Nova genera et species IIL 331 



Obs. IL Specimina sterilia interdum adjecta foliis suboppositis multo 

 majoribus gaudent; an revera huc pertineant? 



Boehmeria Ehrenbergiaiia Urb- (n. sp.) ramis breviter v. brevis- 



sime et adpresse pilosis; foliis alternis dimorphis, majoribus 9 — 1 cm. 

 longe petiolatis, ovatis v. anguste ovatis, plus minus inaequilateris, ad basin 

 late cmieatis, 24 — 7 cm. longis, 14 — 3 cm. latis, margine (basi cmioata 

 excepta) serratis, minoribus 1 — 0,5 cm. longe petiolatis, basi obliqua 

 rotundatis v. subtruncatis, 10 — 5 cm, longis, 5 — 2 cm, latis, fere usque 

 ad basin ipsam serratis, omnibus apice longo v. longissime et anguste 

 V. angustissime aciiminatis, utrinque breviter praesertim subtus pilosiö; 

 glomerulis axillaribus unisexualibus; perigonio fructifero obliquo ob- 

 ovato-rotundato v. obtriangulari v. rhomboideo, compresso, circumcirca 

 V. magis unilateraliter v. superne tan tum latiuscule alato-marginato, 

 pilis brevissimis nncinatis et longioribus rectis obsesso, 1 — 1,5 mm. 

 longo (rostro excepto), 0,7 — 1,3 mm. lato. — Fig. C— E. 



Arbor 5,3 m. alta (ex Egg.) v. frutex sive arbuscula (ex Ehkenb.). 

 Rami subteretes v. obtusissime angulati, pube griseo-albida inferne evanes- 

 cente, interncdiis nunc 0,5 — 1 cm., nunc usque 3,5 cm. longis. Stipulae 

 late lanceolatae acuminatae 6—9 mm. longae rufae membranaceae, nervo 

 medio incrassato piloso, deciduae. Folia petiolis adpresse piiosulis, acumine 

 usque 3,5 ein. longe producto integre, serraturis triangularibus v. breviter 

 triangularibus postice leviter arcuatis, nervis 2 lateralibus basilaribus inaequi- 

 longis, altero (in latere latiore) usque ad medium , altero (in latere angustiore) 

 usque ad acumen producto, membranacea, supra tenuissime punctata. Glome- 

 ruli (feminei) 4 — 6 mm. diametro, multiflori. Flores feminei brevissime 

 pedicellati v. subsessiles. Perigonium apice tubulosum, 2-dentatum. Sty- 

 lus 1,5 — 2 mm. longus, pilis brevibus articulatis obsitus. Achaenium 

 forma perigonii, ab eo liberum, sessile. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Marquissant in montibus Morne Hopital: 

 C. Ehrenberg n. 411, prope Port-au-Prince ad Bizothon, m. Jan. fruct.r 

 Eggers n. 3307, prope Petionville in Tete de l'eau, 400 m. alt., m. Jan, 

 fruct: Picarda n. 2, 281, 439. 



Obs. L Nescio, an glomeruli infimi longe deflorati flores masculos 

 praebeant. 



Obs. IL Habitu affinis Ä rmniftorae Jacq., quae caljce fructifero plane 

 alieno lanceolato v. ovato-lanceolato non marginato apice longmscule atte- 



►gnoscenda 



Loranthaceae 



emon 



sicut nervo foliorum medio subtus atqiie inflorescentiis furfuraceis; 

 foliis 2-^1 mm. longe petiolatis, ovato-eUipticis usque elliptico-lanceo- 

 latis, basi in petiolum angustatis eumque latiuscule margmantibus, 

 superne sensim angustatis, apice obtusiusculis et brevissime v. vix 

 apiculatis, 4 — 2,5 cm. longis, 1,5-0,8 cm. latis, 2V2 — SVs-plo longio- 



