Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 445 



pilosuli. Corollae albae tubus anguste turbinatus ininute v. obsolete pilo- 

 sulus, intus superne albido-villosulus. Filanienta sub fance inserta, glabra 

 in fl. dolichost. subaulla, in brachyst. 1,5 mm. longa; antherae oblongae, 

 illorum os vix attingentes, nlteriorum breviter exsertae. Ovarium glabrum. 

 Styli glabrl filiformes, longiores 4 mm. loiigi exserti aiitlxeras bene supe- 

 rantes, breviores 2 mm. longi a basi antheranim remoti; Stigmata sublinoaria, 

 parte styli integra 2-plo aut fere 4-plo breviora. Baccae rubrae, calyce 

 obsolete coronatae; pyrenae ad commissuram membrana duplice sejunctae 

 subplanae, 



Hab. in Portorico in Sierra de Luquillo in cacumine montis 

 funque et in regione superiore montis Jimenes, in Sierra de las picdras 

 in sylva primaeva montis Frances, m. Jal. fl., Nov. fruct: Sintenis 

 n. 1440, 1440^ 5331, 6881. 



Obs. Affinis P. Myrtiphyllum Sw. differt statura minore, stipulis inter 

 petiolos breviter triangulari-productis obtusis, foliis multo minoribus, subtus 

 (an semper?) domatiatis, nervo medio supra bene prominente, lobis corollae 

 tubo duplo brevioribns. . 



Psychotria pendula ürb. (non Hook. f. Fl. Brit Ind. III p. 164) 

 Typus polymorphus : 



Subsp. a. " tetrapyrena ürb. foliis ovatis usque oblongis acutis t. 



breviter acuminatis 3 — 10 cm. longis, 2 — 3 cm. latis, in sicco subco- 

 risceis; inflorescentiis terminalibiis, pluries cymose furcatis multifloris, 

 bracteis triangularibus y. breviter triangiilaribus; calycis lobis minutis 

 ^. obsoletis; corolla . . .; fructibus obovatis v. obovato-globosis, 3 — 5 mm. 



longis, pyrenis 4. 



non Benth. 



Wr. (1862) 



•asitica Griseh. I.e., — non Sio. 

 niica Maxa in Anal Soc. Esp. Hisp 



(1894) 



ni- April, fruct.: Eggers n. 5042; Sto. Domingo juxta fliimen Camü 

 circa cavernam Cupey, 150 m. alt, m. Jun. fruct.: Eggers n. 2708. 



Subsp. b. Orosourdyana ürb. foliis ovato-ellipticis v. plerumque 



oblonge -lanceolatis, sensim v. subsensim acuminatis, 2 — 4 cm. longis, 

 0,7-2 cm. latis, in sicco membranaceis v. chartaceis; inflorescenüis 

 saepius lateralibus, paucifloris, bracteis lanceolatis r. lanceolato-lincan- 

 tus; lobis calycinis brevibus triangulari -acuminatis; corollis 2,5-3,5 mm. 

 longis; fructibus breviter ovalibus v. obovatis 2,5-3 mm. longis, py- 



renis 3. 



Won Besv 



portoricensis DC.f Frodr. IV (1830) p. 293 

 hrasiliensis Spreng.! in herb. Balb. ap. DU L c., 



