Serturn antillanum. XV. \yj 



interdum leviter et late einarginatis, subtus parcissime nigro-punctatis 

 discrepat, et verisim. R. orbiculatae Urb. (Rhamnidium ? orbiculatum 

 Britton et Wilson), quae ex descriptione foliis ovalibus usque orbiculari- 

 ovalibus 1,5 — 2,5 cm longis, basi rotundatis, petiolis 5 — 6 mm longis 



recedit. 



314. Montezuma cubensis (Britt. "et Wils.) Urb. (comb. nova). — 

 Maga cubensis Britton et Wilson in Mem. Torr. Bot. Club XVI (1920). 

 p. 81 (ex descr.). — Majagua de Cuba v. Majagua peluda v. Negra 

 Cuba Cub. -- Arbor grandis (flores a cl. Ekman frustra quaesiti). - 

 Hab. in Cuba prow Oriente in sylvis depauperatis ad Rio Rioja non 

 procul a Mir: Ekman no. 4875, 4898, ibidem in sylvis siccis ad austrum 

 versus: Ekman no. 7535 (ex ipso), in parte central] sept, prope San German 

 in sylvis: Ekman no. 6355, prope Papayo in collibus Mandihga montium 

 Bevilla: Ekman no. 9243, 9444 (ex ipso), prope Antilla ad Nipe Bay in 

 solo calcareo: Ekman no. 7333 (ex ipso). 



Obs. Genus Malvacearum Maga a me (Symb. ant. YII. 1912, p. 281) 

 in specie portoricensi conditum cum Montezuma Moc. et \Sesse (1824) 

 congruere, in Ndtizbl. Bot. Gart. u. Mus. Berlin VTT (1921), p. 543—544 

 conjecturam cli. P. Stand! ey sequens demonstravi. 



315. Casearia aquilolia Ch. Wright in Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana 

 V (1868), p. 201 no. 93. — Valentinia coriacea Griseb. ! Cat. cub. (1866), 

 p. 9. — Casearia coriacea Eichl. in Mart. Flor. Bras. XIII (1871), p. 462 

 (non Thw. nee Vent.). — Casearia Grisebachii Briquet in Ann. Cons. bot. 

 Geneve II (1898), p. 62. — Frutex glaber. Rami teretes in sieco grisei 

 v. nigrescentes. Stipulae triangulares cr. 1 mm longae. Folia spiraliter 

 disposita, 1,5 — 3,5 mm longe petiolata, ovalia v. obovata, basi obtusa 

 V- rotundata in petiolum eontracta, apice acutaW v. obtuso brevissime 

 mucronato-pungentia v. mutica. 2 — 4 cm longa, 1 — 2 cm lata, nervo 

 medio supra prominente v. inferne impresso, lateralibus utroque latere 

 -1 — 6 utrinque v. subtus vix prominulis, utrinque minute reticulata, 

 retieulo supra magis quam subtus prominente, margine utroque dentibus 

 1 — 3 grossis spiuescentibus ornata vel in eodem n.mo integra, rigide et 

 orasse coriacea. non pellucidn- punctata, supra nitida. Inflorescentiae 

 axillaris Beesiles, rhaehi subnulla v. usque 3 mm longa, subfasciculatim 

 1-— 5-florae: pedieelli postremo 10 — 20 mm longi. Sepala libera oblonga, 

 apice rotundata V. obtusissima, 6 mm longa, margine minute ciliolata 

 snbeoriacea. Petala nulla. Stamina 8; filamenta 3 mm longa, cum sta- 

 Dainodiia totidem in 2 /. } — 3 / 4 alt. coalita: antherar doreo in 1 / 3 alt. affixae, 

 twratae, ant ice brevissime et obtuse apiculatae, glabrae, intus dehiscent e>. 

 Stylug usque 0.8 mm longus; stigma capitatum integrum. Ovarium 

 Saturn; placentae 3 tnultiovulatae. — Hab. in Cuba prov. Oriente prope 

 Baracoa: Wright no. 12, ibidem in parte septentrional i mont is El Yunque 

 « pinetis colUnis, m. Xov. flor.: Ekman no. 3548, ibidem ad Rio Voa 

 "i charrascales : Ekman no. 3669. 



Obs. Genus V ale niini a im\\'m> valoris esse haec species bene demonatrat. 



