Plantae cubenses Ekman. I 83 
in lobos 4 inaequales 4—7 mm. longos intus minute ferrugineo-pilosos 
crasse coriaceos usque ad v. fere ad basin irregulariter diruptus. Fructus 
sphaeroidei, 10—15 mm. diametro, minute granulosi, vertice glabri, peri- 
carpio 3 mm. crasso. Semina usque 10, sine ordine endocarpio immersa, 
breviter v. orbiculari-ovata v. varie angulata, 3— 4 mm. longa; exopleura 
(in aqua cocta) mucilaginosa; mesopleura crassa lignosa durissima, latere 
foramina bina vieina praebens, alterum majus basi radiculae, alterum 
angustius cervici ejus oppositum. Embryo oblique hippocrepiformis; radi- 
cula crassa elongata curvata, inferne paullo incrassata, basi subtruncata, 
apice attenuata et inflexa; cotyledones ea cr. 6-plo breviores et 3-plo 
angustiores ovatae tenues planae. 
Prov. Oriente prope Rio Piloto, m. Aug. fruct.: n. 2505. 
Obs. Fortasse juxta P. rotundatum Griseb. (Wright n. 2457) ponendum, 
quod foliis 1—2 mm. longe petiolatis, basi obtusis, nervo medio subimpresso, 
lateralibus numerosioribus, pedunculis pluries brevioribus et tenuioribus dis- 
erepat. 
Psidium Wrightii Krug et Urb. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XIX (1894) 
p. 570. — P. cordatum var.? parvifolium Griseb. Cat. cub. (1866) p. 91. 
— P.? cordatum Ch. Wright in Anal. Acad. Cienc. Habana V (1869) 
p- 433 (non Sims): 
Arbor parva. Flores ad apicem ramorum in axillis foliorum 1—2; 
pedunculi 1— 2,5 em. longi; prophylla sub calyce ipso decidua. Sepala 4: 
initio e structura marginis in 1/,—!/, inferiore connata, posterius usque 
ad v. fere ad staminum insertionem soluta, in fructu ovata subaequalia 
3— 3,5 mm. longa. Stylus 7 mm. longus, superne attenuatus; stigma 
applanatum stylo paullo latius. Fructus obovati v. globoso-obovati, apice 
eirca stylum plani et glabri, 5—”7 mm. longi, 4,5 —5,5 mm. crassi. 
Semina 1—2 reniformia, 2—2,5 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata; testa laevis 
‚dura sublignosa, ad basin radiculae perforata; endopleura membranacea. 
Embryo semicircularis; radicula teres, a basi obtusissima usque ad apicem 
attenuata; cotyledones inflexae minutae radicula er. 6-plo breviores et 
duplo angustiores, ovatae v. anguste ovatae applanatae. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe ad Rio Piloto, m. Aug. fruct.: 
n. 2506, in pinetis: n. 2184 (ster.). 
Obs. E structura embryonis revera Psidii species. 
Psidium tenuirame Urb. (spec. nov.).. Arbor altitudine mediocri. 
Rami hornotini tenues, 0,5 — 0,8 mm. crassi, plus minus compressi glabri, 
vetustiores teretes albido-grisei. Folia opposita v. subopposita, 3— 6 mm, 
longe petiolata, obovato-cuneata, inferne sensim et longe in petiolum an- 
gustata, antice rotundata v. truncata, nunc leviter emarginata, 3— 5,5 cm. 
longa, 1,5— 2,5 cm. lata, nervo medio supra paullo prominente, ad basin 
versus subimpresso, lateralibus utroque latere 4 — 5 supra parum promi> 
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