Sabiaceae. 



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ovaiium dimidium longitndine aequans, supeme attenuatus; stignia pxmcti- 

 forme. Fnictus caeriüeo-iiigrcscens, suboblique obovato-piiiformis, in vivo 

 (ex DiiPs)^ nitens laevis, sicco in dorso et superne etiam in venire ele- 

 yatini carinatus, lateribus elevatim et irregulariter pauci - costatis , pericarpio 

 in sicco ca. 0,3 mm. crasso, endocarpio ossoo 1,5 mm. crasso, 1-locularis, in- 

 tus supra basin cavitatem valviformem praebcns, cujus angulo interiori semen 

 alfixum est. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe in sylvis interioribus prope Bains jaunes, 

 Bouillante, Yieux Habitants, Matouba, alt. 550 — 700 m., m. Majo, Jun. 

 flor.: Duss n. 3435. 



Obs. I. In lionorcm ilL Pardon, insulae Guadeloupe gubernatoris 

 fautorisque rev. patris Duss, nominata, 



Obs. II. Arbor per annos 2 — 3 flores producit, sed tum anuos 4 — 5 

 quieseit (ex Duss). 



16. Meliosnia obtusifolia Kr. et ürb. foliis alternis, nunc per 

 paria v. saepius per tria approximatis v. suboppositis, 30 — 12 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, obovatis y. obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis, raro breviter 

 et plerumque abrupte acuminatis, ad basin sensim t. cuneato-angustatis 

 et paullo in petiolum productis, 8 — 20 cm. longis, 4 — 8 cm. latis, 2 — 3- 

 plo longioribus quam latioribus, planis, nervo medio supra parum v. 

 vix impresso, lateralibus supra manifeste prominulis, subtus valde pro- 

 minentibus, crassiuscule chartaceis v. chartaceo-coriaceis; petalis exterio- 

 ribus 2,2 — 2,8 mm. longis, interioribus supra medium margine brevis- 

 sinie ciliatis, apice obtuso integris; cupiila antlierifera apice rotundata, 

 loculis ovali-globosis longitrorsum dehiscentibus; disco bene evoluto; 

 stylo apice integre; fructu 11 — 13 mm. longo, 8 — 10 mm. crasso. 



Melios7na obtusifolia K?'. et Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. XIII 

 (1895) p. 216. 



Ätelandra obtusifolia Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 289; Stahl! Est. VI 

 p. 43 et p. 267; Krug Ic. t. 2121 



Guayarote, Arroyo, Aguacatillo, Cacao bobo, Cacaillo, 

 Ciralillo, Serillos Portor. ex Bello, Krtig, Sintenis, Stahl. 



Arbor 10 — 20 m. alta, ligno optimo. Rami vetustiores teretcs, in 

 sicco grisei v. brunncscentes plus minus plicato - striatelli , lenticellis ovalibus 

 V. ellipticis longitrorsum sulcatis liinc illinc notati, hornotini superne obtuse 

 trianguli, apice pilis ferrugineis brevibus erectis obsiti, sed cito glabres- 

 centes; gemmae ierrugineo-toraentosulae. Folia petiolis supra caualiculatis, 

 basi incrassata cortice in squamulas lacero et desiliente articulatis , nervis 

 lateralibus 7 — 9 sub angulo 60 — 65 <^ abeuntibus, utrinqiie elevatim et den- 

 sissime reticulato-anastomosantibus, subtus in sicco brunnescentia, margine 

 plana v. parum rccurvata integra, glabra. Inflorescentiae terminales et 

 ex axillis foliorum supremorum valde decrescentium axillares, in panniculam 

 amplam usque 20 cm. longam coUectae, ramulis et glomerulis laxe dispo- 

 sitis; bracteae trianguläres 1— 0,5 mm. longae; rliachis supeme et ramuli 

 pilis brevibus feiTugincis patulis plus minus dense vestiti; flores in ramuIis 



Urban. 



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