290 Ign. rban: 



Arbor G,6 m. alta (ex Egg.). Eami vetustiores obscure brunei, lenti- 

 cellis crebris obsiti, teretes, hornotini plus minus augulati, disticlie dispo- 

 siti. Stipulae basi biauriculatae, apice acutae v. acuminatae. Folia nervo 

 medio supra prorainulo, latei'alibus utroquo latere 6 10 tenuibus supra 

 prominulis, obsolete anastomosantibus, margine p)lana v. angustissime recurva, 

 supra nitidula, subtus pallidiora opaca. Sepala 4, in aestivatione imbricata, 

 exteriora interdum acuminata. Stamina 4; filamenta 0,8 mm. longa. 



Hab. in ins. Baham. New Providence in Blue Hills, m. Febr., 

 Mart. flor.: Eggers n. 4241, 4464, Andres in Red Bays m. April, llor.: 

 Northrop n. 488. 



Obs. Arcte affinis Ph. scandens Mll. Arg. caulibus scandentibus, foliis 

 3 5 mm. longo petiolatis, usque 7 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis, nervis subtus 

 multo magis prominentibns, pedicellis in glomerulis masculis pluribus v. 

 numerosis 5- 7 mm. longis, antheris anguste ovatis recedit. 



PliyHaiitlius isolei)is Urb. (n. sp.) ramulis penultimis convexis, 

 supra canaliculatis; stipulis laiiceolato- iinearibus subulatis 1,5 8 mm. 

 longis; phyllocladiis distichis, lanceolatis v. anguste lanceolatis, utrinque 

 subaequaliter v. raro inferne magis angustatis, 5 8 cm. longis, 1 1,5 cm. 

 latis, usque ad v. pauUo infra medium florigeris, crenaturis utroque latere 

 10 16 plurifloris; floribus masculis 1,5 2,5 mm. louge pedicellalis, 

 sepalis 0,6 0,7 mm. longis, filamentis apice liberis; floribus femiueis 

 0,5 1,5 mm. pediceliatis, urceolo bypogyno ad squamas 6 minutas sub- 

 orbiculares liberas reductis, stylis inferne connatis, capsulis globulosis, 

 apice subacutis, longitrorsum vix v. leviter 3-sulcatis. 



Eami vetustiores teretes bruneo - grisei v. griseo-albescentes, cicatri- 

 cibus ramulorum penultimorum deciduorum non v. vix prominulis, apice 

 squamis densis (i. e. foliis singulis ad squamas reductis eorumque stipulis 

 binis conformibus) lanceolato-acuminatis 3 4 mm. longis brnneis crasse 

 coriaceis induratisque coraosi; rami penultimi spiraliter dispositi, 15 20 cm. 

 longi, supra basin magis, ad apicem sensim minus convexi, snb phyllo- 

 cladiis interdum folia minuta sqnamiformia gereutes. Phyllocladia mar- 

 gine infero integra, supero dense crenata, coriacea, apice obtusiuscula, raro 

 obtusa V. rotundata, nervis sublongitrorsis tenuissimis. Flores masculi 

 in quoque glomerulo 1 5. Sepala breviter obovata v. subrhombea, mem- 

 branacea. Di sei glandulae C breviter orbiculares, obsolete stipitatae. Sta- 

 mina usque ad medium v. paullo ultra intor sese connata; antherarum loculi 

 apice contigui, inferne divergentes, dorso sibi appositi, lateraliter longitror- 

 sum sulcati. Flores feminei: Sepala ut in mare. Disci glandulae 

 liberae minutae, ad basin ovarii sitae, masculis conformes snborbiculares. 

 Ovarium subglobosum. Styli supra basin v. usque ad medium coaliti, 

 superne recurvi, apice in lacinias 3 5 anguste lineares divisi. Capsulae 

 ca. 2,5 mm. diametro, basi truucatae v. obsolete excavatae, apice acutiusculae, 

 bruneae sublaeves, transversim suborbiculares. 



Hab. in Jamaica prope Ferry Pen 50 m. alt, m. Jun. fl. et fr.: 

 E. Campbell n. 0280. 



