430 C. Mekz: 
Myrsine laeta [non A. DO.! in Trans. Linn. soce. XVII p. 112 et 
Prodr. p. 103, quae = Samara laeta Linn.! = Embelia obovata Hemsl.!, 
quia Samara laeta „Swartz* (Fl. Ind. oce. I p. 262 in adnot.) est species 
Linnaeana, cui comparat auclor 8. coriaceam suam ulrecte monet Walk.- 
Arn. in Trans. Linn. Soc. XX p. 359 sgq.] Griseb.! Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. 
p-392 et Pl. Wright. p. 516 et Cat. p. 162; Sauv. Cub. n. 1406; Maxe, 
Nomenel. in Bull. Soc. bot. France XXX (1883) p. 107; Bello Ap. 
P. Rico n. 473; Hitcheock in Fourth ann. rep. Miss. bot. Gard. IV 
(1893) p. 104; Kew Bull. n. 81 (1893) p. 261; @. Maxa Periant. Oub. 
p. 251 (39). 
' Myrsine Berterii A. DO.! in Trans. Linn. Soc. XVII p. 109 et 
Prodr. VIII p. 99. 
Sideroxylon mastichodendron Balb.! in herb. DO. (nec Berol., ubi 
— Ilex gwianensis O. K. var. Macoucoua Loes. teste Loesener!) ap. 
A.DE- Le. 
Myrsine coriacea Bello (nec alior.!) Ap. P. Rico n. 472; Stahl! 
Est. P. Rico VII p. 35. 
Rapanea oblonga Pohl! ap. Mig. 1. e. 
Myrsine viridis Rusby! in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club VI (1896) p. 75. 
Bois de Savannes Hast. (ex Jaeg.); Arrayan v. Arrayan bobo 
Portor. (ex Sint. et Stahl); Cucubäno Port. (ex Gundl.); Badula v. 
Mameyuelo Port. (ex Krug); Bois Fourni Domin. (ex Eggers). 
Arbor vel frutex ramulis saepissime gracilibus, novellis varie vestitis 
nunc adpresse minuteque tomentellis nunc tomentosis vel fere villosis, gla- 
bratis per bruneum cinerascentibus. Folia petiolis gracilibus, usque ad 
12 mm. longis sed saepius brevioribus, nune junioribus solum nune adultis 
quoque == tomentellis vel tomentosis glabrescentibus stipitata, integerrima, 
adulta nun utrinque nunc subtus subtomentosa vel pilosa vel praeter ner- 
vum medium indumenti rudimenta praesertim subtus praebente glabrata vel 
omnino glabrata, + 80 mm. longa, 18 mm. lata, supra saepissime nitida 
scrobieulata, subtus opaca, prominulo-costulata. Inflorescentiae e ramulis 
brevissime verruciformibus formatae, e foliorum praesertim vigentium axillis 
provenientes, sueto dense rarius laxe dispositae; pedicellis vix 1 mm. longis, 
glabris. Flores bene vel subobscure dioici, 2— 3,5 mm. longi, glabri vel 
pilosi; sepalis triangulo-ovatis, margine papilloso-ciliolatis; petalis valvatis, 
subovatis, margine valde breviterque papillosis, stamina superantibus. An- 
therae apice breviter saepiusque obscure late acuminulatae. Ovarium sub- 
globosum vel crasse ellipsoideum, glabrum; stigmate conico morchelliformi; 
placenta 4—6-ovulata. Bacca globosa, laevis, atra, + 5 mm. diam. metiens. 
Per Americam tropicam a Mexico usque ad Boliviam finesque 
Arg entinae Myrsinacearum creberrima species, maxime variabilis nee 
tamen in formas strictius limitandas discernenda. Antillis minoribus 
videtur rarior, e Guiana nondum vidi. Hab. in Cuba: Eggers n. 5120, 
Wright n. 350, 631; Jamaica: Hart in herb. Jam. bot. Dept. n. 646, 
