214 In. Urban: 
Inflorescenzen, die Staminalzahl usw. eine spezifische Abtrennung von P. fra- 
grans Dumont (P. obtusata Sw.) rechtfertigen mögen. 
Pisonia Harrisiana Heimerl (n. sp). Arbor 6,5—13 m. alta 
(sec. Harrıs). Folia mediocria, lamina usque 116 mm. lg. et 60 mm. It., 
elliptica ad obovoideo-elliptica, in dimidio v. distinete supra dimidium 
latissima, in petiolum 5—18 mm. lg. crassiusculum cito glabrum v. 
contracta v. plerumque + acuminata, secus eum angustissime decur- 
rentia, antice plerumque rotundata ad obtusata, rarius paulum acu- 
minata, primum parcissime, in costa paulo densius pulverulenta, cito 
glabra, coriacea, costa validiuscula, utrinque (infra tamen magis) pro- 
minente, nervis 6—9 utrinque, valde tenuibus, paululum prominenti- 
bus, versus marginem arcuatim conjunctis, ceterum indistincte v. laxis- 
sime et tenuissime ramificatis. Inflorescentiae pedunculo firmiore, 
erecto, g' usque 63 mm. Ig., Q usque 30 mm. lg. suffultae, mediocres, 
usque 40 mm. (fructigerae usque 50 mm.) It., 9! magis paniculatae, 
O magis corymbosae, multi- et + densiflorae, pilis adpressis, griseolis 
v. rufulis, inprimis versus ulteriores ramificationes densius puberulae, 
g' ramis primariis saepe regulariter decussatis v. alternis, Q ramis 
fere umbellatim dispositis, patentibus, crassiusculis, + eodem modo 
iterum ramificatis, ramificationibus subeondensatis, apice eymis pluri- 
(saepe 5)-floris, densis terminatis. Flores sessiles v. subsessiles. Peri- 
anthia © 2,5—3 mm. Ig., subcampanulata, limbo 1,5 mm. v. paulo 
ultra lato, erecto-patente, 5-dentato, denticulis latis, obtusiusculis, 
dense ferruginoso-puberula. Germen 3—4 mm. 1g., stigmate exserto, 
profunde fimbriato. Staminodia 5—7, minutissima, usque 1 mm. ]g. 
Perianthia 9‘ nondum aperta. Stamina 8. Anthocarpia atrorubra, dru- 
pacea, extus carnosa, ellipsoidea, 8—9 mm. 1g., 4—6 mm. It., apice 
coronula vix 1 mm. It. paulum puberula instructa, sub hac non con- 
strieta, in parte interiore sublignosa valide costata, glabra. Fructus 
5—6 mm. lg., 3—4 mm. It., pallide (in basi saturate) brunneus. 
Rami irregulariter v. (spurie) dichotome -+ patenter ramificati, gri- 
seoli v. magis rufescentes, + rugulosi, glabri, novelli solum modice pul- 
verulento-hirtuli, cito glabrati. Folia opposita, adulta in statu sicco supra 
brunneola, infra rufo-brunnescentia, parum discoloria, supra paulum nitidula, 
infra opaca, integra, in margine leviter revoluta. Flores bracteolis 3, ovatıs 
ad lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, + 1 mm. 1g., puberulis. 
Hab. in Jamaica in Potsdam Woodland, Santa Cruz Mts. 860 m. 
alt., m. Sept. flor. et fruct.: Harris n. 9779, 9820, in Santa Cruz Mts. 
ad Chelsea Hill 730 m. alt.: Harris n. 9688, in Spur Tree Hill 600 m. 
alt.: Harris n. 9857, prope Malvern ad Mountain Side 130 m. alt., m. 
Sept. flor.: Harris n. 9917, prope Ferry ad Quarry in collibus umbrosis 
saxosis: Harris n. 10385. 
