Byrsonima. 723 



supra lucida, subtus pube diutus persistente tandem evanida opaca; petiolo fere 1 cm 

 longo. Antherae pilosae. Ovarium puberulum. 



Parä (Spruce n. 244 [B. Poeppigiana]: Santarem). — Franz.-Guayana (For- 

 syth). — Niederl.-Guayana (Splitgerber a. 4837). — Brit.-Guayana (Rob. 

 Schomburgk I. 712 p. p.). — Venezuela (Pittier PI. venez. n. 6026: Zwischen 

 Antimano und Aguas Negras, 900 — 4 500 m). — Colombia (H. H. Smith n. 316 p.p. 

 [B. Hostmanni]: Sa. Marta). 



36. B. cotinifolia Kunth Nov. gen. et sp. pl. V. (4 824) 117, n. 8, tab. 447; 

 De Gandolle Prodr. I. (1825) 579; G. Don Gen. hist. I. (1831) 636; Jussieu Malp. 

 Syn. (1840) 334 et in Arch. Mus. III. (1843) 297; Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Lyc. 

 Braunsberg I. (1901) 19 et in Arb. Bot. Inst. Ak. Braunsberg V. (1914) 52. — Mal- 

 pighia cotinifolia Sprengel Syst. II. (1825) 385. — Folia aut utrinque obtusa aut basi 

 acuta apiceque brevissime et obtuse acuminata s. rotundata s. subemarginata, tenuiter 

 coriacea, majora elliptica s. ovalia, 5 — 8 cm longa 2V2 — 6 cm l a ta, juniora ferrugineo- 

 tomentosa (pilorum trabecula subdirecta s. =b flexuosa 15 — 40 jn crassa 500 — 800 fi 

 longa, pede 50 — 180 /it), adulta utrinque puberula s. subglabrata, supra sublaevia 

 lucidaque, subtus nervis prominentibus (primariis inter se parallelis crebris, majoribus 

 ipsorum utrinque 8 — 12); petiolo 5 — 8 mm, stipula 2 mm longa. Racemi 5 — 7 cm 

 longi, quidam paulo compositi; bracteis bracteolisque 2Y2 — 3 resp. 1 */ 2 — 2 mm longis. 

 Antherae loculi utrinque zh pilosi. Ovarium glaberrimum. Cetera antecedentis. 



Honduras (Gaumer n. 82 [B. coriacea?]: Ruatan-Insel im Meerbusen von Hon- 

 duras). — Guatemala (J. D. Smith n. 2013 [B. crassifolia]: S. Luis, Dep. Escuintla, 

 1000'). — Mexico (Humboldt n. 3868: Acapulco am Großen Ozean; Schiede 

 n. 1296 p.p.: Tecoluto; Galeotti s. n.: Tututepeque, und V. 1843: Tuxtla; Palmer 

 n. 274: Acapulco). 



Series b. Eriodes Niedenzu. 



Gruppe b. Eriodes Niedenzu in Nachtr. zu d. Nat. Pflzfam. (1897) 207. — Series b. 

 Eriodes Niedenzu in Arb. Bot. Inst. Lyc. Braunsberg I. (1901) 19. 



37. B. Koigii Urban Sert. antill. XXII. in Fedde Rep. spec. nov. XXI. (1925) 65 

 n. 488. — ? Byrsonima motembensis Britton et Small in Bull. Torr. B. Cl. LIII. (1926) 

 460*). — Byrsonima tenuifolia f. II. oblanceolata Niedenzu msc. ex Urban in Fedde 

 XXI. 65. — Frutex, partibus novellis pube densa molli crispa ferruginea (mox cane- 

 scente) lanatis (pilis partim magnetacicularibus partim bifurcis, et trabeculae et furcae 

 brachiis valde tortuosis persaepe =t inaequalibus 100 — 700 fi longis ad pedem in- 

 fundibuliformem brevissimum [vix 10 \.t longum] 25 \i diametro), ramulis annotinis 

 teretibus glabratis rubiginosis longitrorsum canaliculatis, foliorum delapsorum vestigiis 

 annuliformibus confertis, internodiis 1 — 5 mm longis. Folia e basi cuneata oblanceo- 

 lata obovatave apice obtusa s. rotundata, usque 9 cm longa, usque 3 resp. 4 cm lata, 

 margine paulo revoluta, membranaceo-chartacea, adulta supra glabrata lucida sublaevia 



*) Byrsonima motembensis Britton et Small in Bull. Torey Bot. Club LIII. (4 926) 460. — 

 "A shrub, 2 m tall or less, with warty-rugose gray bark and red-strigillose twigs. Leaves 

 mainly on the twigs, early deciduous from the branches, the blades cuneate to obovate-cuneate, 

 2 — 6 cm long, obtuse or abruptly short-pointed, grayish-green, somewhat lustrous and with 

 minute scattered hairs above, paler, dull, somewhat reticulate, and with minute scattered hairs 

 beneath, at least during anthesis, short petioled, the petioles hairy like the twigs when young; 

 panicles raceme-like, peduncled, rather few-flowered, the peduncle and pedicels pubescent 

 like the twigs, but the hairs often early deciduous from the peduncle; bracts shorter than the 

 pedicels, lanceolate; sepals ovate to orbicular-ovate, 3 — 3,5 mm long, obtuse, red-pubescent, 

 corolla 4 2 — 4 5 mm wide ; petals 7 — 9 mm long, with orbicular-reniform claws, the blade of one 

 smaller and the claw stouter than in the others; filaments clavate, 2 — 2,5 mm long; anthers 

 fully 2 mm long, blunt or notched at the apex, acute at the base; styles subulate, curved at 

 the apex; fruits not seen. 



In thickets near Sabana de Motembo, Santa Clara, Cuba, August 28, 4 922, Brother 

 Leon and A. Loustalot No. 44370". 



