Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 431 



m 



semiexsertis ; ovulis in quoque loculo 14 — 17 placentae superne parieti 

 paullum adnatae 4-seriatim affixis; baccis „subglobosis albis". 



Caieshaea Qrayi Oriseb.! PI Wr. (1862) 



Sauv. Cub. n. 951 p. 60. 



W 



Catesl)aea spiiiosa Linn. ramis brevissime scabriusculo-pilosis 

 V. subglabris; foliis ovatis, breviter ovatis v. rhombeo-orbicularibua 

 0,8— 2 cm. longis, supra nitidis, margine planis v. recurvatis, nervo 

 medio subtus prominente; floribus 3 — 6 mm. longe pedicellatis; calycis 

 tubo ovali v, ovali-oblongo glabro, a latere vix compresso, lirabo supra 

 basin breviter tubuloso in lacinias subulatas excurrenti subaeqiiilongo 

 V. breviore; corolla 10 — 14 cm. longa in Vs — Vs ^'t. in tubum superne 

 infimdibuliformem , inferne lineari-cylindraceum coalita, lobis in 

 vatione imbricatis, ovatis v. ovato-triangularibus obtusiusculis; stamini- 

 bus basi inter sese coalitis et hoc loco corollae adnatis, filamcntis 

 autheras pluries superantibus, hisce exsertis; ovulis in quoque loculo 

 permultis (ultra 250) placentae parieti medio usque ad basin adnatae 

 12— 15-seriatim affixis; baccis globosis, usque 20 mm. diametro. 



aesti- 



f-if; Cnrt. Bot M 

 Oriseb. Cat. p. 122. 



oec. led. (1753) p. 109; Lam. Jll. t 67 

 T)-aU. t. 259; DG. Prodr. IV p. 401; 



'flora Sw. Prodr. (1788) 



latifolia 



XI 



Frutex spinosus Buxi foliis etc. Catesb. Car. II (174.3) p. 100 

 t 100/ 



Hab. in ins. Baham. Providence ex Catesby, Long Island: Eggers 

 a- 4022, 4022«; Cuba prope Habana ad Seiba: Morales et Bosquo n. 340, 

 ^rigbt s. n. 



Obs. Caiesbaea nana Greenm. (e Caba) sine floribus tantum mi'"J'sa, 

 7ispina A. -RiVh Af n maf^ramntha Wr. (e Cuba) mihi ignotae; Cphylla- 



G hngispi __. _ „„ „ _ 



cantha Griseb. (e Cuba: Wright 

 Hook. f. 



€}uettarda Krugii Urb. (n. sp.) ramis homotinis pilis flaccidis 

 tenuibus inaequilongis tomentosulis; stipulis ovatis obtusis valde deci- 

 ^ais; foliis ovatis, anguste ovatis v. obovatis, basi truncatis v. subcor- 

 ^atis, apice rotundatis v. brevissime et late acuminatis, 5—9 cm. longis, 

 3-6,5 cm. lätis, venis utrinque dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, sub- 

 tus valde prominentibus , supra laevibus, pilis tenuibus adpressis prao- 

 sertim ad nervös obviis vestitis, sed cito glabrescentibus; pedunculis 

 fructiferis 0,7-3 cm. longis, 1,2-1,4 mm. crassis; fructibus globulosis 

 '»■• obovato -globosis, 9—11 mm. diametro. 



