290 



C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 



diam. metientes; sepala vix ad 1 / 4 coalita lobis late obovatis, obtusis, q? vix, Q bene 

 punctatis; petala ovata, rotundata, sicut sepala punctata, basin versus intus lepidotula; 

 antherae dorso haud punctatae; ovarium floris Q maximum, ovoideum, glabrum, stig- 

 mate loboso stylo brevi elato. 



Kleine Antillen: Grenada (Broadway n. 540, 542, 769, 942, Eggers n. 6408); 

 St. Lucia (Ramage); Dominica (Ramage). — Blüht März, Juli. (Herb. Krug et Urban.) 



Einh. Name: Caffee maron (Dominica). 



Subgen. II. Comomyrsine (Hook, f.) Mez. 



Flores 4- vel 5-meri; et sepala et petala anguste triangularia persensim longeque 

 acuta. Plantae subherbaceae vel frutices saepius simplices nani foliis saepius dentatis 

 maximis, ad caulis apicem comatim collatis. Ad inflorescentiae basin anaphylla per- 

 singularia anguste triangularia adsunt. 



17. "W. simplex (Hook, f.) Mez. — Comomyrsine simplex Hook, f.! in Benth. 

 et. Hook. f. Gen. II. (1876) 644. — Fruticulus simplex 2-pedalis apice comatim foliosus 



(Spruce!). Folia petiolis 150 mm 

 vel ultra longis stipitata, elliptica, 

 utrinque breviter acuta, membrana- 

 cea, ± 370 mm longa, 170 mm 

 lata, praeter lepides brunneas subtus 

 dissitas minutas, adpressas, deciduas 

 glabra, utrinque sed praesertim 

 subtus bene prominulo-reticulata. 

 Inflorescentiae multiflorae, thyrsoi- 

 deae, anguste densiusculeque 2-pin- 

 natim panniculatae , petiolis bre- 

 viores, furfuraceae, ramulis breviter 

 racemosis vix ultra 25 mm longis 

 flores ± 1 gerentibus, pedicellis 

 gracilibus, 4 — 1 mm longis; flores 

 non nisi Q cogniti virentes, 1 ,5 mm 

 longi, glabri; sepala basi brevissime 

 coalita prope apicem perpauci-cilio- 

 lata, punctulis 2 — 3 perobscuris 

 picta; petala vix ad i / i connata; 

 stamina floris Q quam maxime 

 reducta filamentis antheras minutas 

 subglobosas permulto superantibus ; 

 ovarium percrasse ovoideum, dissite 

 lepidotum, stylo subnullo, stigmate 

 maximo, subdiscoideo, margine ir- 

 regulariter inciso foliaceo-expanso 

 vel deflexo. Fructus (ex Spruce) 

 coccineus tenuiter baccatus. 



Ecuador: in feuchten schat- 

 tigen Wäldern am Fusse des Chim- 

 borasso, 800 m ü. M. (Sodiro 

 n. 100/14, Spruce n. 6143). — 

 Blüht September. (Herb. Berlin, Kew.) 

 18. W. Goudotiana Mez n. 

 sp. — Caules crassi, glabri. Folia 

 petiolis maximis gracillimis zb 40 mm longis stipitata, elliptica, utrinque acuminata, 

 — I70 mm longa, 70 mm lata, tenuiter chartacea, subtus punctulis lepidotis brunneis 



Fig. 48. Weigeltia Goudotiana Mez. A Habitus. B Flos $ 



integer. C Sepala. D Petalum postice visum. E Stamen 



antice visum. F Ovarium (sterile). (Icon. origin.) 



