352 



Ign. Urban: 



breviter acuminatij carnosiili, utrinque tomentosnli. Petala apice oMusa, 

 inferne sensim angustata, 0,7 — 0,8 mm. lata, coriacea, intus marginibus 

 exceptis dense sericea, extrinseciis ad nervum medium pilosa. Stamina 

 circumclrca disposita; filamenta er. 3 mm. louga, inferne pubescentia; antherae 

 reniformes. Ovarium globulosum dense et breviter hirsutum. Stylus 

 3,5 — 5 mm. longus; Stigma minutum, obsolete bilobum. Fructus parce 

 pilosus, paene siccns (ex Duss), costis plerumque 6, intus puberulus. Se- 

 men fructui conforme^ oblongum acute costatum. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe in sjlvis la Grrande-Citerne, As-de-Pique, 

 Bains-Jaunes, Gommier, 800 — 1100 m, alt, fl. fere totum per annum: 

 Duss n. 3633; Dominica in sylvis prope Laudat: Eggers hb. pr. n. 986 

 et ed. Toepff. n. 618; Martinique satis freqiiens in Piton-GelOj in 

 montibus circa Campflore et Case-Pilote (Savane Saint- Cyr): Duss 

 n. 154 



Obs, Eandem stipulam intrapetiolarem Ch. Icaeo L. et Ch. pelloearpus 

 Mey. praebent, dum Gh. ohlongifolia Michx. stij)ulis binis e petiolo ad v. 

 supra ejus basin prodeuntibus lateralibus gaudet. 



Licaiiia ternatensis Hook. f. ramis hornotinis glabris v. ad apicem 



niinutissime pilosulis; stipulis ad v. paullo supra basin petioli obviis 

 aiiguste linearibus 1 — 2 mm. longis decidiiis; foliis 5 — 7 mm. loiige 

 petiolatis, oratis v. ovalibus, basi rotiindatis v. subtruiicatis, apice 

 mediücriter v. satis longo acmninatis, acumine obtiiso, 6 — 15 cm. longis, 

 3 — 7,5 cm. latis, glabris, snbtus plus mimis albidis, basi non glanduli- 

 feris, coriaceis v. crasse coriaceis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et termi- 

 nalibus, panniculatis, pube brevissima albido-flava obsitis, 3 — 8 cm. 

 longis, ramiilis cymose evolutis, pedicellis vix 0,5 mm. longis; calyci.s 

 tubo campanulato v. semigloboso, extrinsecus tomentosnlo, intus dense 

 et breviter pubescente, lobis breviter ovatis v. triangularibus , tubo 

 paullo V. fere duplo brevioribus; petalis nullis; staminibus 4—5 uni- 

 lateralibus; fructibus non stipitatis, obovato-oblongis v. oblongis, 1,5 

 1,8 cm. longis, siib apice 0,5 — 0,7 cm. crassis, bruneo-tomentosulis.- 



Ucania ternatensis Hook. f. in Keiv Bull. ! n. Sl (1893) p- 251; 

 Duss! Flor. Ant. franp. (1897) p. 259. 



Licania hypoleuca Griseh. Flor. (18G0) p. 230, — non Benth. 



Bois diable, bois gris, bois resolu, bois de fer Guad. ex 

 Duss; bois diable Domin. ex Duss et Ramage; bois de fer, bois 

 gris, bois resolu Marl, ex Duss. 



Ai-bor elata interdnm gigantea, ad basin anfructuosa, trunco supero 

 cylmdrico (ex Duss). Kami teretes cinereo - nigrescentes lenticellosi, juniores 

 striati. Folia petiolis teretibus rugulosis supra superne suleatis, nervo medio 

 supra subimpresso v. postremo prominulo, lateralibus 5 — 7 sub angnlo 

 45 — 500 abeuntibus, supra tenuibus v. vix conspicuis, subtus valde pro- 

 mmentibus, infimis magis approximatis, utrinque dense reticulato-anastomo- 

 santibus, margine plana, supra nitida olivacea subtus praeter nervös eximie 



