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Nova genera et species III. 337 



Obs. Habitu affinis (7. nodosa Lindau (e Santo Domingo) ramis bre- 



viter patenti-pilosis, snb foliis nodose -incrassatis, foliis obtriangularibus, 



apice plerumque late et leviter eniarginatis, brevissime pilosulis, inflores- 



centiis breviter pedunculatis, manifeste raceniosis, pedicellis 1 — 3-nis, (flori- 



bus ignotis) omnino diversa est. <7. suhcordaia Lindau (sterilis tanlum cog- 



nita) praeter alias notas foliis sub apice bifido ochrearum insertis plane 

 abhorret. 



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Coccoloba caril)aea Urb. (n. sp.) ramis horuotinis glabris; ocliieis 

 initio membranaceis, mox inferne incrassatis; foliis 22 — 5 mm. loiiire 

 petiolatis, ovatis v. ovali-ellipticiSj basi anguste cordatis y. oniarginatiSj 

 apice acute acuminatis, 19 — 5 cm. longis, 11 — ;} cm. latis, reticulato- 

 venosiSj subtus secus nervura medium breviter pilosis, caeterumglabris; 

 inflorescentiis vix v. usque 1 cm. longe peduncuLitis, 4 — 7 cm. longis, 

 simpliciter racemosis, nodiüis 1-fJoris, pedicellis 4 — 2,5 mm. longis 

 mter bracteas et ochreolas plane occiiltis; perianthiis fructiferis ovatis, 

 ope loborum arcte conniventium obtuse et breviter acuminatis, 9 mm. 

 longis, 6 mm. crassis, sublaevibus. 



Frutex. Rami vetustiores brunei v. cinereo-brimei, in sicco plicato- 

 stiiatnli, hornotini glabri. Ochreae 7—9 mm. longae membranaceae acu- 

 minatae, parte superiore decidua, inferiore persistente et indurescente. Folia 

 petiolis supra brevissime pllosnlis, sub medio plerumque paullo magis angu- 

 stata quam antice, sed basi ipsa rotundata v. obtusa et breviter emarginata, 

 chartacea v. pergamacea, raargine plana, adulta supra nitida, subtus palli- 

 diora, nervo medio inferne subimpresso, lateralibus supra prominulis et reti- 

 ciilato-anastomosantibus. Inflorescentiae in ramis abbreviatis terminales, 

 laxiflorae , . glabrae ] bracteae obovatae v. rotimdatae, 1,3 — 2 mm. longae j 

 oehreolae 2 — 3 mm. longae, bilobae v. integrae membranaceae; pedicelli 

 subhorizontaliter patentes, sub apice articulati, fnictiferi non accrescentes. 

 Flore s ex sicco virides. Perianthii tubus turbinatus; lobi breviter ovati 

 V. breviter ovales, 2 — 2,5 mm. longi, apice rotundati. Filamenta basi 

 brevissime coalita, 2 mm. longa; antherae suborbiculares , perianthii lobis vix 

 breviores. Ovarium elliptico-oblongum. Styli inferne coaliti, 1,5 mm. 

 longi, apice stigmatoso incrassati. 



Hab. in St. Yincent: Smith n. 1790; Grenada ad Carriacou et 

 i" Spout Lands ad St. George 's, supra lagunam dependcns m. April, 

 flor.: Broadway n. 1660, 1760. 



Obs. Ex affinitate C. deelimtae Mart. (e Brasilia), quae ochrojs sub- 

 recte truncatis, foliis apice obtuse acuminatis, inflorescentiae noduLs 1 — 

 3-floris, perianthii lobis 1 mm. longis, stylis liberis, perianthio fructifero 

 ovoideo non acuminato diversa est. 



Amarantaceae 



Iresiiie domiiigensis Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis breviter et 

 «Jense piibescentibus; foliis 8—5 mm. longe petiolatis, ovato-ellipticis 

 V. ellipticis, basi subcuneatim in petiolum angustatis, apice acute acu- 



Urban, Symb. wit. V. 



