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ovarium dimidium longitudine aeqiians, superne attenuatus; stigma puncti- 

 forme. Friictus caeruleo-nigrescens, suboblique obovato-piiformis, in vivo 

 (ex Duss) nitens laevis, sicco in dorso et superne etiam in venire ele- 

 vatim carinatns, lateribus elevatini et irregulariter pauci-costatis, pericarpio 

 in sicco ca. 0,3 mm. crasso, endocarpio osseo 1,5 mm. crasso, 1-locularis, in- 

 tus supra basin cavitatem valviformem praebens, cujus angulo interiori semen 

 affixmn est. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe in sylvis interioribus prope Bains jaunes, 

 uillante, Yieux Habitants, Matouba, alt. 550 700 m., m. Majo, Jun. 

 flor.: Duss n. 3435. 



Obs. I. In honorem ill. Pardon, insulae Guadeloupe gubernatoris 

 fautorisque rev. patris Duss, nominata. 



Obs. II. Arbor per annos 2 3 flores producit, sed tum annos 4 5 

 quiescit (ex Duss). 



i-^ 16. Meliosma obtusifolia Kr. et Urb. foliis alternis, nunc per 

 paria v. saepius per tria approximatis v. suboppositis, 30 12 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, obovatis v. obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis, raro breviter 

 et plerumque abrupte acuminatis, ad basin sensim v. cuneato-angustatis 

 et paullo in petiolum productis, 8 20 cm. longis, 4 8 cm. latis, 2 3- 

 plo longioribus quam latioribus, planis, nervo medio supra parum v. 

 vix impresso, lateralibus supra manifeste prominulis, subtus valde pro- 

 minentibus, crassiuscule chartaceis v. chartaceo-coriaceis; petalis exterio- 

 ribus 2,2 2,8 mm. longis, interioribus supra medium margine brevis- 

 sime ciliatis, apice obtuso integris; cupula antherifera apice rotundata, 

 loculis ovali-giobosis longitrorsum dehiscentibus; disco bene evoluto; 

 stylo apice integre; friictu 11 13 mm. longo, 8 10 mm. crasso. 



Meliosma obtusifolia Kr. et Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. XIII 

 (1895) p. 216. 



Atelandra obtusifolia Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 289; Stahl! Est. VI 

 p. 43 et p. 267; Krug Ic. t. 212! 



Guayarote, Arroyo, Aguacatillo, Cacao bobo, Cacaillo, 

 Ciralillo, Serillos Portor. ex Bello, Krug, Sintenis, Stahl. 



Arbor 10 20 m. alta, ligno optimo. Rami vetustiores teretes, in 

 sicco grisei v. brunnescentes plus minus plicato - striatelli , lenticellis oyaliluis 

 v. ellipticis longitrorsum sulcatis liinc illinc notati, hornotiiii superne obtuse 

 trianguli, apice pilis ferrugineis brevibus erectis obsiti, sed cito glabres- 

 centes; gemmae ferrugineo-toraentosulae. Folia petiolis supra canaliculatis, 

 basi incrassata cortice in squamulas lacero et desiliente articulatis, nervis 

 lateralil)us 7 9 sub angulo GO G5*' abeuntibus, utrinque elevatim et den- 

 sissime reticulato-anastomosantibus, subtus in sicco brunnescentia, margine 

 plana v. parum recurvata integra, glabra. Inflorescentiae terminales et 

 ex axiUis foliorum supremorum valde decrescentium axillares, in panniculam 

 araplam usque 20 cm. longam collectae, ramulis et glomerulis laxe dispo- 

 sitis; bracteae triangulres 1 0,5 mm. longae; rliachis superne et ramuli 

 pilis brevibus ferrugineis patulis plus minus dense vestiti; flores in ramulis 



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