358 Ign. Urban: 



Frutex 1,3 2 m. altus. Eami teretes in sicco tenuiter plicati 

 brunei glabresccntes, hornotini teretes pilis basi incrassatis. Folia petiolis 

 delapsis basi gibberem relinc[uentibus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5 7 sub 

 aiigio 30 35'^ abeuntibus siipi'a inij)ressis, subtus plus minus reticulato- 

 conjnnctis, margine supero angustissime, infero latins recurva v. revoluta, 

 pilis supra densissimis valde abbreviatis, subtiis praesertim ad nervs bre- 

 vibus yestita, in sicco brunescentia. Capitnla G 7 mm. diametro; flores 

 sessiles. Calyx extrinsecus breviter et subadpresse albido-pilosus, sui3erne 

 2 mm. crassus, non striatus, sed luce permeante 10 -nervis, cliartaceus; lobi 



1 mm. longi. Corolla extrinsecus glabra, intus ad et sub medio pubescens, 

 inferne chartacea, superne membranacea; lobi crispulo- plicati, apice rotun- 

 dati. Filamenta quoad libera glabra brevissima; antherae subquadratae, 

 0,4 mm. longae, dorso supra medium affixae. Ovarium ovato-acuminatum; 

 Ovula ovato-oblonga v. oblonga, supra basin affixa. Stylus 2 mm. longus, 

 in 2^3 alt. 4-fidus; Stigmata obovata. 



Hab. in Haiti locis siccis prope Plaisance, 250 m., m. Majo flor. : 

 Buch n. 355. 



Obs. Affinis C. angustifolia E. et Seh. pube ramorum pulverulenta, in- 

 florescentiis lateralibus et in dichotomiis terminalibus , longius pedunculatis, 

 spicatis, corollis calycem duplo et ultra superantibus albis recedit. 



Cordia exarata Urb. ramis junioribus pilis albidis suberectis v. 

 erecto-patentibus pubescentibus v. villosulis; foliis 1,5 3 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, obovatis, ovalibus v. ovali-ellipticis, basi obtusis, apice rotiin- 

 datis, 2 1 cm. longis, 1 0,5 cm. latis, margine irregulariter crenatis, 

 coriaceis, supra pilis albidis dense obsessis, postremo scabridis; inflores- 

 centiis terminalibus et lateralibus, capitatis v. postremo breviter spicatis, 

 subsessilibus usque 8 mm. longe pedunculatis; calyce in alabastro ovali, 

 lobis cnniventibus, tubo sub anthesi 2 2,5 mm. longo obovato, bre- 

 viter piloso, lobis triangularibus obsolete et obtuse apiculatis, tubo 



2 2Y2-plo brevioribus; corollae tubo subcylindraceo, e calyce exserto, 

 5 mm. longo, lobis ut videtur ovatis, tubo 3-plo brevioribus; filamentis 

 fauci corollae insertis, antheris pauUo exsertis; drupa oblique ovata 



3 3,5 mm. longa. 



Cordia villosa Spreng.! Syst. I (1825) p. 654; DC. Prodr. IX 

 p. 500, non Spreng. Neue Entdeck. III (1822) p. 31. 



Eami vetustiores brunei v, nigrescentes teretes , in sicco plicatuli 

 scabriusculi v. glabrati, hornotini pallidiores teretes v. subteretes, pilis nodu- 

 loso - scabridis , crassitie rami brevioribus. Folia petiolis basi v. supra basin 

 deciduis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4 5 sub angulo ca. 60^ abeuntibus 

 rectis, sicut medio arcte impressis (quasi exaratis) vix v. pai-um ramosis, 

 pube supra initio molliore, postremo rigidiore breviter jDubescentia, margine 

 ad crenas plus minus recurva, viridia v. brunea, subtus pallidiora. Capitula 

 5 15-flora, 5 7 mm. diametro, postremo usque 12 mm. longa; flores 

 sessiles. Calyx superne 2,5 mm. crassus, non striatus, sed luce permeante 

 10 -nervis, cliartaceus; lobi 0,8 mm. longi. Corolla extrinsecus glabra. 



