Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 445 



pilosuli. Corollae albae tubus anguste tmbinatus niinute v. obsolete pilo- 

 sius, intus siiperne albido-villosulus. Filamenta siib faiice inserta, glabra 

 in fl. doliehost. subnulla, in brachyst. 1,5 mm. longa; antlierae oblongae, 

 illorum os vix attingentes, lteriorum breviter exsertae. Ovarium glabrum. 

 Styli glabri filiformes, longiores 4 mm. longi exserti antheras bene supe- 

 rantes, breviores 2 mm. longi a basi antiierarum remoti; Stigmata sublinearia, 

 parte styli integra 2-pIo aut fere 4-plo breviora. Baccae rubrae, calyce 

 obsoleto coronatae; pyrenae ad commissuram membrana duplice sejunctae 

 subplanae. 



Hab. in Portorico in Sierra de Luquillo in cacumine montis 

 Tiinque et in regione superiore montis Jimenes, in Sierra de las piedras 

 in sylva primaeva montis Frances, m. Jul. fl., Nov. fruct: Sintenis 

 n. 1440, 1440b, 5331, 6881. 



Obs. Affinis P. Myrtiphyllum Sw. differt statura minore, stipulis inter 

 petiolos breviter triangulari -prodiictis obtnsis, foliis multo minoribus, subtus 

 (an semper?) domatiatis, nervo medio siipra bene prominente, lobis corollae 

 tubo duplo brevioribus. 



^ Psychotria pendula rb. (non Hook. f. Fl Brit. Ind. III p. 164) 

 Typus polymorphus: 



Subsp. a. tetrapyreiia Urb. foliis ovatis usque oblongis acutis v. 

 breviter acuminatis 3 10 cm. longis, 2 3 cm. latis, in sicco subco- 

 riaceis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, pluries cymose fiircatis multifloris, 

 bracteis triangularibus v. breviter triangnlaribus; calycis lobis minutis 

 V. obsoletis; corolla . . .; fructibus obovatis v. obovato-globosis, 3 5 mm. 

 longis, pyrenis 4. 



Psychotria crassa Griseb.I PI. Wr. (1862) p. 510 et Cat. p. 137, 

 71071 Benth. 



Psychotria parasitica Oriseb. l. c, non Siv. 



Uragoga parasitica Maxa in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hisp. nat. II ser. 

 vol. III (1894) p. 293. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 249, in Final de Sta. Ana, 800 m. alt, 

 m. April, fruct: Eggers n. 5042; Sto. Domingo juxta flumen Camu 

 circa cavernam Cupey, 150 m. alt, m. Jun. fruct.: Eggers n. 2708. 



^' Subsp. b. Grosourdyaiia Urb. foliis ovato-ellipticis v. plerumque 

 oblongo-lanceolatis, sensim v. subsensim acuminatis, 2 4 cm. longis, 

 0,7 2 cm. latis, in sicco membranaceis v. chartaceis; inflorescentiis 

 saepius lateralibus, paucifloris, bracteis lanceolatis v. lanceolato-lineari- 

 bus; lobis calycinis brevibus triangulari -acuminatis; corollis2,5 3,5 mm. 

 longis; fructibus breviter ovalibus v. obovatis 2,5 3 mm. longis, py- 

 renis 3. 



Loranthus portoricensis DC! Prodr. IV (1830) p. 293. 



Loranthus hrasiliensis Spreng.! in herb. Balb. ap. DC. l. c, 

 non Desv. 



