Myrsinaceae. 395 
4. Ardisia Pieardae Urb. Foliis obovatis, basin versus cuneatim 
acutis apice obtusiusculis vel acumine brevissimo perlatoque demum 
rotundato auctis, integerrimis; inflorescentia terminali, 4-pinnatim panni- 
culata; pedicellis vix ultra 5 mm. longis; floribus 5-meris; sepalis paullo 
asymmetrieis margine remote crenulatis nudis, medio lineis nonnullis 
levibus pietis; petalis lineis paueis in parenchymate absconditis obscuris 
praeditis; filamentis glabris; antheris ex ovato acuminatis, dorso area 
obscuriore praeditis nec punctatis, basi filamentis affixis. 
Ardisia Picardae Urb.! in litt. et mss. in herb. Krug. et Urban. 
Ramuli crassi, angulati. Folia petiolis + 20 mm. longis, apicem 
versus in laminam sensim transeuntibus stipitata, + 130 mm. longa, 50 mm. 
lata, coriacea, glabra, in vivo lucida (Pıcarpa!), utringue praeter costas ob- 
tuse prominulas laevia, punctis maximis atris dense consita. Inflorescentia 
multiflora, squarrose pannieulata, glabra, folia superans; pedicellis crassius- 
culis. Flores 4 mm. longi, albi (Pıcarva!), glabri; sepalis subcoriaceis, fere 
liberis, late ovatis, apice suboblique anguste rotundatis; petalis (per anthesin 
absque dubio revolutis) late ovatis, paullo oblique rotundatis, subsymmetricis. 
Stamina in statu florum perscrutationi praesente petalis multo breviora. 
Ovarium crassum stylo gracillimo; placenta pluriovulata. 
Hab. in Haiti, in Morne Tranchant: Picarda n. 787, die 3. Augusti 
1891 florifera lecta. (V.s. in herb. Krug. et Urban.) 
5. Ardisia multiflora Griseb. Foliis oblongis, basin versus per- 
sensim acutis apice obtusiusculis, integerrimis; inflorescentia terminali, 
tripinnatim panniculata; pedicellis floriferis usque ad 9, fructiferis ad 
13 mm. longis; floribus 5-meris; sepalis symmetrieis, bene dentato- 
erenulatis ceterum margine nudis, vix punctatis; petalis haud punctatis 
nec lineatis; filamentis glabris; antheris ex ovato longe acuminatis dorso 
concoloribus nec punctatis. 
Ardisia multiflora @riseb.! Pl. Wright. p. 516 et Cat. p. 163; 
Sauv. Oub. n. 1414; Maxa, Per. Oub. p. 252 (40). 
Tinus Grisebachiana O. K. Revis. II p. 973. 
Ramuli crassiusculi, glabri. Folia petiolis brevissimis (vix ultra 
5 mm. longis) basin usque lamina decurrente alatis stipitata, + 80 mm. 
longa, 25 mm. lata, coriacea, glabra, nitidula, omnino laevia, haud mani- 
festius punctata. Inflorescentia multiflora, laxe scoparieque panniculata, 
glabra, folia multo superans; pedicellis apicem versus incrassatis. Flores 
3 mm. longi, glabri; sepalis liberis, ex ovato acuminatim peracutis, late 
membranaceo-marginatis; petalis per anthesin recurvis, oblique peracutis, 
cereo-coriaceis. Stamina petalis bene breviora, antheris medio in locellorum 
parietibus punctis 3— 5 elongatis praeditis, filamentis subaequilongis prope 
basin affixis. ÖOvarium stylo longo, filiformi; placenta + 6-ovulata. 
Hab. in Cuba orientali, prope Villam Monte verde: Wright n. 1334. 
(V. s. in herb. Krug. et Urban., alibi.) 
Obs. Species jamjam inter Jeacoreae et Piekeringiae subgenera intermedia 
transitum insigniter versus A. glaueifloram, obovatam, coriaceam parat. 
