594 Rubiaceae. 



p. 336 (cum var.); Bello! Ap. I p. 282 n. 406; Krug- Ic. t. 22; Stahl! 

 Est. V p. 62. Bejuco de berac. 



Frutex 1 5 m., saepe volubilis. Folia obtusa usque longe acu- 

 minata. Flores flavido-albi brunescentes v. sulfurei, extrinsecus saepe 

 rubro-bruneo afflati v. flavido-brunei, magnitudine variabiles. Fructus 

 albi. Fl. I, IV, VI, VIII, IX, XII, fr. I IV, IX XII. 



Prope Bayamon in fruticetis, prope Fajardo in sylvis montanis, 

 prope Juncos in monte Florida, prope Yabucoa in sylva raontis Canto 

 de gallo, prope Cayey in sylvis ad rivulum superiorem et in montibus 

 LIano et Torito 857 m., prope Aibonito inter Algarrobo et Cari-blanco 

 ad ripam fluminis et ad La Lima, prope Coamo ad rivulum Moreno 

 et in sylva ad montem Calabaza, prope Utuado in fruticetis ad Sabana 

 partida, prope Maricao in sylvis montanis inter frutices, prope Guanica 

 in sylva montium Cbano et El Mauiel et ad Carlo gordo et in fruti- 

 cetis litoralibus, prope Cabo rojo in montibus calcareis et in sylvis 

 montanis ad Guanajibo versus, prope Mayagez in monte Mesa, prope 

 Aguada in declivibus umbrosis ad Rio grande, prope Lares in fruti- 

 cetis ad Callejones et in sylvis ad Barrio Piletas, prope Hatillo in 

 sylva primaeva ad Guayanes, prope Manati in fruticetis ad margines 

 lagunae Tortuguero et ad Abra de los muertos, prope Vega-baja: 

 Gundlach n. 580, Krug n. 579, Schvvanecke, Sintenis n. 1, l b , 278, 

 774, 1128, 1948, 2257, 2368, 2393, 2483, 2928, 3182, 3230, 3421, 

 3712, 3778, 3779, 4967, 5802, 6038, 6044, 6199, 6429, 6550, 6756, 

 Stahl n. 226. Bermuda, Florida, Key ins. (ex Small), Bahama, Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Cayman (ex Hitchc), Hispaniola, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan 

 (ex Egg.), St. Martin (hb. Holm.), Saba, St. Eustache, Barbuda, Antigua, 

 Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, Bequia, Barbados, 

 Tobago (var.), Trinidad (ex Gr.), Margarita, Amer. cont. trop. 



XXII. Chione DC. 



39. Ch. venosa (Sw.) Urb. - - Jacquinia venosa Sw. ! Prodr. (1788) 

 p. 47. Crusea glabra A. Rieh, in Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Par. V (1830) 

 p. 204. Chione glabra DC. Prodr. IV (1830) p. 461 (excl. tab. 21 

 Vahliana); Griseb.! Flor. p. 335; Stahl! Est. V p. 57. Martin Avila, 

 Palo blanco, Sta. Olalla. 



Arbor 715 m. Calyces et corollae alba; antherae aurantiacae. 

 Fructus obscure violacei, paene nigri. Fl. V, VI, fr. II, V. 



Prope Bayamon in montibus rarissima, Sierra de Luquillo in 

 regione media et superiore montis Jimenes in sylvis, Sierra de Lares 

 in sylva primaeva ad Guajataca, prope Toa-alta in sylvis: Eggers ed. 

 Toepff. u. 1027 et hb. pr. u. 1201, Heller n. 436, Sintenis n. 1485, 



