Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 385 



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notata. Corolla obconica, parce brunueo- punctata v. niida, subcoriacea; 

 tubus 2 — 2,5 mm. loiigus; lobi in aestivatione contorti, parte dextera (cx- 

 trinsecus visa) extera, erecti triangulari-semiorbiciilares. Filamenta 5—8 mm. 

 longa; antherae subsagittatae, brevissime v. obsolete obtuseqne apiculatae, biri- 

 mosae, dorso in ^5 alt affixae, Stylns fere 2 mm. longus rectus, ad apicem 

 seusim attcnuatus ; stigma convexum. Ovarium parviim, 2-ovnlatnm. Baccae 

 postremo rnbrae, 1,5 — ^4 mm. longe pedicellatae, sphaeroideae, 4,5 — 5 mm. 

 crassae, 3 — 3,5 mm. longae, nigro-punetatae, stylo recto corouatae. 



Hab. YfiT. of. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis Sierra de Nagaabo 

 ad Eio blanco, prope Jimcos in monte Guvuy, prope Yabucoa in montc 

 Sombrero, prope Aybonito ad Cayon, prope Barranquitas in monte Torre- 

 cilla 800 m. alt, prope Adjuntas in monte Cienega ad La Lucia, prope 

 Utuado ad S. Isabel, in Sierra de Lares ad Guajataca, prope Maricao, 

 prope Arecibo ad Jobo, m. Öct — Dec. flor., m. Febr.— April, friict: Ber- 

 tero n. 265, Sintenis n. 175, 2002, 2119, 2651, 4208, 5043, 5372 (co- 

 rolla paullo longiore^ manifeste glanduloso -punctata, filamentis paullo 

 longioribus, foliis elliptico-spathulatis), 6187, 6288, 6363, Stahl n.704.— 

 ^ar. ^. prope Yabucoa in sylva priraaeva ad Guayabota, m. Sept flor.: 

 Sintenis n. 5140. 



Obs. Species 3 antecedentes Ärdisiae bumeUoidi Griseb. PI. AVr. {Cono- 

 morpha bumelioides Griseb. Cat.) affines sunt. 



Ardisia deiisiflora Kr. et Urb. in Notizhl. Berl hol. Gart. I n. 2 

 (1895) p. 79 ramis junioribus ad apicem ferrugineo-pulveriilentis; foliis 

 5—8 mm. longo petiolatis, obovato-oblongis usque oblongis, ad basin 

 sensim angustatis, apice obtusis y. brevissime et obtuse acuminatis, 

 8—12 cm. longis, 3 — 4 cm. latis, ca. 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, 

 utrinque tenuiter norvosis; panniculis terrainalibus 5— 7 cm. longis, pcdi- 

 ceilis 2 — 3 mm. longis; sepalis 1,8 — 2 mm. longis; petalis 5 mm. longis, 

 in Vi alt. connatis, lobis ovali- oblongis; antheris triangulari- oblongis 

 apicnlatis, quam filamenta 2V2-plo brevioribus, fere ad basin dehiscenti- 

 tus; fructu e basi subtruncata globuloso brevissime apiculato, 10—13 mm. 

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Arbor 7 m. alta, ramis patontibns (ex Harkis). Kami juniores to- 

 retes, in sicco plicato - striati cinerascentes , pubo mox deciaua, dcusc foliosi. 

 ^olia petiolis lamina decurrento recurva fero usquc ad basin subalatis, nervo 

 inedio supra vix prominente longitrorsum subsulcato, laterahbus utn.Kine, 

 swbtus minus, prominulis et tcnuiter anastomosantibus, subtus pnnctis crehns 

 Prominulis et aliis teuuibus impressis v. quasi perforatis sed non pcilnci. Us 

 notata, cbartacea, prima juventuto subtus dense ferrugineo-pulverulenta, 

 posterius glabrescentia, plus minus longitrorsum plicata, margmo integro 



recurya. Inflorescentiae subcorjTnboso 



compo; 



-'•" Mciisiiions — ö cm. longis compusiuic, ^xk^v."— x . 



ferruginea, posterius glabrescento ; bracteao deciduae. ^^?^'f . '^r'"^"' ^ .r,^' 

 %VjiU basi ima connata , caeterum libera, margine eochlpan-imbnpnta, mt<,nora 

 ^'iborbicularia, oxteriora ovato-orbicularia, vix angustiora quam longiora, mar- 



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