430 Stercüliaceae 



H.: Martin (ex Desr.), Picarda. n. 474, inter Gonaives et Hatte 

 Roche secus viam ad Terreneuve: Nash et Taylor n. 1546, prope Go- 

 naives in Plaine locis siccis ubique: Buch n. 283, Prax, ad Petite Ei- 

 viere de Bayonnais: Buch n. 63, prope Port-au-Prince: Bertero n. 1406 

 (hb. Taurin.). — D. prope Santiago ad ripam Rio Taqui in fruticetis 

 200 m.: Eggers n. 1991, prope Maniel de Ocoa in savanis 300 m.: 

 V. Türckheim n. 3690, prope Barahona in litoralibus m.: Fuertes n. 382, 

 .988''. — Baharaa, Cuba, Jamaica, Cayman, Mona (ex Britt.), Portorico, 

 Culebras (ex Millsp.), St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan, St. Martin, St. Bar^ 

 thölemy, Saba (ex Bold.), St. Eustache, Barbuda, St. Kitts, Antigua, Guade- 

 loupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent (ex Gr.), Bequia, Cannouan 

 (ex Kew Bull. n. 81), Mustique (it.), Union (it.), Trinidad, Margarita, 

 Bonaire, Cura9ao, Aruba, Amer. cont. trop. 



3. M. liirsuta Cav. Diss. YI (1788) p.323 t.l75 f. 1; Griseb. Flor, 

 p. 94; C. Schum. in Mart. Fl. Bras. XII. III p. 45. — Ricdleia serrata 

 Vent. Choix (1803) t. 37; P. DC. Prodr. I p. 492. — Melochia serrata 

 Saint-Hil. et Naud. in Ann. Sc. nat. 11 s6r. XVIII (1842) p.36; Griseb. 

 Flor. p. 93. 



Suffrutex 0,3 — 1 m., saepe procumbens. Fiores caerulei v. rosei, 

 VI— XL 



H. in latere Morne de la citadelle Laferriere in herbosis apricis 



5—600 ra., prope Ste. Suzanne in collibus apricis 360 m.: Christ n. 2040, 



2109, prope St. Michel in Plaine 350 m.: Buch n. 1042. — D.: Bertero 



(hb. Taur.), in savana de Cupey 360 ni., in Loma Mata Clara in pineto 



600 m.: Eggers n. 2336, 2336^, prope La Vega in Loma Peguera in 



pineto 400 m.: v. Türckheim n.3504. — Florida austr. (ex Chapm.), 



Cuba, Pinos, Jaraaica, Portorico, St. Lucia (ex Gr.), Trinidad, Amer. 

 cont. trop. 



4j^ M. nodiflora Sw. Prodr. (1788) p. 97 et Flor. II p. 1 139; Griseb. 

 Flor. p. 9 t. 



Frutexl~2m. Fiores citrini, I— IV, XI, XIL 



H.: Picarda n. 475, Poiteau, prope Ennery locis siccis et ad mar- 



ginem rivuli: Buch n. 2, 6, prope Port-au-Prince ad Riviöre Bizothon: 



Eggers n. 3312, in Morne de l'Hopital: Picarda n. 1202, prope Petit 



Goave: Favrat n. 107. — D.: prope Puerto-Plata: Raunkiaer n. 1210 



(mus. Haun.), prope Santo Domingo ad sepes: v. Türckheim n. 2579, 



in prov. Barahona secus rivulum Rio cito 10 m.: Fuertes n. 199. 



Bahama, Cuba, Jaraaica, Cayman (ex Hitchc), Portorico, St. Thoraas, 



St. Croix, St. Jan (ei Egg.), St. Martin (ex Bold.), St. Barthölemy (ex 



Wikstr.), Antigua, Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, 



Mustique (ex Kew Bull. n. 81), Barbados, Grenada, Tobago, Trinidad, 

 Amer, centr. 



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