182 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. II. 



(PSEUDOCARPIDIUM ILICIFOLIUM (Rich.) 



Vitex ilicifolia Rich, in La Sagra Hist. Cuba Bot. 2; 148). 

 (PSEUDOCARPIDIUM AVICENNIOIDES (Rich.). 



Vitex avicennioides Rich, in La Sagra Hist. Cuba Bot. 2; 149). 



Pseudocarpidium Wrightii sp. nov. 



Frutex a basi ramosissimis, rami glabris crassis, cortice argenteo-al- 

 bis. Foliis coriaceis late obovatis vel orbiculatis vel ovato-lanceolatis 

 apice obtusis, basi subcordatis, margine superante subsinuoso-dentatis 

 spinosis vel tantummodo spinosis, pagina supra nitidis valde reticulo- 

 venosis, infra cum grana resinosa pulverulentibus ad venae minutissime 

 pubescentibus. Inflorescentiapaniculatis, paniculae laxis longe et filosae 

 pedunculatis folio plus longioribus supra dichotomis, tota minutissime 

 resinoso-pulverulentibus, bractae linearis. Calyce campanulatis obtuse 

 5-deltoideo-dentatis, corolla bilabiatis limbo explanatis, labia superiore 

 erectis integris apice deltoideis, labia inferiore in dentibus quatior pro- 

 ductis, dentes lateralia ovatis acutis, denies inferiore deltoideis. Dru- 

 pa depressa producte in lobis quatior ad centre bipyreneis, pyrenae 

 osseis hemisphaeris dorso bi-costatis ventro profuhde sulcatis. 



A tall, lax and woody shrub with opposite, ascending branches and 

 shining holly-like leaves. Leaves 2.5-3.5 x J -3~ 2 cm - petioles about 

 4 mm., the spines confined to the upper half of the leaf. Peduncles 3. 



5-5 cm - 



In coppices and scrublands: 



Mangrove Cay Bryant 2. 



Andros at Fresh Creek, Northrop June 6, 1890, no. 625, type; 

 Wight 261. 



The specimens agree with those of Combs, Calicita, Cuba 239, and 

 Shafer, Madruga, Cuba 74. There are two plants of Wright, Cuba ori- 

 entali bearing his number 421, one being this species and the other P. 

 ilicifolium, evidently a case of attempted matching of plants before 

 distribution, unfortunately therefore I am compelled to take the later 

 gathered Bahamian plant for the type. 



The foliage form and shape is very variable, never however even ap- 

 proaching that of P. ilicifolium, in which the margins are crenate and 

 spinous throughout, while those of P. Wrightii are simply spinous and 

 that only on the upper half of the leaf. Both sides of the leaf in P. 

 ilicifolium are pubescent, while in P. Wrightii the upper side is shin- 

 ing and strongly reticulate, while the lower surface is resinous pulver- 

 ulent. 



Clerodendron aculeatum (L.) Griseb. 

 Rare in collections. Only known by: 



New Providence "Escaped" near Nassau, Northrop 296 (Ovieda). 

 Inagua N. 6 T. 1471. 



