226 G. Lindau: 



Liane t ordne Martinicensibus. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2181, 3768; in Mar- 

 tinique: Hahn n. 1005, Duss n. 36; in Grenada: Broadway n. 1206. 

 Flor. Mart. Apr. et Oct. Nov. Praeterea in Brasiliae civit. Para 

 et Goyaz. 



44. Coccoloba Dussii Lindau in Notixbl Knigl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 

 I, 213; Duss Fl. Ant. Franp. p. 167; Kew Bull. 1893 ]). 272 (sah C. 

 exeelsa ?). Ramuli nigro-fuscescentes. Folia petiolis longis ovata apice 

 + sensim acuminata, basi rotundata, glabra, nervis omnibus utrinque 

 expressis eleganter reticulata. Inflorescentia simplex nodulis 1 2-floris, 

 pedicellis fructif. ochreolas ca. 5-plo superantibus. Fructus globosus, 

 apice obtusus, lobis perianthii arcte adpressis et vix conspicuis, basi in 

 stipiteui brevissimum subito contractus. 



Liane tordue Guadalupensibns. 



Frutex scandeus 10 15 metr. Ramuli nigro-fuscescentes, irregu- 

 lariter angulati in sicco, lenticellis fuscis oblongis. Ochreolas mox deciduas 

 non vidi. Folia j)etiolis 8 A.'^j^ cm. longis,- supra canaliculatis et trans- 

 versaliter in sicco corrugatis, subtus irregulariter angulatis, giabris, ovata, 

 apice + sensim acuminata vel fere obtusa acuminataque , basi rotundatis vel 

 subcordatis, 11 12 cm. longa, 7 12 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, margine 

 tenui, subj^lano, supra subopaca, subtus fere nitida, giaberrima, nervo medio 

 supra subsemiimmerso subtus crasse expresso, nervis primariis sujn-a de- 

 currentibus, leviter prominentibus , subtus expressis, arcuatis, angulo 65 80 

 abountibus, nervulis majoribus parallelis, nervs primarios conjungentibus 

 minoribusque supra prominulis, subtus magis expressis eleganter denseqne 

 reticulata. Inflorescentia racemosa, simplex, ca. 10 cm. longa, laxiflora, 

 nodidis 1 2-floris, pedunculo ca. 13 mm. longo rliacliique subangulatis, 

 nigrescentibus, minutissime pubenis postea giabris; bracteae subtriangulares, 

 concavae, ca. 1 mm. longae; oclireolao bilobac; bractcam aequantos, mem- 

 branaceae; pcdicelii floriferi 2 mm. longi, in ^j^ altit. artic\dati, fructiferi 

 crassi, ca. 5 mm. longi, horizontaliter patentes. Flore s albi. Perianthii 

 tubus dimidiato-ellipsoideus, 1 mm. longus, apice 1,5 mm. diametro; lobi 

 ovati, 2,5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati, in anthesi reflexi. Filamenta subalata, 

 2 mm. longa; antherae ^4 ^i^- longae, exsertae. Ovarium oblongum, tri- 

 gonum, ly^ mm. altum; styli tres, ^/^ mm. longi, stigmatibus sublobatis. 

 Fructus globosus apice obtusus lobis pei'ianthii arcte adi3ressis vix con- 

 spicuis, basi in stipitem brevissimum subito contractus, sublaevis, in sicco 

 (imprimis ad basin) pauci-angulatus, in toto 11 mm. longus, 10 mm. diam.; 

 pericarpium crustacenm, fuscum, nitidnm, apice subobtusum. Semen glo- 

 bosum apice subito acuminatum, basi breviter tenuiterque stipitatum, aequa- 

 liter profimde 6-sulcatum; albumen album, profunde ruminatum. Embryo 

 normalis, radicula 1,5 mm. longa. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Duss n.2180, 3430, 3711; in StYincent: 



H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 1259. Flor. Jun. Julio, fruct. Dec. Jan. 



45. Coccololba Siiiteiiisii Urb. mscr.; Lindem Mon. Cocc. p. 157. 

 Uvifera Sintenisii 0. Etxe. llev. IL 562. 



