656 Franz Niedenzu. — Malpighiaceae. 



globosae 3 — 4 mm diametro. Flores 4 4 / 2 cm diametro. Sepala late ovata extus parce 

 sericantia glandulas 1 crassas obovatas 4 i / 2 — 3 mm longas (sepalo antico utrinque 

 affinibus binis connatis) 4 — 2 mm superantia. Petala flava, ungue gracili (quinti latiore) 

 reflexo 3 mm longo, limbo tenuissimo hemisphaerico (quinti minus cavo) 3 mm diametro 

 lacero-dentato. Stamina antheris exserta, filamentis ungue i /2 connatis 2*/ 2 — 3 mm, 

 antheris obovoideis 4 — 4 y 4 mm longis, connectivo flavo. Ovarium 3-loculare glaber- 

 rimum ovoideum 4 — 4 */ 2 mm, abiens in stylos directos 2 J / 2 — 3 mm longos. Drupa 

 viridis ovoidea usque 4 y 8 cm longa et fere 4 cm diametro. 



Haiti (Ekman PI. Ind. occ. H. n. 488, n. 2865: Kalkfelsen von Morne Brigand 

 bei Bayeux, Massif du Nord, 800 m, und n. 4396: Morne Cheneau bei Anse-ä-Foleur, 

 Massif du Nord, 600 m). 



4 4. B. Leonis Britton et Wilson*) in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club XII. 2. (1920) 72; 

 Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg VIII. (1926) 25. — Frutex foliosus, partibus 

 novellis pube appressa densa aureo- vel flavido-sericeis mox glabratis, ramulis ramisque 

 rubiginoso-canescentibus lenticellisque minutis scabridis, illis compressis 0,7 — 1,5 mm, 

 his tertio anno 3 mm diametro, internodiis 4 — 4 cm longis. Folia e basi cuneata ob- 

 lanceolata, apice rotundata vel leviter emarginata, margine revoluta, usque 5 cm longa, 

 usque 2 cm lata, coriacea vel chartacea, utrinque glauca, supra sublucida, subtus opaca 

 et saepius 4 — 2 glandulis d= 4 cm supra basim 4 — 2 mm a margine distantibus ornata 

 et pube hinc inde persistente diutius puberula, utrinque nervo medio minusque primarÜ6 

 (utrinque 4 — 5) prominulis; petiolo 2 — 4 mm longo; stipulis vix conspicuis. Racemuli 

 axillares usque 6-flori (demum 1 -fructiferi) parce sericei usque 2,5 cm longi, pedicellis 

 sessilibus 6 — 8 mm, bracteis bracteolisque (quarum altera uniglandulosa) triangularibus 

 2 mm longis. Flores 4,5 cm diametro. Sepala ovata glandulas 10 (partim connatas) 

 crasso-obovoideas 2,5 — 3 mm longas 2 mm superantia. Petala flava, limbo e basi 

 cordata orbiculari cavo margine denticulato 6 (quinti 4) mm, ungue redunco 2,5 — 3 mm, 

 quinti crassiore directo 4 — 5 mm longo. Stamina sepala 3 mm superantia; filamenta 

 tenui- et angusto-taeniata; antherae globosae 1 mm diametro. Pollen 20 f.i diametro. 

 Ovarium 2-carpellatum glaberrimum; styli connati, stigmatibus discretis peltatis. Drupa 

 biocellato-sphaeroidea 2,5 X 4,5 cm diametro 1,5 cm alta. 



F. I. rotundata Niedenzu. — Folia chartacea apice rotundata. 



Cuba (Ekman n. 15516: Cayo Sabinal zwischen Corte Jicotea und Corte Ganado, 

 Prov. Camaguey). 



F. II. emarginata Niedenzu. — Folia coriacea apice emarginata. 



Cuba (Ekman n. 4 34 50: Strandfelsen bei El Morro, Prov. Habana, n. 4 3384: 

 Trockengebiet bei Morro Castle, Prov. Habana, n. 4 68 83: Felsenvorsprünge von El Morro 

 bei Casa Bianca, Prov. Habana, und n. 4 8794: Strandgebüsch bei Yayales, Halbinsel 

 Guanahacabibes, Prov. Pinar de! Rio). 



4 5. B. linearifolia Urban et Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg VIII. 

 (30. VII. 4 926) 25 necnon fere eodem tempore P. Wilson**) in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 



*) Bunchosia Leonis Britton et Wilson in Mem. Torrey Bot. Club XVI. Nr. 2. (1920) 72. — 

 "Shrub 1 m tall, with grayish-brown twigs. Leaves obovate, 1 — 3,2 cm long, rounded and 

 emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, coriaceous, lustrous above, dull beneath, glabrous 

 in age, short-petioled ; flowering pedicels pubescent; corolla about 4 — 1,3 cm broad, sepals ovate, 

 2,5 mm long, ciliate, the glands one-half the length of the sepal body; larger petals 5 — 5,5 mm 

 long, the blades suborbicular, toothed; ovary and style glabrous; drupes 1,6 — 2 cm long. 



Type collected in coastal thicket, Playa del Chivo,, Havana (Leon n. 724 4)." 

 **) Bunchosia linearifolia P. Wilson in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club LIII. Nr. 7 (1926) 460. — 

 "Shrub about 3 m tall, with grayish branches. Leaves linear or somewhat linear-obovate, 3 — 

 6 cm long, 2,5 — 5 mm wide, rounded at the apex, acute at the base, lustrous above, dull and 

 faintly nerved beneath, the petioles 2 — 3 mm long; drupes subglobose, 4 — 12 mm in diam., 

 apiculate. 



Type collect, in thickets between Jauco and Cajobabo, Oriente, Cuba (Brother Leon 

 n. 12062). Related to Bunchosia Leonis Britton et Wilson, of Cuba, but differing in its linear- 

 obovate leaves." 



