514 Irn. rban: 



abbreviatis ot ad apices ramornm eonforti v. g]omcrati, sessiles v. subsessiles, 

 albi; pi-opliylla sub flore 7 10 spiralitor disposita subtriangularia v. semi- 

 nvbicularia, 0,G 1 mm. longa, marginc brevissime ciliata. Sepala semi- 

 orbicularia apice rotiuulata, margine pilis simplicibus et aliis paucis apice 

 gianduloso-incrassatis obsita, 1 mm. longa, 1,5 mm. lata, coriacea margine 

 tenuiora. Petala exteriora suborbicularia coriacea, margine obsolete papillosa, 

 iuteriora lanceolata v. lanceolato-linearia, 2, .3 2,5 mm. longa, 0,5 0, mm. 

 lata. Staminodia in 1/3 alt. petalis adnata, ovato- pentagona, apice trun- 

 cata V, subemarginata 1,3 mm. longa. Filamenta petalis interioribns in 

 Y5 Ve eorum longitudine adnata, linearia 1,5 1,7 mm. longa, apice geni- 

 culata, cupulae supra basin affixa; cupnla antherifera ambitu roiiiformis, basi 

 liiloba lobis subiinbricatis, ad marginem siipernm lobulos binos ovatos mar- 

 gini accumbentes vertice valde incrassato parum disjunctos gerens, 0,8 mm. 

 lata, 0,6 mm. longa, postremo propendendo extrorsa; pollinis gramila aquae 

 immersa globosa 23 24ji< diametro laevia. Discus breviter cuiniliformis, 

 ovarium in Y3 Yg alt. cingens, membranacens, margine irregnlariter pluri- 

 dentatus. Ovarium globosum v. conico-globosum parum compressum, in 

 stylum attenuatum; ovula in queque loculo 2 placentae sub apice affixa, 

 subcollateralia. Stylus ovarium longitudine fere aequans sensim attenuatus, 

 0,6 mm. longus, subangulatus ; stigma punctiforme. Drupa initio pallide 

 viridis dein alba, matura nigra, suboblique globoso - obovata , apice rotundata, 

 transversim teres subteresve, plane matura laevis, in sicco plerumque plus 

 minus manifeste anastomosanti-costata, abortu 1-locularis, rarissime loculis 

 binis evolutis didyma, mericarpiis basi cohaerentibus divaricatis; exocarpiura 

 camosmn usque 2 mm. crassum; endocarpium osseum, 1 1,2 mm. crassum, 

 dorso convexiore et ventre supero carinatum, lateribus irregnlariter anasto- 

 mosanti-costatum, basi obliqua obtuse ot breviter birostratum et inter rostra 

 perforatum, intus tenuissime punctatum. Semen loculum implens, obliqne 

 obovatum , dorso carinatum , basi ventrali excavatum et processum in gibberem 

 emittens. Embryo basi excavatus; radicula elongata 3-plo serpentino- pli- 

 cata, cotyledonibus valde plicatis supra paene obtecta. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis, m. Oct, Nov., Febr. flor., 

 in Sierra de Luquillo, Sierra de Naguabo ad Piedra pelada et ad Los 

 Eanchones, prope Yabucoa in nionte Sombrero, prope Adjuntas in monte 

 Cienega, Bajaya, Novillo, Gilarte, prope tuado in monte Colon, prope 

 Lares ad Mirasol, prope Afiasco: Eggers s. n., Krug n. 673, Sintenis 

 n. 1163, 40^9, 4229, 4364, 4595, 5014, 5326, 6133, 6489, Stahl 

 n. 698^ 699. "" 



Obs. Praeter characteres florum fructuumque graves nervis foliorum 

 apice fere semper rotundatorum supra solemniter prominenti1:>us a 31. Hej'beri 

 statim dignoscenda. Flores sunt majores quam in hac specie, fructus 

 minores. 



17. Meliosina oppositifolia Griseb. foliis oppositis, nunc per 

 paria approximatis 12 18 mm. longo petiolatis, obovatis v. obovato- 

 oblongis, apice rotundatis v. obtusis, basi in petiolum angnstatis, 5 7 cm. 

 longis, 2,5 3,5cm. latis, 2 2Y2-PI0 longioribus quam latioribus, limbo 

 piano, nervo medio supra perpaullo v. vix impresso, lateralibus supra 



