Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 345 



ca. 1 mm. longa, margine brevissime pilosa. Flore s feminei tantum visi. 

 Sepala viridi-albescentia, inter sese libera, sed in medio infero cum disco 

 connata, exteriora (explanata) breviter ovata fere 1,5 mm. longa, 1,2 mm. 

 lata, interiora suborbicularia paullo minora, concava, margine hyalino bre- 

 vissime pilosa persistentia. Petala e sicco flavo-albida dorso brunnescentia 

 ovata superne magis angustata, apice rotimdata, 1,7 — 1,8 mm. longa, 1,3 mm. 

 lata, subcoriacea, margine tenniore breviter ciliata, intus versus medium 

 longius pubescentia. Staminodia disco accumbentia; filamenta 0,3 mm. 

 longa linearia, superne paullo attenuata; antherae dorso in Ys ^^t- affixae 

 breviter ovales v. subrectangulares , apice et basi emarginatae, cassae, 0,2 mm. 

 longae. Discus ovarium inferne annulari-cingons 5-crenatus brunnco-pur- 

 pureus. Stylus 0,3 mm. longus, lobis horizontaliter patentibus. Ovarium 

 a latere parum compressum, appendice (funicnlo) posterius valde ampliata. 

 Capsula sessiliSj apice brevissime apiculata (noji plane matura), niore BHg- 

 hiae sapidae pauUum dehiscens (ex Heavei:^). Semen ., . 



Hab. in Jamaica occideritali in sylvis districtus Hanover, m. Febr. 

 flor.: Bot Dep. Herb. n. 1287, B. Spencer Heaven. 



Obs. „Mosquito wood is very good for building purposes but not so 

 good for posts in the gi^ound; I have it quite good in buildings about 

 20 years old." (Heaven in lit. ad W. Fawcett). 



Aquifoliaceae. 



LOESENER 



Hex montana (Sw.) Griseb. var. d. domingensis Loes. (d. var.) 



foliis brevius (tantum 4—7 mm. longe) petiolatis, costa i. s. supra le- 

 viter impressa vel subplana, nervis obsoletis; inflorescentiis paucifloris; 

 floribiis minoribus, ceterum ut in var. a. 



Hab. in Sto. Domingo: R Schomburgk n. 112*. 



Hex sideroxyloides (Sw.) Griseb. var. b. occideiitalls (Macfad.) 



Loes. foliis obovatis vel cuneato-obovatis vel ellipticis, subtus pallidiori- 

 bns quam in var. a.,* 6—10 mm. longe petiolatis, basi acuta vel cuneato- 

 acuta, Costa media supra insculpta vel sulcata, nervis lateralibus ctiara 

 subtus plane obsoletis vel tantum conspicuis, tenuissimis; inflorescentiis 

 9 solitariis vel fasciculatis. 



Hex occidentalis Macfad. Jam. I p. 204. 



r 



Hab. in Portorico et in Jamaica. 



Forma a. portoricensis Loes. foliorura costa supra insculpta; m- 

 florescentiis 9 solitariis, raro fasciculatis j drupis majoribus, usque 



8 mm. diam. 



Loes. in Engl. 



Ticensis 



lUx sideroxyMdes Griseb. var. b. port 

 Bot Jahrb. 1892 p. 316. 



Hab. in Portorico: Eggers ed. Toepfif. n. 1036, hb. propr. n. 1288, 

 Sintenis n. 1345 et 1513. 



