380 Ign. Urban: 



siipra infernc i^rominente, ad apiceni evanesccntc, lateralibus nullis v. raro 

 uno alterove subtus toiuiissimo proniiiinlo, crassc coriacca rigida, in sicco 

 viridia, subtus jtaullo pallidioi'a. Inflorcsccntiao axillares 7 15-florao, 

 corymbosae; peduueulus 1 3 cm. loiigus compressiusculus; bracteae trian- 

 gulres, plus minus longe acuminatae. Calycis tubus turbinatus; limbus 

 aequilongus v. pauUo longior; dentes 5 late triangulres, limbo 3-plo bre- 

 viores. Corolla vix in Vjo ^^t. gamopetala; lubi 5 lanceolato- lineares ob- 

 tusi, intus ciirinati, ca. 1 mm. lati. Filamenta basi coroUae inserta pilo- 

 sula; antherae oblonge -lineares obtusae 1,5 mm. longae. Drupae calycis 

 cupula coronatae, 2 2,5 mm. crassae, mediocriter costatae. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis litoralibus ad Cano gordo, m. Febr. 

 dcflor.: Sintenis n. 3796. 



Obs. E. j)arvifIora(jYiseb. (c Cuba) differt foliis longius potiolatis, apico 

 obtusis, planis, calycis limbo 3-plo breviore, drupis ovali-globosis profunde 

 sulcato-costatis. 



^ Chioiie coriacea Urb. glabra, foliis 6 10 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 anguste ovalibus, obovato-elliptlcis v. oblongis, ad basin sensim in petio- 

 him angiistatis, apice rotiindatis v. obtusis, raro subacutatis, 6 10 cm. 

 longis, 2 4,5 cm. latis, nervis lateralibus sub angulo ca. 70^ abeunti- 

 biis, utroque latere 10 12, subtus vix v. parum et obsolete anastomo- 

 santibus; inflorescentiis minute pilosulis, pedicellis 1 2 mm. longis; 

 alabastris maturis 1,5 mm. diametro, corolla 6 mm. longa, initio cylin- 

 dracea, postremo subcampanulata, lobis semiorbicularibus, tubo ca. 5-plo 

 brevioribus; stylo postremo apice breviter bifido, lobis stigmatosis bre- 

 viter triangularibus obtusis; drupis ovato-ellipticis, vix 5 mm. longis. 



Psychotria coriacea Spreng.! Syst. I (1825) p. 742 (cxcl. pcUr. 

 Amer.-austr.), 7ion Poir. 



Psychotria exscrta HC. Prodr. IV (1830) p. 517. 



Linio St. Doming. ex Mayerh. 



Frutex 1,3 m. altus (ex Egg.). Kami vetustiores teretes non striati 

 cinerascentes, liornotini subteretes v. plus minus compressi, internodiis valde 

 inaoquilongis 0,5 8 cm. longis. Stipulae 6 7 mm. longae, inferne in 

 vaginam connatae, superne bilobae, lobis interpetiolaribus triangularibus v. 

 triangulari-ovatis, obtusis v. apiculatis, cliartaceo - membranaceae , in sicco 

 bnmescentes, intus inferne squamulis linearibus ca. 1,5 mm. longis dense 

 obsitae, posterius sursum evectae et deciduae. Folia petiolis supra sulcatis, 

 nervo medio supra piano v. parum impresso, subtus crasse prominente, late- 

 ralibus subtus teuuiter proininentibus subrectis, margine angustissime recnrva, 

 supra valde nitida in sicco viridi-brunescentia, subtus olivacea. Inflores- 

 centiae 2,5 7 cm. longe pedunculatae, panniculatae v. subcorymbosae ter 

 quater trichotomae, ramulo intermedio caeteris aequali v. paullo provectiore; 

 bracteae rainutae ramulis plus minus sursum adnatae, 1,5 0,5 mm. longae. 

 Calycis limbus cupiiformis 0,5 0,8 mm. longus; dentes late triangulres 

 V. obsoleti, limbo paullo usque 4-plo breviores. Alabastra subcylindraceo - 

 oblonga. Corolla alba (ex Egg.), initio antlieseos cylindracea, dein superne 

 ventricoso - inflata usque 4 mm. crassa, glabra; lobi 5 erecti ca. 1 mm. longi. 



