Wallenia. 245 



Jamaica: ohne Standortsangabe (Purdie); in den Blue mountains (Alexander). — 

 Herb. Goetting., Kew. 



6. W. venosa Griseb. ! Fl. Brit. West-Ind. Isl. (1861) 394 (e. p., quoad cit. specimen 

 Wilson.]; Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1901) 410. — Petesiodes venosum 0. Ktze. Rev. 

 gen. II. (1891) 402. — Ramuli crassiusculi, squarrosi, glabri. Folia saepius opposita vel 

 ternatim verticillata petiolis ±z 1 mm longis, crassis stipitata, elliptica vel obovata, basi 

 acuta apice obtusiuscula vel rotundata, integerrima, ±110 mm longa, 50 mm lata, sub- 

 coriacea, glabra, opaca, utrinque dense prominulo-costata laxeque valde reticulata, punctu- 

 lis praesertim subtus permultis aucta in sicco sordide colorata. Inflorescentia multi- vel sub- 

 multiflora, tripinnatim corymbose panniculata, densa, glabra, foliis multo brevior, ramulis 

 flores multos optime umbellatos gerentibus , pedicellis zb 3 mm longis, crassiusculis ; flores 

 (non nisi Q mihi cogniti) per anthesin vix ultra 1,5 mm longi, glabri; sepala membx*anacea 

 ovario adpressa, apice irregulariter incisa lobos truncatos, crenulatos formantia; petala 

 tenuissima, ovario adpressa, apice sicut sepala fissa lobos grosse crenatos efformantia ; sta- 

 mina floris Q non nisi singula adsunt in staminodia minuta mutata; ovarium glabrum, glo- 

 boso-ellipsoideum, stylo brevi percrasso, stigmate late obtuso. 



Jamaica: ohne Standortsangabe (Wilson n. 387), am Weg nach Hibernia 1000 — 

 1500 m ü. M. (Harris in herb. Jam. bot. Dept. n. 5633, 6126), in den Red Hills 330 m 

 ü. M. (id. n. 6880). — Blüht November, fruchtet März. (Herb. Goetting., Kew, Krug et 

 Urb an.) 



Nota. Huc verisirailiter ducenda Wallenia angularis Jacq. Hort. Schoenbrunn. I. (1797) 

 t. 30 [Wallenia angulata Jacq. 1. c. 13, Petesiodes angulare O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1891) 402) 

 quae habitu (venatione densiore in ic. cit. sicut consuetudo omissa) optime convenit, sepalis 

 tarnen (floris $ delineatis peralte connatis) pilis permanifestis dissitis auctis diflert. — In insula 

 Mauritii culta dicitur ab auctore, toto coelo tarnen a Myrsinaceis africanis recedit et vera 

 antillana est. 



7. W. Grisebachii Mez ! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1 901 ) 4 1 1 . — W. laurifolia Griseb.! 

 (non Swartz) Fl. Brit. West-Ind. Isl. (1861) 394 (quoad descript. et specim. Jamaic, syn. 

 locisque reliquis omnino exclusis !). — Ramuli validi, glaberrimi. Folia petiolis dz 1 mm 

 longis stipitata, elliptica, utrinque breviter acuta vel apice obtusiuscula, integerrima, 

 = 180 mm longa, 75 mm lata, chartacea, glabra, nitidula, utrinque prominulo-costata et 

 subtus laxiuscule reticulata, punctulis haud prominulis minimis praedita. Inflorescentiae multi- 

 vel oo-fiorae, glabrae, densae, Q perabbreviatae q^ subpyramidatae , foliis breviores, 

 3 — 4-pinnatim panniculatae , pedicellis tenuibus vix ultra 2 mm longis ; flores valde dioici 

 et secus sexum heteromorphi aurantiaci, glabri, 4-meri, tf (staminibus comput.) 5, 

 Q 2,5 mm longi; sepala peralte connata lobis semper bene distinctis q? depresse sub- 

 oi'bicularibus, Q subtriangularibus, utrinque margine crenatis, tf paullo, Q valde punc- 

 tatis; petala rf sepala perlonge superantia apice in lobos d.-tegentes suborbiculares, valde 

 emarginatos, paullo punctatos divisa, Q laminas suborbiculares, haud emarginatas pro- 

 creantia; stamina floris q? petala optime superantia filamentis latissimis, fere liberis, floris 

 Q in rudimenta parva reducta; ovarium floris Q maximum, ovoideum, in stylum subaequi- 

 longum, percrassum attenuatum, stigmate obtuso, floris q? in rudimentum parvum reductum. 



Jamaica: bei Fairfield (Wullschlägel n. 1338), ohne Standortsangabe (Wilson 

 n. 363, March n. 670, 1930, Alexander). — Blüht im Februar, März. 



8. W. clusioides (Griseb.) Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1901) 411. — Ardisia 

 clusioides Griseb. ! Fl. Brit. West-Ind. Isl, (1861)396 (e. p., quoad cit. specimen Purd., cet. et 

 imprimis loco »Dominica« exclus.). — Tinus clusioides O. Ktze. Rev. gen. II. (1 891 ) 974. — 

 Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi. Folia obovata vel obovato-elliptica, apice bene rotundata, inte- 

 gerrima ±200 mm longa, 105 mm lata, glaberrima, coriacea, paullo nitidula, utrinque 

 laxe optimeque prominenti-reticulata, punctulis manifestioribus destituta. Inflorescentia (non 

 nisi singula a ramulo soluta cognita) multiflora, 3-pinnatim densissime breviterque pyrami- 

 data, glabra, ramulis apice flores permultos (usque ad 12) densissime quasi capitulatim um- 

 bellatos gerentibus, pedicellis (in statu cognito) vix ultra 0,5 mm longis ; flores non nisi tf 

 valdeque immaturi cogniti 5-meri, in statu praesente 1,5 mm longi; sepala ultra 3 /4 longit. 



