398 C. Mkz: 
Ardisia coriacea Sw.! Prodr. p. 48 et Fl. Ind. occ. I p. 470 et 
Icon. ined. 1.64; Lunan I p. 26; West!, Bidrag p.276; R. et S. Syst. 
IV p. 514; Sprg.! Syst. I p. 661; Maye. Barbad. p. 107; A. DO.! in 
Trans. Linn. soc. XVII p. 126 et Prodr. VIII p. 122 (inchısa var. ß.); 
Griseb. Veg. Karib. n. 828 (nec! Flor. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 396); Egg.! 
Fl. St. Oroix p. 128 et Fi. St. Oroix el Virg. n. 470; Bello Ap. P. Rico 
n. 469; Hemsl.! Biol. Cent. Am. II p. 292; Stahl! Est. P. Rico VI 
pP. 38; Krug! icon. ined. t. 209. 
Ardisia coriacea var. ß. Berteroniana A. DO.! 1. e. 
Tinus coriacea O. K. Revis. II p. 974. 
Anguillaria coriacea Poir.! Eneyel. VII p. 685. 
Ardisia guadalupensis Duchass. et Walp.! ap. Griseb. Veg. Karib. 
n. 829 et Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 396; Duss! Fl. p. 382. 
Tinus guadalupensis O. K. Revis. II p. 974. 
Mameyuelo v. Badula Portorieensibus (ex Krug! alüs); Bois 
banane Martinicensibus (ex Duss!); Petit chique Guadelupensibus 
(ex Duss!); Palatuvier St. Lue. (ex Ramage). 
Ramnli crassi, glaberrimi, cinerei. Folia petiolis + 10 mm. longis, 
sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, + 110 mm. longa, 45 mm. lata, 
coriacea, glaberrima, opaca, subtus sueto manifeste pallidiora, laevia vel utrin- 
que costis subobscure vel rarissime manifestius prominulis aucta, haud mani- 
festius punctata. Inflorescentia abbreviate subpyramidata, compacta, folia 
paullo vel vix superans; pedicellis crassis bracteolas ovato-cymbiformes mox 
deciduas subaequantibus. Flores glabri sepalis optime ovatis, late rotun- 
datis; petalis albis vel flavo-viridibus apicem versus nonnunguam purpuras- 
centibus et nigro-punctulatis, crassis cereo-coriaceis, lobis ovatis, late rotun- 
datis, integerrimis. Stamina lutea antheris brevibus ‚ fere lateraliter dehis- 
centibus. Ovarium subovoideum stylo apicem versus sensim attenuato; 
placenta o0-ovulata. Bacca nigra, praesertim junior punctis rugoso-promi- 
nulis consita demum sublaevis, globosa, + 6 mm. diam. metiens. 
Hab. in sylvis fruticetisque praesertim maritimis per Antillas mi- 
nores inclusa insula Portorico frequens verumque harum insularum sig- 
num phyto-geographicum. Omissis loeis accuratioribus legerunt in insulis 
Portorico: Bertero, Gundlach in herb. Krug n. 675, 1475, Heller 
n. 4555, hb. Pavon., Schwanecke n. 48, Sintenis n. 694, 1257, 1450, 
2069, 2345, 3255, 4375B, 5019, 5613, 5939, Stahl n. 396, 532; 
St. Thomas: Eggers ed. Toepffer n. 126, Krebs, Oersted; St. Croix: 
Eggers, West; St. Jan: collect. ignot. in herb. Haun.; Tortola: Eggers 
n. 8228; Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2281, L’Herminier; Do- 
minica: Duss, hb. Swartz.; Martinique: B6langer n. 378, Duss n. 147, 
147 A, 653, Hahn n. 1468; St. Lucia: Ramage. (V.s. ubique.) 
. „% Ardisia densiflora Krug et Urban: Foliis elliptieis vel obovato- 
elliptieis, basi acutis apice obtusiusculis vel rotundatis et nonnunquam 
