366 Ig Q - Urban. 



Erie. VIII. p. 293 (it.). — Malpighia aquifolii, amplioribus joliis Plum. 

 Cat. (1703) in Add. ad p. 46 et ed. Burm. fasc. VII (1758), p. 160, tab. 167 

 fig. 2 (sub M. foliis lanceolatis, denlato-spinosis. alternis Burm., excl. 

 syn. Pluk.); Urb. in Fedde Repert. XV, p. 403 et Beih. V, p. 75. — 

 Chicharron Doming., Chapeau cane Hait. — Arbor 3 — 4 mm alta 

 (ex Buch) v. grandis ligno durissimo (ex Tuerckh.). Rami teretes v. 

 juniores obtusanguli, pilis simplicibus minutis v. brevibus obsiti, internodiis 

 1 — 3 cm longis. Stipulae lineares v. lineari-filiformes integrae v. dentibus 

 linearibus parcis adpressis serrulatae 5 — 7 mm longae. Folia petiolis 

 6 — 14 mm longis subteretibus apice incrassato subarticulatis suffulta. 

 ambitu ovata usque oblonga, basi truncata v. obsolete cordata, apice 

 acuto v. breviter acuminato spinescentia, 5 — 12 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata, 

 nervo medio et lateralibus utroque latere 5 — 8 supra improssis v. in sulco 

 prominulis, utrinque prominenti -reticulata, reticulo postremo supra ob- 

 soletiore, margine grosse v. lobulato-dentata, dentibus triangularibus in 

 spinam pungentem 2 — 5 mm longam excurrentibus, adulta coriacea, 

 glabra v. subtus ad nervum medium breviter v. in facie minute pilosa. 

 Inflorescentiae pauciflorae; pedicelli usque 7 mm longi, manifestius pilosi. 

 Calycis tubus subplanus; lobi 4 in aestivatione valvati, alabastrum de- 

 pressum formantes, triangulares 2 mm longi et ad basin lati utrinque 

 brevissime pilosi, subcoriacei, demum reflex i et decidui. Petala nulla. 

 Discus pulviniformis subplanus calycis tubum investiens et basin ovarii 

 circumdans, brevissime pilosus, post anthesin vestigia staminum impressa 

 praebens. Stamina satis numerosa in disco inordinate biseriata; filamenta 

 0,3 — 0,7 mm longa, in connectivum abeuntia; antherae ovatae v. ovato- 

 oblongae obsolete apiculatae, eircumcirca brevissime pilosae usque 1 mm 

 longae, biloculares, loculis fissura oblonga superne dehiscentibus ; pollinis 

 granula aquae immersa breviter ovalia laevissima 3 -sulcata. Styli 3 (v. 4 ?) 

 plane liberi crassiuscule filiformes integri, inferne pilosuli, superne glabri. 

 apice non v. vix incrassato obtusi. Ovarium cum basi disco immersum 

 breviter ovatum. pilis brevibus suberectis dense hirsutum, 3 — 4-, raro 

 2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo cr. 3 angulo interno affixa, bemiana- 

 tropa, raphe ventrali, micropyle supera, superius paullo majus ascendens, 

 inferiora 2 collateralia pendula. Fructus (unicus junior tantum obvius), 

 brevissime velutinus, in sicco rubescens, plus minus rugosus, abortu 

 1-locularis. — Hab. in Haiti: ex Plumier (sterilis), in montibus Furcy 

 ad Limonsier in fruticetis 1560m alt.: Buch no. 1613 (sterilis), in Morne 

 Bellefontaine : Pere Straessle (flor.), in Fonds Verettes prope Mission 

 ad Saltrcu viam in montibus sylvaticis passim: Leonard no. 3797a 

 (sterilis). — Santo Domingo in prov. Barahona prope Maniel 600 m, 

 prope Constanza 1190 m: von Tuerckheim no. 2787 (sterilis), 3402 (it.)- 



Obs. Planta Tuerckheimiana ab haitiensibus vix nisi pube ramorum 

 longiore patula (nee minuta) recedit, caeterum quoad stipulas foliaque 

 plane congruens. 



355. Ouratea lenticellosa Urb. (spec. nov.). Rami hornotini glabri 

 laeves, annotini teretes lenticellis creberrimis rotundis prominentibus 



