442 L. Radlkofer. — Sapindaceae. 



morum defoliatorum congesti, oblique erecti, breviusculi, eramosi, fere a basi dense 

 cincinnigeri, pulverulento-puberuli ; cincinni sessiles, 5 — 6-flori, minutim bracteati; 

 flores mediocres, longiuscule pedicellati; sepala 4, ovalia, utrinque puberula, cellulis 

 secretoriis paucis instructa; petala 4, sepala superantia, spathulata, intus supra un- 

 guem squama bifida villosa aucta, lamina utrinque pilosula glandulisque intus adspersa, 

 cellulis secretoriis nullis; discus glaber; stamina 8, exserta, filamentis glabris, an- 

 theris parce pilosulis; germen 3-coccum, subsessile, pubescens, inter coccos stylo 

 elongato puberulo apice 3-fido obsitum ; fructus — (non suppetebant). 



Rami thyrsigeri 3 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 1 — 2 cm longo adjecto ad 15 cm longa; 

 foliola intermedia ad 13 cm longa, basi 2 cm lata, lateralia circ. 8 cm longa, 1,5 cm 

 lata. Thyrsi 5 — 8 cm longi, pedicelli 3^-4 mm longi. Flores 4 mm longi, 5 mm lati, 

 flavido-albi. 



In Hispaniolae civitate Haiti: E.L. Ekman n. H3312! (Massif des Matheux, 

 Magasin Carries, limestone foothills, Febr. 1925, fl.; Hb. Holm, et Berol.). 



Obs. Sat affinis videtur Th. patentinervi Radlk., quae differt foliolis suboblongis, grossiuscule 

 pellucido-punctatis, remotiuscule nervosis. 



5. Th. inaequalis Radlk. in Ark. f. Bot. XXI. A. Nr. 5. (1927) 8. - Frutex; rami 

 teretes, glabri, subfusci, lenticellosi ; folia 3-foliolata, breviter petiolata; foliola linearia, 

 quoad longitudinem valde inaequalia, intermedia longissima, lateralia perbrevia, acuta, 

 brevissime petiolulata, spinulose repando-dentata, membranacea, nervis lateralibus 

 remotiusculis margine procurvis in dentes excurrentibus subtus prominulis, utrinque 

 glabra, viridia, subtiliter reticulata, impunctata, attamen cellulis secretoriis persita, 

 epidermide mucigera; flores — non suppetebant, nee fructus. 



Rami 2,5 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 1 — 1,5 cm longo adjecto 10 — 25 cm longa; 

 foliola intermedia 9 — 20 cm longa, 9 — 16 mm lata; lateralia 1 — 5 cm longa, 6 — 

 12 mm lata. 



In Hispaniolae civitate Haiti: E. L. Ekma n n.H3020! (Plaine de l'Artibonite, 

 Gonaives, in limestone hüls at Hab. Perisse, m. Dec. 1924, steril.; Hb. Holm, et Berol.). 



Obs. Affinis Th. multinervi Radlk., quae differt foliolis parum inaequalibus, basi latioribus, 

 subcoriaeeis, subtus puberulis, nervis approximatis subtus insignius prominentibus. 



6. Th. racemosa Radlk. in Ark. f. Bot. XXI. A. Nr. 5. (1927) 9. - Frutex vel 

 arbor medioeris; rami teretes, glabrati, subfusci, lenticellosi; folia 1-foliolata (resp. 

 simplicia), subovato-lanceolata, utrinque acuta vel basi obtusata, breviter petiolata, 

 inaequaliter repando-dentata, membranacea, nervis lateralibus crebris obliquis, supra 

 glabra viridia, subtus pallidiora minutim puberula, pellucide punctata et lineolata, 

 epidermide mucigera; thyrsi ad apices ramorum partim defoliatorum axillares, elon- 

 gati, racemiformes, puberuli, patuli vel deflexi, a basi fruetigeri; flores — non sup- 

 petebant; fructus pedicellati, breviter bracteati, sepalis anguste oblongis suffulti, 

 alato-3-cocci, coecorum loculi obovoidei, laeves, puberuli; alae oblongae, glabrae. 



Arboris truneus ad 2,5 cm crassus. Rami 3—4 mm crassi. Folia petiolo 1 cm longo 

 adjecto ad 14 cm longa, 3 cm lata. Thyrsi 10 — 12 cm longi. Fructus cocci cum ala 

 1 — 1,2 cm longi, alae 4 mm latae. 



In Hispaniolae civitate Haiti: E. L. Ekman n. H5128! (Ile La Tortue, Basse 

 Terre, limestone costal hüls, alt. 5 m, m. Oct. 1925, fruet. ; Hb. Holm, et Berol.). 



Obs. Thyrsis elongatis racemiformibus Th. trifoliatam Poit. in mentem revocat. 



7. Th. spicata Radlk. et Ekman in Ark. f. Bot. XXI. A. Nr. 5. (1927) 9.- Arbor 

 medioeris; rami teretes, glabrati, subfusci, lenticellosi; folia 1-foliolata (resp. sim- 

 plicia), ovato-lanceolata, latiuscula, acuta, basi obtusa, breviter petiolata, subinte- 

 gerrima vel breviter denticulata, chartacea, nervis lateralibus crebris patulis depressis, 

 inter nervös ^ bullato-convexa, supra glabra, e viridi fuscescentia, subtus pallidiora 

 minutim puberula, sparsim pellucide punetulata, epidermide mucigera; thyrsi axil- 

 lares, breves, spieiformes vel amentiformes, apice alabastra basi jam fructus gerentes, 

 erecti; flores aperti — non suppetebant; fructus pedicellati, breviter bracteati, sepalis 



