46 Isv. URBan: 
lineares v. sublineares acutiusculi, sub medio 1,5 — 2,5 mm. lati, in 
1/, — ®/, superiore triquetri. Antherae 4—6 mm, longae. Stylus superne 
2-partitus. — Cuba, Portorico, St. Kitt’s, Montserrat, Guade- 
loupe, Dominica, Martinique, St.Lucia (ex Kew Bull.n. 81 p. 257), 
St. Vincent, Brasilia. 
Obs. Specimen mancum ex insula Trinidad adest, quod ob nervaturam 
foliorum et imvoluerum minutum vix ad speciem Vahlianam spectat. 
Guettarda argentea Lam. ramis hornotinis brevissime v. pul- 
verulento-pilosulis v. -tomentosulis, vetustioribus glabrescentibus; sti- 
pulis ovatis v. e basi latiore lanceolatis acuminatis 5—6 mm. longis; 
foliis 6—1 cm. longe petiolatis, ovatis v. rhombeis v. subobovatis, basi 
manifeste et anguste v. vix cordatis, raro acutatis, apice brevissime 
v. mediocriter acute acuminatis, 6—14 cm. longis, 4—9 cm. latis, 
nervis lateralibus 5—7, supra vix v. leviter impressis, subtus bene 
prominentibus, supra minute et obsolete pilosulis v. glabratis, subtus 
intra nervos dense argenteo-sericeis, utrinque laevibus; inflorescentiis 
3—10 em. longe pedunculatis, semel bis cymose divisis, ramis ultimis- 
1—4 em. longis, 4—10-floris, prophyllis ovatis v. breviter ovatis, 
‚er. 2 mm. longis, valde deciduis; calyeis limbo leviter v. manifeste 
bilobo, 3 mm. longo, tomentosulo; corollae tubo 15— 18 mm. longo, 
densissime retrorsum piloso, lobis 5—6 (4—6 ex P. Br.), tubo 4—5- 
plo brevioribus; stylo er. 8 mm. (in fl. brachyst.) aut er. 17 mm. (in fl. 
dolichost.) longo; ovario 3—5-losulari; fructu globuloso v. breviter 
globuloso, 6—8 mm. diametro, calyeis limbo deeiduo carente. 
Guettarda argenten Lam. Ene. III (1789) p. 54 (exel. deser. 
fruetus et patria Cayenne) ei Ill. 1.154 fig. 1 (e P. Br. mutuata) 
Griseb.! Flor. p. 332 (quoad plant. jam.). 
Guetlarda speciosa Linn. Syst. X. ed. II (1759) p. 1270 et Spee. 
II ed. II p. 1408 (quoad syn. Brown), — non Spee. I ed. II p. 991. 
Gueltarda ambigua DC. Prodr. IV (1830) p. 455 (quoad syn. 
Brown.). 
Halesia arborescens, folüs subrotundis subtus argenteis P. Br. 
Jam. (1756) p. 205 tab. 20 fig. 1. 
Hab. in Jamaica inter Tweedside et South St. Andrew 660 m. 
alt. m. Mart. fruct., ad Sheldon Road 800 m. alt. m. Jun. flor., inter 
Mona Woodland et Slope of Long Mountain 200 m. alt. m. Nov. fruct.: 
Harris n. 5649, 5918, 8851, ad Portland Gap ad pedem Blue Mts. Peak 
m. Mart. flor.: Alexander n. 457, loco speciali non adnotato: Hart 
n. 1094. 
Obs. 6. guianensis Urb. (@. | 
a planta jamaicensi stipulis arg ehe 
elliptieis basi nunquam cordatis, nervis lateralibus” utroque latere 8—11, 
