Araliaceae. 



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parallelis et racemo brevi ab omnibiis aliis exemplaribus recedit lococ[ne 

 natali iterum observanda et melius colligeiida erit. 



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10. Crililbcrtia laiirifolia E. March. foliis plemmque obovatis t. 

 obovato-oblongis, rarius ovalibus, rarissime nunc ovatis, apice brevitcr 

 V. brevissime acuminatis, basi obtusis v. rotundatis, margine integris 

 y. obsolete imdulato-crenulatis v. parcissime denticulatis, nervis latera- 

 libiis subborizontalibus, utrinque praesertim siibtus elevatim prominen- 

 tibus et dense reticiilato-anastomosantibiis, chartaceis v. crassiuscule 

 chartaceis lucidis; inflorescentiis umbelliformi-abbreviatis, radiis prinia- 

 riis umbelluliferis 3 — 10, ad v. supra v. infra medium bracteolas 3—4 

 verticillatas gorentibus, umbelluJis 15 — 30-floris; petalis 1,5 mm. longis; 

 stylis longa coalitis, postremo apice radiatim divergentibus; fructibus 

 globosis V. breviter globosis obtusissime ö-cariuatis. 



Qilihertia laiirifolia E. March! Msc. in schcd. pl. Sintcn. 

 Denäropanax laurif'oliiiin Dcne. et PI! in Bev. horiic. IVscr. vol.III 

 (1854) p.l07 (nomen tanhim). 



Sciadophyllum capitatum Bcllo Ap. I (1881) p. 278; Stahl! Est 

 IV p. 198; Krug Ic. t. 231!, — non Oriseh. 



Palo de vaca v. Palo de Gangulin Portor. ex Sint, Palo ca- 

 chumba v. Yibona Portor. ex Stahl. 



Arbor 8 — 20 m. alta glaberrima. Rami cortice griseo v. griseo- 



brimnescente obtecti. Folia petiolis 12—1 cm. longis foretiusculis striatis 



basi ipsa dilatatis, 8 —22 cm. longa, 3— 12 cm. lata, 2 — 3-plo longiora 



quam latiora, nervis lateralibus sub angulo 70 — 85*' abeuntibus (duobus basa- 



bbus margini parallelis exceptis), ante marginem ipsum arcuato - conjunctis. 



Inflorescentiae terminales inter ramos 2—3 supremos snbsessiles v. ramo 



unico tantum evoluto pseudolaterales , breves, internodiis non v. vix evoliitis 



ambelliformos; pedunculus 0— 1 cm. longns; bracteae orbiculari - trianguläres 



er. 2 mm. longae; radii 1,5 — 4 cm. longi, bracteolis semiorbiculari-triangn- 



laribus 1,5 — 2 mm. longis suberoso-incrassatis; bracteolae umbellulani suf- 



fulc^entes triangiüaros, apice praesertim iiiteriores rufae et lacero-fimbriatuo; 



pedicelli 2 — 10 mm. longi. Alabastra petalorum semiglobosa v. semiovalia 



obtusa, Calycis margo undiilatns, nnnc brevissime lacero-fimbriatus; tubns 



turbinatns. Petala 5 viridi-albescentia v. viridia, apice secedentia, sed cito 



dolabentia, ovato-triangularia obtusiuscula 1-nervia, canalibns resiniferis fer- 



i'ugineis percursa. Filamenta petala dimidio superantia; antliorae ovatae 



obtusae albae, connectivo aurantiaco obsolete apiculatae, paullo supra medium 



affixae. Stjli 5, raro 6, sub anthesi in columnam erecti, in statu fructi- 



fero in y^ alt. connati, apice plus minus recurvati. Fructus 5 — Cmm. 



diametro; carpidia transversim subtriangularia. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis Sierra de Naguabo, prope 

 Aybonito, Barranquitas, Pefuielas, inter Peiluclas et Adjuntas, prope Ad- 

 juutas in montibus Capaes et Cienega, prope Maricao, Hatillo,^JayHya: 

 Piee n. 503 (mus. Paris.), Schwanecke n.41, Sintenis n.246, 2168, 2768, 





