub-5-nervibus, nervis 2 late- 

 ralibus in V2 — % »'t. prodnctis, aliis pinnatis praeterea adjectis, utrin- 

 que creberrinie et pallide punctatis, pimctis supra saepe minus cou- 

 spicuis, cjstolithis supra linearibus tenuibus obsitis, glabris v. supra 

 in facie, subtus ad nervös pilosis, membrauaceo-chartaceis v. chartaceis; 

 inflorescentiis 2 — 8 cm. longe pedunculatis, pauniculatis polyceplialis 

 V. masculis interdum racemiformibiis et olig-ocephalis ; achaeniis breviter 

 ovatis, 0,7 — 0,9 mm. longis. 



Pilca Sanctae Criicis Liehm. ! in Vidensk. Seist Sh: V ser. vol. II 

 (1851) p. 301; WeM. in DC. Prodr. XVL I p. 154; Urh.Symh. IV 

 p. 203. 



Pilea grandis Egg.! Flor. St. Croix and Virg. M. (1879) p. 95, 



non Wedd. 



(n 



mute napiformi 1—3 cm. longis), — non Wedd. 



Adicea Sanctaecruds 0. Ktxe. Rev. II (1891) p. 623. 



Hab, in Portorico in Sierra de Lnquillo locis umbrosis ad saxa 

 et iüter radices arboriim 700 m. alt, m. Majo fl. et fr.: Eggers ed.Toepff. 

 ö. 1058, 1059 (p. p.); St. Thomas: Hornbeck (mus. Haun.), in Signal- 

 WH locis siccis 470 m. alt, m. Oct fruct: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 178, 

 in Crown 450 m. alt. m. Sept. fruct.: Eggers (mus. Haun.), ad rupes 

 supra St Peter 330 m. alt: Eggers (mus. Haun.); Water Island in 

 rupibus maritimis in sylvis umbrosis, m. Nov. fruct.: Eggers ed. Toepff. 

 ^•579; St Jan: Benzon, inter saxa in sylvestribus in Living Gut ad 

 Beef Bay, m. Dec. fruct: Eggers n. 3293 (raus. Haun.); St Croiv: 

 Oersted (mus. Haun.). 



Obs. L 



edd 



ipsa cum P. sarcophylla Wedd. relationes intimas praebet: tres species valde 



VanaKllno 1». i 1 TUT -IT TT 1 i.:« iwi+^t Ort /^lOllin/^^QA 



Obs. II. 



Weddelliano 



Weddell 



data erronea est Haec species nonnisi Jaraaicae civis, qua in insula ter- 

 ntorium St. Thomas dictum in parte austro-orientali invenitur. 



Pilea Eichardi Urb. (n. sp.) herba dioeca perennis, caulibus e 

 rhizomate horizontali crebre radicante solitariis erectis 15 cm. longis, 

 in sulcis sub foliorum interstitüs brevissime pilosis; stipulis suborbi- 

 cularibus, 2,5 — 3 mm. longis, persistentibus; foliis ejusdem paris sub- 

 aequalibus, 1 — 2 cm. longe petiolatis, obovatis v. ovali-eUipticis, ad 

 Wsin cuneatis, apice obtusiusculis v. obtusis, 6-9 cm. longis, 3,5- 

 ^cm.lati 



15 mm. 



supra basin 3-pHnervibus, cystolithis supra linearibus tenuibus dense 

 o*>sitis, subtus ad nervös parce obvüs, caeterum subtus densissime 

 P«»ctatis, supra parce pilosis, marginc breviter ciliatis, subtus glabris. 



