430 



Ign. Urban : 



piloso, a latere subcompresso, laciniis aeqiiilongo v. longiore; coroUa 



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lobis in aestivatione insigniter imbricatis, 2 exterioribus, oblongis; sta- 

 minibus basi corollae imae adhaerentibiis, inter sese plane liberis, fila- 

 mentis et antheris aequilongis, hisce os corollae superantibiis ; ovulism 

 quoque loculo 3; bacca ovali 3 ram. longa, vix supra 2 mm. crassa, 



pericarpio tenui. 



Cateshaea jparvifolia P. DC. Prodr. IV (1830) p. 401 (excl syn. 



Lam. et DietrJ, 



Cateshaea parviflora Spreng.! Syst I (1825) pA16 (p-p); Grisek 



I 



Flor. p. 317 (p. p); — non Sw. 



Hab. in Haiti in ^^aine de Gonaives, m. Dec. fruct.: Picarda 

 n. 1558; Sto. Domingo: Bertero n, 112, 



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Catesbaea Iiolacantha Wr. ramis glabris; foliis, saepe deciduis 

 obovatis, ovatis v. elliptico- oblongis 0,1 — 0,5 cm* longis, supra opacis 

 laevibus, margine planis subplanisve, nervo medio subtus prominulo; 

 floribus sessilibus; calyce tiibo obovato v. fere globuloso, glabro, a latere 

 vix V. parum compresso, laciniis longiore; corolla 6 — 8 mm. longa, in 



^5 alt. coalita, lobis in aestiTatione valvatis ovato- oblongis; sta- 

 minibiis basi corollae brevissime adnatis, inter sese liberis, filamentis 

 antheras parum usqiie dimidio superantibus, hisce exsertis; ovulis in 

 quoque loculo 3—4; bacca globosa v. breviter ovali 2 — 3 mm. longa. 



Catesbaea holacantha Wr. in Griseh.! Cat. (1866) p. 122; Saiiv. 

 Cnb. n. 950 p. 60. 



Hab. in Cuba occ. prope Mayari-abajo: Wright n. 2657; Haiti 

 prope Port-au-Prince, Bois de St. Martin: Ehrenberg n. 97, Picarda 

 n. 80, 335, 853, 134P; Sto. Domingo prope Santiago ad Llano Rafael, 

 250 m. alt.: Eggers n. 1912^ Schomburgk n. 22. 



Obs. Plantae Domingenses (frutex 6 — 10-pedahs, floribus albis, po- 

 streino flavis ex Eggers) internodiis longioribus, spinis (non rare ternatnn 

 verticillatis) brev-ioribus gracihoribus contra plantam AYrightianam gaudet, sed 

 omncs cbaracteribus floralibus bene congruunt. 



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Catesbaea Grayi Griseb. ramis glabris; foliis obovatis, breviter 

 obovatis v. ellipticis 0,6 — 1,5 cm. longis, supra nitidis, margine parum 

 recurvatis, nervo medio subtus inferne prominente; floribus 3 mm. longe 

 pedicellatis; calycis tubo breviter ovali glabro a latere subcompresso 



triangul 



! 



. corolla 



(in alabastris fere maturis 7 mm. longa) in Y4 alt. in tubum anguste 

 infundibuliformem coalita, lobis in aestivatione anguste imbricatis semi- 

 ovalibus rotimdatis; staminibus a corolla überis basi ima inter sese ob- 

 solete connatis, filamentis quam antherae brevioribus, hisce verisim- 



