Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 391 



Majo, Nov. fl.: Eggers hb. pr. n. 1279, Schwanecke, Sintenis n. 311, 

 m\ 1007, 1180, 1635, 1636, 4035, 5329, 6428, 6485, Stahl n. 1108. 



Obs. Affines G. elliptka Sw. calycibus 2 — 3-plo majoribiis, fructibus 

 semipolliearibus etc., C. reticulata Yahl tomento rufo, alabasti-is oblongis, 

 calycis lobis paucioribus inaequalibus , foliis longa acuminatis, C. laevigata 

 Lam. (e Martinique) foliis broviter ovalibus v. broviter obovatis, calyce ob- 

 longe, apice inaequaliter fisso recedunt. 



Cordia Faweettii Kr. et Urb. in Notixhl Bert bot. Gart. I n, 2 



(1895) p. 80 ramis teretibus sicut foliis, inflorescentiis, calyce brevis- 



sime pilosis; foliis 12—15 mm. loiige petiolatis, ovatis basi obsolete 



cordatis, apice subabrupte acuminatis, 12 — 17 cm. longis, 7 — 15 cm. 



latis, margine subplano crenulatis v. subintegris, chartaceis; corymbo 



terminali bis ter dichotomo, floribus secus ramulos extrenios imilatcraliter 



dispositis sessilibus; calyce in alabastro plane clause ovali 6 — 7 mm. 



longo, sub anthesi 5-lobo coriaceo, lobis aequalibus tubo ca. 2-pIo bre- 



vioribus; corollae tubo calyci subaequilongo, lobis oblongis; staminibus ad 



basiii setulosis, exsertis; dnipa breviter oblique globulosa, 12 — 15 mm. 

 diametro. 



Cordia elliptica Griseb.! Flor. (1861) p. 47 d, — non Sw. 



Frutex v. arbor 10 m. alta. Rami pilis brevissirais simplicibus ad- 

 pressis dense vestiti v. tomentosuli. Folia plus quam dimidio longiora quam 

 latiora, supra secus nervum medium et laterales primi et nunc secundi or- 

 dinis impressa, nervis lateralibus parcis (utrinqne 5 — 6) arcuato-ascendenti- 

 tus, utrinqne dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, reticulo supra tenuiter, 

 subtus magis prominente, supra brevissirae et dense strigulosa scabriuscula, 

 subtus brevissime et adpresse pilosa. Inflorescentiae aphyllao, ca. 10 cm. 

 ^ongcae, in sicco nigresceates, brevissime pilosulae, floribus in ramulis 2 — 10. 

 C'alyx 4 mm. crassus, laevis non striatus, utrinqne pilis brevissimis ädpressis 

 obsitus, sub anthesi in lobos 5 plerumque aequales trianguläres acutes se- 

 cedens, inferne crasse, superne tenuius coriaceus. Corollae glabrae tubus 

 5 mm. longus cylindraceus membranaceus; lobi in aestivatione quincuncialiter 



V. cochleato-imbricati, tubo paullo breviores vix 2 mm. lati 1-nerves, re- 

 flexi. Stamina sub fauce inserta; filamenta subulata tubo corollino brcviora; 

 antherae subrectangulares apice emarginatae, basi profunde et acute r. ßub- 

 sagittato-excisae, dorso sub medio affixae, 2,3 mm. longae. Ovarium bre- 

 viter ovale glabrum. Stylus 5 mm. longus, a medio bifidus, raraissub 

 apice iterum bifidis, apice stigmatose incrassatis. Drupa pallido straminea, 

 calyce patente sulfulta, putamine gibboso. Semen solitariuin obovatum 

 8 mm. longum, fere 7 mm. latum, 3 mm. crassum; testa tenms albida. 

 Cotyledones plicatissimae, i'adicula brevissima. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Alexander, in Blue Mountains, ad St. Georges 

 1200 m. alt., prope Fairfield et Portland 800 m. alt, m. Aug., Oct, Nov. 

 flor-, Aug. fruct: W. Harris in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 5342, 6601, 6718. 



Obs. Ex affinitate G. macrophyllae MiU. et C. sulmtae DC., quae pube, 

 alabastris et fructibus omnino diversae sunt. G elliptica Sw. foUis oblongis, 



