Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 393 



longe peclimculatis , capitatis; calyce in alabastro breviter obovato-glo- 

 boso, 5-lobo, usqiie ad dentes filiformes 3,5 4 mm. longo, lobis plus 

 minus longe filiformi-productis; corolla late subcylindracea, e calyce 

 pariim exserta, in ^s % ^^^- coalita, lobis triangularibus v. ovatis 

 apice obtusis; filamentis media in corolla insertis, antheras breviter ex- 

 sertas lougitudine fere 3-plo superantibus; drupa calyce plane inclusa 

 ovata 3 4 mm. longa. 



Cordia lima Griseb.I Flor. (1861) p.481, non R. et Seh. 



Frntex 1,3 2 m. altus. Eami brmmei teretes, in sicco plicati, 

 pilis basi bulbosis rigidis scabridi. Folia variabilia, 2^2 6-plo longiora 

 (|iiam latiora, nervo medio et lateralibus 3 4 snpra plus minus impressis, 

 subtus prominentibus et anastomosantibus, supra setulis lirevibus l)asi bulboso- 

 inflatis obsessa, obscure vividia, subtus praesertim ad nervs pilosa pallidiora. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales v. postremo pleruni(|ue laterales extraaxillares, 

 pedunculo ca. 0,7 mm. crasso, usque 12-florae, usque 1 cm. diametro; flores 

 arcte sessiles. Calyx extrinsecus breviter et adpresse setulosus, 3 mm. dia- 

 meti'o, non striatus, coriaceus; lobi raro 4, genuini triangulres tubuni di- 

 midio superantes, appendicibus dorsalil)us crasse filiformibus 0,5 2,5 mm. 

 longis. Corolla alba, extrinsecus glalra, intus praesertim ad staminum in- 

 sertionem villosa; tubus 3 -3,5 mm. longus. Filamenta basi villosa; 

 antlierae ovales, media dorso affixae. Ovarium inferne semiglobosum superne 

 conicmn glabrum; ovula lateraliter supra basin affixa. Stylus in 3/- ^3 ^1^- 

 bifidus, ramis supra basin iteruni bifidis; Stigmata clavata. Drupa crocea. 



Hab. in ins. Bah am.: Swainson, in Fortune Island, m. Febr. fl. 

 et l'r.: Eggers n. 3870, New Providence in pinetis ad Carmichael, m. 

 Febr. fl. et fr.: Eggers n. 4193, 4193 b. 



Obs. C. lima R. et Scli. praeter alias notas inflorescentiis axillaribus 

 breviter v. brevissime pedunculatis , fructibus globosis diversa est. 



' Cordia Bellois Urb. (n. sp.) ramis brevissime et adpresse pilosis; 

 foliis 4 2 mm. longe petiolatis, ellipticis usque oblongis, basi obtusis, 

 apice acutis, 3 5 cm. longis, 1 2 cm. latis, antice usque infra medium 

 manifeste v. minute dentatis, crassiuscule chartaceis; inflorescentiis axilla- 

 ribus subsessilibus paucifloris; calyce in alabastro obovato-globoso, sub 

 anthesi 4-lobo 2 mm. longo, lobis latiuscule triangularibus, tubo fere 

 3-plo brevioribus; corolla cylindracea, e calyce parum exserta in ^5 ^It. 

 coalita, lobis ovatis apice rotundatis; antheris ad faucem corollae sub- 

 sessilibus; drupa ovata apiculata, vesiculoso-rugosa v. gibbosa 4 5 mm. 

 longa, abortu 1-loculari, 1-sperma. 



Frutex. Rami brunnei.v. brunneo - nigrescentes , teretes non striati, 

 in sicco tenuiter plicati, postremo glabrescentes. Petioli post foliorum de- 

 lapsum cum basi gibbernso- persistentes; lamina 2Y2 3.-plo longior quam 

 latior, nervo medio paullo prominulo, lateralibus 4 5 supra prominulis 

 V. vix conspicuis, non anastomosantibus, pilis utrinque brevissimis, supra 

 basi vesiculosis obsessa, plana v. vetustiores secus nervs impressae, margine 

 plana v. parum recurva, subtus laete viridis, supra obscurior. Inflores- 



