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Obs. 0. fruteseens L. (ex Antillis minoribus) statura altiore (80 

 140 cm. alta), foliolo intermedio 4—10 mm. longe petiolulato, foliolis Omni- 

 bus duplo V. pluries majoribus, antice truncatis v. leviter emarginatis, sepalis 

 6 — 8 mm., coroüis 12—17 mm. longis, ovarii loculis 2-ovuIatis recedit. 



Oxalis tlielyoxys Focke in Ahh. Nat. Verein Bremen vol. X 

 (1889) p. 516. 



Oxalis corniculata L. var. pygmaea Oriseb. Cat. (1866) p. 47, 

 Xanthoxalis pygmaea Small in North Amer. Flora XXV. 1 

 (1907) p. 55, — 7ion Oxalis pygmaea A. Gray nee Phil. 



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Simarubaceae. 



Castela macrophylla Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 2 — 5 mm. longe petio- 



latis, ovato- v, obovato-ellipticis v. ellipticis v. elliptico-oblongis, basi 

 obtusiuscLiIis v. obtiisis, apice acutis v. obtusis v. rotundatis et bre- 

 vissime pungenti-apiculatis, 2.-6 cm. longis, 1—2,5 cm. latis; drapis 

 oblique et breviter ovatis compressis, apice breviter rostratis, 10 

 15 mm. longis, 7 — 10 mm. latis, 3,5—4,5 mm. crassis. 



Frutex 0,6 — 2,6 m. altus, Rami teretes, vetustiores albido - cineras- 

 centes, hornotini puls brevissimis patentibus mollibus vestiti; Spinae axillares, 

 Si adsimt, breres 2 — 3 mm. longae, pilosae. Folia nervo medio supra vix 

 V. parum prominulo, läteralibus 5 — 8 praesertim subtiis beae prominentibus et 

 reticulato-anastomosantibns, siipra glabra v. ad nervum minute pilosa, subtus 

 brevissirae pilosa, crasse coriacea, in sicco pallide viridia. Flores dioeci, 4-raeri, 

 feminei axillares v. supra basin ramuli axillaris inserti, pauci 2 — 4, nunc 

 pedunculo brevissimo insidentes, masculi plerumque numerosiores e pulvinaribus 

 axillaribus vel defoliatis prodeuntes ; pedicelli subnuUi usque l,5mm.,fructiferi 

 2 — 3 mm. lougi pilosuH. Calyx usque ad basin partitus; lobi trianguläres 

 0,7 — 0,8 mm. longi pilosuli. Petala rosea, in aestivatione anguste irabri- 

 cata, ovali - elliptica v. obovata, 3 mm. longa, coucava, dorso glabra v. bre- 

 viter pilosa. Flor, masc: Stamina 8; filamenta receptaculo semigloboso, 

 apice concavo circumcirca inserta, 1,5—2 mm. longa, pubescentia; antherae 

 ^Q Vs alt. affixae, anguste ovales, 1,5 — 1,8 mm. longae, extrorsum dehis- 

 centes. Ovarii rudimentum nuUum. Flor, fem.: Staminodia sub disco 

 inserta 8; filamenta vix 1,5 mm. longa, pubescentia; antherae triangulari- 

 bastatae 0,5 mm. longae cassae. Discus carnosus disciformis, margine 

 crenatus. Ovarium e carpellis 4 semiorbicularibus apice cohaerentibus com- 

 positum. Styli 4 in Ys inferiore coaliti, superne recurvi, 1,5 mm. longi, 

 crassiuscule filiformes. Drupae 1— plures, sessiles v. usque 1,5 mm. longe 

 stipitatae, searlatinae, elevatim et crassiuscule reticulatae, ad margines acu- 

 tatae, sed margine ipso obtuse carinatae, glabrae. Semen lateraliter ad 

 medium loculi affixum, breviter ovatum, obtusiuscule et breviter acuminatum; 

 testa membranacea ; albumen parcuro. Embryo cotyledonibus obovato - orbi- 

 ciüaribus subplanis carnosis, radicula supera er. 6-plo breviore. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Long Mountain in declivibus post Mona 

 Estate 300 m. alt. m. Nov. fruct., in Great Goat Island communis, ra. 



Jul. flnr r^ A^Ji T,,» f^.,^4. . TTovtHö n R 9919. 9347. 9348. 



