Drypetes. 255 



ad \ 1 / 2 ( > tn attingentes. Sepala 4, oblonga vel spathulalo-oblonga, obtusa, extus inlus- 

 que pubescentia, reflexa; stamina 6 — 7, discus parvus, glaber, crenatus. Flores Q et 

 fructus ignoti. 



Philippinen, Mindanao, Zamboanga, Port Banga (Whitford u. Hutchinson 

 n. 9336!). Luzon, Camarines, Pasacao (Altern n. 27!). 



6 9. D. monosperma (Merrill) Pax et K. Hoffm. — Cyclostemon monospermm 

 Merrill in Philipp. Journ. sc. I. Suppl. (1900) 76. — Arbor 4—12 m alta; ramuli 

 graciles, glabri, lenticellati. Petiolus 5 — 8 mm longus, cum limbo glaber; limbus 4 — 

 9 cm longus, 1 — 4 cm latus, anguste ovatus vel oblongus vcl lanceolatus, obtusus vel 

 obscure et obtuse acuminatus, retusus, basi acutus, vix obliquus, integer, coriaceus, laxe 

 reticulatus, supra nitidus; costae secundariae utrinque 7 — 9. Flores in ramulis wilde 

 abbreviatis, pulviniformibus fasciculati, pauci; pcdicelli dz 2 mm longi, parce pilosi. 

 Flores circ. 3 — I mm lati; sepala 4, rarius 5, valde inaequalia, suborbicularia vel =b 

 ovata, obtusa, ciliata, ceterum glabra; stamina 4 — 7; discus glaber; discus Q satis 

 tenuis, crenulatus; ovariuiu brcvitcr et adpresse pubescens, 2-loculare; Stigmata 2, semi- 

 orbicularia. Drupa circ, 1 cm longa, 8 mm lata, carnosa, albida, in sicco griseo-nigri- 

 cans, ovoidea, cllipsoidea, monosperma, veris. glabrescens. 



Philippinen: Luzon, Balaan, Lamao River, Bergwälder, 650 — 1250 m (Borden 

 n. 1235!, Meyer n. 2802!, 3122!, 3235, Whitford it. 1232!); Rizal (Ramos 

 n. 1058!, 3262!). 



70. D. lateriflora (Swartz) Krug et Urb. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XV. (1892) 357, 

 Symb. Antill. IV. (1904) 340, VIII. (1920) 350; Small, Fl. Southeast. U. St. (1903) 693. — 

 Schaefferia lateriflora Swartz, Prodr. (1788) 38, Fl. Ind. occ. I. (1797) 3 2 9. • — Koelera 

 laurifolia Willd. Spec. pl. IV. (180 6) 750 ex parte. — Bessern spinosa Spreng. Pug. II. 

 (1815) 9 1 ex parte. — Limacia lauriflora F. G. Dielr. Lexicon Gärln. u. Bot. Nachtr. 

 IV. (1818) 33 4 ex parte. — Drypetes croeea Poit. in Mem. Mus. Paris I. ( 1 8 15) 159, 

 t. 8; Griseb. Fl. Brit. Westind. Isl. (1859) 32; Müll. Arg. in DC. Prodr. XV. 2. (1866) 

 455 (c. var. yenuina, var. latifolia et var. longipes). — Liparene croeea Poit. in Sched. 

 ex Baill. Etud. gen. Euphorb. (1858) 608. — Drypetes sessiliflora Baill. 1. c. 608, 

 Atlas 46, t. 2 4, f. 34— 3 6, 38, 40. — Drypetes glauca Griseb. in Nachr. Gesellsch. 

 Wiss. Götlingen (1865) 165 ex parte. — Drypetes alba var. latifolia Griseb. in Nachr. 

 Gesellsch. Wiss. Göttingen (1865) 165. — Drypetes latifolia Wright et Sauv. in Sauv. 

 Fl. Cub. (1873) 127. — Arbuscula ad 10 m alta; ramuli parce puberuli, mox glabrati. 

 Petiolus 7 — 10 mm longus; limbus 5 — 12 cm longus, 2 — 4 cm latus, lanceolatus vel 

 lanceolato-ovatus vel ovatus, acutus vel breviter acuminatus, basi acutus et obliquus, 

 coriaceus, integer, nitidus, dense reticulatus ; costae secundariae utrinque circ. 8; sli- 

 pulae minutae, mox caducae. Flores dense glomerato-fascieulati, pedicellis 3 — 5 nun 

 iongis, fruetigeris 1 — 5 mm attingentibus, glabris. Flos q? 3 mm latus; sepala 4, 

 rarius 5, ovata, extus intusque puberula, ciliata; stamina 4, rarius 3 vel 5, exserta; 

 discus parvus, inter fdamenta lobatus, parce puberulus. Sepala Q quam tf paulo 

 iatiora; discus cum ovario pubescens; ovarium 2-loculare; Stigmata breviter stipitata. 

 Drupa subglobosa, pubescens, 1 mm longa, circ. 8 mm lata. 



Westindische Provinz: Süd-Florida (Gurtiss n. 2530!, Harper!). Key 

 West, Long Island (Gabanis!). Bahama-Inscln (Eggers n. 4331, 4502). Guba 

 (Eggers n. 5365, 5380, R. de la Sagra n. 210.'. Wright n. 593a, 1927, 1929 ex 

 parte). Jamaika (Maciadyen). Haiti (Poiteau!). Portorico (Stahl n. 510). 



Tropisches Zcntralamerika: Yucatan (Gauiner n. 1320!). 



A typo paulo differt. 



Var. guatemalensis Pax et K. Hoffm. n. var. — Folia angustius lanceolata, 1 \fa — 

 2 cm lala, lalcata, obtuse acuminata; nervatura minus quam in typo prominens. 



Zentralamerika: Guatemala, Teocinte, Santa Rosa, 800 m (Heyde u. Lux 

 n. 44 li!). 



