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Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 345 



ca. 1 mm. longa, margine brevissime pilosa. Flor es feminei tan tum visi. 

 Sepala viridi-albescentia, inter sese libera, sed in medio infero cum disco 

 connata, exteriora (explanata) breviter ovata fere 1,5 mm. longa, 1,2 mm. 

 lata, interiora suborbicularia pailo minora, concava, margine hyaline bre- 

 vissime pilosa persistentia. Petala e sicco flavo-albida dorso brunnescentia 

 ovata superne magis angustata, apice rotundata, 1,7 1,8 mm. longa, 1,3 mm. 

 lata, subcoriacea, margine tenuiore breviter ciliata, intus versus medium 

 longius pubescentia. Staminodia disco accumbentia; filamenta 0,3 mm. 

 longa linearia, superne paullo attenuata; antherae dorso in 1/3 alt. affixae 

 breviter ovales v. subrectangulares , apice et basi emarginatae, cassae, 0,2 mm. 

 longae. Discus ovarium inferne annulari-cingens 5-crenatus brunneo-pur- 

 pureus. Stylus 0,3 mm. longus, lobis liorizontaliter patentibus. Ovarium 

 a latere parum compressum, appcndice (funiculo) posterius valde ampliata. 

 Capsula sessilis, apice brevissime apiculata (non plane matura), niore Dlig- 

 hiae sapidae paullum dehiscens (ex Heaven). Semen . . . 



Hab. in Jamal ca occidentali in sylvis districtus Hanover, m. Febr. 

 llor. : Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 1287, B. Spencer Heaven. 



Obs. Mosquito wood is very good for building purposes but not so 

 good for posts in the ground; I liave it quite good in buildings about 

 20 years old." (Heaven in lit. ad W. Fawgett). 



Aquifoliaceae. 



,/ (Auetore Th. Loeseneh.) 



Hex moiitana (Sw.) Griseb. var. d. domiiigensis Loes. (n. var.) 

 foliis brevius (tantum 4 7 mm. longa) petiolatis, costa i. s. supra le- 

 viter impressa vel subplana, nervis obsoletis; inflorescentiis paucifloris; 

 floribiis minoribus, ceterum ut in var. a. 



Hab. in Sto. Domingo: R. Schomburgk n. 112*. 



Hex sideroxyloides (Sw.) Griseb. var. b. occidentalis (Macfad.) 

 Loes. foliis obovatis vel cuneato-obovatis vel ellipticis, subtus pallidiori- 

 bus quam in var. a., 6 10 mm. longa petiolatis, basi acuta val cuneato- 

 acuta, Costa media snpra insculpta vel sulcata, nervis lataralibus etiam 

 subtus plane obsoletis vel tantum conspicnis, tenuissimis; inflorescentiis 

 9 solitariis vel fasciculatis. 



Hex occidentalis Macfad. Jam. I p. 204. 



Hab. in Portorico et in Jamaica. 



Forma a. portoricensis Loes. foliorum costa supra insculpta; in- 

 florescentiis 9 solitariis, raro fasciculatis; drupis majoribus, usque 

 8 mm. diam. 



Hex sideroxyloides Griseh. var. b. jJortoricensis Loes. in Engl. 

 Bot. Jahrb. 1892 p. 316. 



Hab. in Portorico: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 1036^ hb. propr. n. 1288, 

 Sintenis n. 1345 et 1513. 



