Araliaceae. 203 



parallelis et racemo brevi ab omnibus aliis exemplaribiis recedit locoque 

 natali itemm observanda et melius colligenda erit. 



10. Grilibertia laurifolia E. Marcb. foliis pleriimqiie obovatis v. 

 obovato-oblongis, rarius ovalibus, rarissime nunc ovatis, apice breviter 

 V. brevissime acumiiiatis , basi obtusis v. rotundatis, margine integris 

 V. obsolete imdulato-crenulatis v. parcissinie donticulatis, nervis latera- 

 libus subhorizontalibus, iitrinque praesertim subtus elevatini prominen- 

 tibus et dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, chartaceis v. crassiuscule 

 chartaceis lucidis; inflorescentiis umbelliformi-abbreviatis, radiis prima- 

 riis uiubelliiliferis 3 10, ad v. supra v. infra medium bracteolas 3 4 

 verticillatas gerentibus, umbellulis 15 30-floris; petalis 1,5 mm. longis; 

 stylis loiige coalitis, postremo apice radiatim divergentibus; fructibus 

 globosis V. breviter globosis obtusissime 5-carinatis. 



Gihertia laurifolia E. March! Msc. in sched. pl. Sinten. 



DenclrojMJiax laurifolium Dcne. et PL! in Ilev. hortic. IVser. vol. III 

 (1854) j)- 107 (nomentanhim). 



SciadophyUam cajjitatum Bello Ap. I (1881) i).278; Stahl! Est. 

 IV p. 198; Krug Ic. t. 231!, non Griseb. 



Palo de vaca y. Palo de Gangulin Fortor. ex Sint., Palo ca- 

 chumba v. Yibona Portor. ex StaJd. 



Arbor 8 20 in. alta glaberrima. Kami cortice griseo v. griseo- 

 brimnescente obtecti. Folia petiolis 12 1 cm. longis teretiusculis striatis 

 basi ipsa dilatatis, 8 22 cm. longa, 3 12 cm. lata, 2 3-plo longiora 

 quam latiora, nervis lateralibus sub angulo 70 85 abeuntibus (duobus basa- 

 libus margini parallelis exceptis), ante marginem ipsum arcuato-conjunctis. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales inter ramos 2 3 supremos subsessiles v. ramo 

 unico tantum evoluto pseudolaterales, breves, internodiis non v. vix evolutis 

 iimbelliformes ; pedunculus 1 cm. longus; bracteae orbiculari- triangulres 

 er. 2 mm. longae; radii 1,5 4 cm. longi, bracteolis semiorbiculari-triangu- 

 laribus 1,5 2 mm. longis suberoso-incrassatis; bracteolae mnbellulam suf- 

 fulcientes triangulres, apice praesertim interiores rufae et lacero-fimbriatae; 

 pedicelli 2 10 mm. longi. Alabastra petalorum semiglobosa v. semiovalia 

 obtusa. Calycis margo undulatus, nunc brevissime lacero-fimbriatus; tubus 

 turbinatus. Petala 5 viridi-albescentia v. viridia, apice secedentia, sed cito 

 delabontia, ovato-triangularia obtusiuscula 1-nervia, canalibus resiniferis fer- 

 rugineis percursa. Filamenta petala dimidio suj^erantia; antherae ovatae 

 obtusae albae,- connectivo aurantiaco obsolete apiculatae, paullo supra medium 

 affixae. St^^li 5, raro G, sub anthesi in columnam erecti, in statu fructi- 

 fero in ^/^ alt. connati, apice plus minus recurvati. Fructus 5 G mm. 

 diametro; carpidia transversim subtriangularia. 



Hab. in Porto rico in sylvis primaevis Sierra de Naguabo, prope 

 Aybonito, Barranquitas, Peiluelas, inter Penuelas et Adjuntas, prope Ad- 

 juutas in montibus Capaes et Cienega, prope Maricao, Hatillo, Jayuya: 

 Plee n. 503 (mus. Paris.), Schwanecke n. 41, Sintenis n. 246, 2168, 2768, 



