378 



Ign. TjRBAjt: 



Obs. C. ereda Tiirp. foliis lanceolatis v. oblongo-knceolatis, 1,7 — 

 2 cm. longis, 0,3 — 0,8 cm. latis et praesertim drupis minoribus, apice 

 rotundatis, ad marginem non acutatis valde convexis optime differt. 



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Picrasma antillana ürb. foliolis basi plerumque obtusis v. rotun- 

 datis; carpidiis maturis 1 cm. diametro, obscure caeruleis glaucesceütibus. 



Quassia excelsa Siv. Flor. II (1800) p. 742 (quoad pafr. Carih.). 



Picnisma excelsa Planch. in Hook. Lo7id. Journ. V (1846) p. 574 

 (quoad patr. Antigua); Walp. Ann. I p. 167. 



Pkracna excelsa Griseb.f Kar. (1857) p.43 et Flor. p. 140 (p.p.); 

 Engl, in Marl. Flor. Bras. XIL 2 p. 228 (p.p); Egg. St. Croixp.108 

 et St. Croix and Virg. Isl. p. 38; Kew Bull. Nr. 81 p. 242; Diiss! Flor. 

 Ant. frauQ. p. 143; Mey. et Schum. in Atlas off. Pflanzen vol. III p. 6 

 (p. p) tab. 97!; Engl in Nat. Pflanzenfam. III 4. p. 222 Fig. 129 

 A — G., — non Lindl. 



Rhus antillana Eggers! Flor. St. Croix and Virg. Isl. (1879) p.4L 



Bitter ash in ins. Dan. ex Egg., Feste ä poiix Guad. ex Duck, 

 Bois nojer v. Graines vertes Gtiad. ex Duss, Bois amer Mart. 

 ex Duss, Bitter wood Barb. ex Egg. 



Hab. in St. Thomas ad Signal Hill 460 m. alt.: Eggers; St. Jan: 

 Herb. Haun. (ex Egg.); St. Croix ad Canaan: A. E. Bicksecker s. n.; 

 St. Kitts in monte Misery m. Dec. fl: Eggers ed. Eensch n. 381"; 

 Antigua ex Griseb. et Engl; Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, in syMs 

 Gourbeyre (Mome Gobiin, Camp Jacob), bords des rivieres Noire et 

 Rouge, 400 — 700 m. alt., parum frequens, m. Oct., Nov. fl., m. Mart.fr.: 

 Duss n. 3300, 3630, 3854; Martinique Hauteur des Trois-Ilets, Mon- 

 tagne du Yauclin, Saint Anne: Duss n. 11.99, Bois du Lamentin, m. 

 Apr. fr.: Hahn n. 762; St Vincent in sylvis montanis e. gr.'in valle 

 prope Grand Sable, 100 — 500 m. alt: Smith n. 498, 647; Barbados 



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Obs. L 



1788 p. 67 et 



. (Quassia excelsa Sw. Prodr. ^ 



m Vet Acad. Handl. Stockh. vol. IX. 1788 p. 302 tab.YIlI!, Picraena 



celsa LmdL, Aeschrion excelsa 0. Ktze. var. microcarpa Kr. et Urb. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. XY 1892 p. 306), quae in Jamaica et Hispaniola crescit, foliolis basi 

 plenimque acutis et praesertim carpidiis pluries minoribus 4 — 6 mm. dia- 

 metientibus nigris (ex Sw. et Hakr.) specifice diversa est. - Hl. Swaktz 

 pro sua Quassia excelsa flores polygames, masculos et hermaphroditos m 

 eodem racemo indicat, cl. Likdsay, qui arbores in Jamaica loco natali in- 

 vestigavit, m Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. III. 1794 p. 205 tab. 6! Acres suae 

 Quassiae polygamae masculos et hermaphroditos in diversa arbore descripsit, 

 CL ILGGERS snae Uhus antillanae flowers mostly cf, the rest hermaphrodite 

 adtribuit. Egomet in materie ampla duarum specierum mihi obvia Acres 

 masculos tantum, sed nuUos hermaphroditos invenire potui, ut nesciam, an 

 uitenores praesertim in structura stylorum adhuc alios characteres differen- 

 tiales praebeant 



