398 C. Mez: 



Ardisia coriacea Stv.f Prodr. p. 48 et Fl. Ind. occ. I y. 470 et 

 Icon. ined. t. 64; Lunan I p. 26; West/, Bidrag p. 276; R. et S. Syst. 

 IV p. 514; Sprg.! Syst. I p. 661; Mmjc. Barbad. p. 107; A. DC! in 

 Trans. Linn. soc. XVII p. 126 et Prodr. VIII p. 122 (inclnsa var. .); 

 Griseh. Veg. Karih. n. 828 (nee! Flor. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 396); Egg.! 

 Fl St. a-oix p. 128 et Fl. St. Croix et Virg. n. 470; Bello Ap. P. Rico 

 n. 469; Hemsl! Biol. Cent. Am. II jJ- 292; Stahl! Est. P. Rico VI 

 2). 38; Krug! icon. ined. t. 209. 



Ardisia coriacea var. . Be'rterofiiana A. PC! l. c. 



Tinus coriacea 0. K. Revis. II p. 9 74. 



Anguillaria coriacea Poir.! Encycl. VII p. 685. 



Ardisia guadalupensis D^ichass. et Walp.! ap. Oriseb. Veg. Karib. 

 n. 829 et Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 396; Duss! Fl. p. 382. 



Tinus guadalupensis 0. K. Revis. II p. 9 74. 



Mameyuelo v. Badula Portoricensibus (ex Krug! aliisj; Bois 

 banane Martinicensibus (ex Duss!); Petit chique Guadelupensibus 

 (ex Duss!); Palatuvier St. Luc. (ex Ramage). 



Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi, cinerei. Folia petiolis + 10 mm. longis, 

 sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, +110 mm. longa, 45 mm. lata, 

 coriacea, glaberrima, opaca, subtus siieto manifeste pallidiora, laevia vel iitrin- 

 qiie costis subobscure vel rarissime manifestius prominnlis aucta, liand mani- 

 festius punctata. Inflorescentia abbreviate subpyramidata , compacta, folia 

 pailo vel vix superans; pedicellis crassis bracteolas ovato-cymbiformes mox 

 deciduas subaequantibus. Flores glabri sepalis optime ovatis, late rotun- 

 datis; petalis albis vel flavo-viridibus apicem versus nonnunquam purpuras- 

 centibus et nigro-punctiatis, crassis cereo-coriaceis, lobis ovatis, late rotun- 

 datis, integerrimis. Stamina lutea antiieris brevibus, fere lateraliter deliis- 

 centibus. Ovarium subovoideum stylo apicem versus sensim attenuato; 

 placenta oo-ovulata. Bacca nigra, praesertim junior punctis rugoso-promi- 

 nulis consita demum sublaevis, globosa, + 6 mm. diam. metiens. 



Hab. in sylvis fruticetisque praesertim maritimis per Antillas mi- 

 nores inclusa insula Portorico frequens verumque harum insulamm Sig- 

 num phyto -geographicum. Omissis locis aecuratioribus legerunt in insulis 

 Portorico: Bertero, Gundlacli in herb. Krug n. 675, 1475, Heller 

 n. 4555, hb. Pavon., Schwanecke n. 48, Sintenis n. 694, 1257, 1450, 

 2069, 2345, 3255, 4375B, 5019, 5613, 5939, Stahl n. 396, 532; 

 St. Thomas: Eggers ed. Toepffer n. 126, Krebs, Oersted; St. Croix: 

 Eggers, "VVest; St. Jan: collect, ignot. in herb. Haun.; Tortola: Eggers 

 n. 3228; Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2281, L'Herminier; Do- 

 minica: Duss, hb. Swartz.; Martinique: Belanger n. 378, Duss n. 147, 

 147A, 653, Hahn n. 1468; St. Lucia: Kamage. (V. s. ubique.) 



9. Ardisia densiflora Krug et Urban: Foliis ellipticis vel obovato- 

 ellipticis, basi acutis apice obtusiusculis vel rotundatis et nonnuuquam 



