54 J» Perkins. — Styracaceae. 



47. St. Ramirezii Greenm. in Proceed. Americ. Acad. XXXIV. 20 (1899) 568. — 

 Styrax micranthus Perk. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXXI. 4 (1902) 480. — Styrax orizabensis 

 Perk. in Fedde, Repertorium II. (1906) 25. — Arbor, 10 — 13 m alta (ex Pringle); 

 rami subteretes, juniores breviter ferrugineo- vel fusco-lepidoto-stellato-tomentosi, adulti 

 glabrescenles, 3 — 6 mm lati; folia alterna, petiolata, petiolo 1 — 2 cm longo, 1 — 2 mm 

 lato, lanceolata vel lanceolato-oblonga, 10 — 15 cm longa, 3 — 5 cm lata, apice bre- 

 viter acuminata vel acuta, apice ipso acuta, chartacea, integra, supra glabra, subtus 

 flavescenti-stellato-tomentosa, interdum ad costam atque venas pilos fuscos parce gerentia, 

 supra. nervis venisque paullo, subtus manifeste prominentibus, interdum nervis venisque 

 supra immersis, nervis lateralibus 8 — 12, marginem petentibus, inter sese curvato- 

 conjunctis, venis inter sese parallelis laxe reticulatis, majoribus rectangulariter costae 

 insidentibus. Inflorescentia racemosa, axillaris vel terminalis,^ 2 — 5 cm longa, 4 — 11- 

 flora; rhachis inflorescentiae ferrugineo-lepidoto-stellato-tomentosa; bracteae bracteolaeque 

 minutae, caducae, tomentosae, lanceolatae; flores albi (ex Ehrenberg) 1,5 — 2 cm longi, 

 pedicellati, pedicello 0,5 — 1 cm longo, lepidoto-stellato-tomentoso ; calyx cupuliformis, 

 margine truncatus, undulatus vel indistincte denticulatus , 4 — 6 mm altus, 4, — 5 mm 

 latus, extus adpresse flavescenti-lepidoto-stellato-tomentellus, intus moUiter pilosus, pa- 

 pjraceus; coroUa 5-partita, tubo 3 — 5 mm alto extus parte superiore piloso, lobis 

 breviore, lobis in aestivatione valvatis, membranaceis, lanceolatis, 7 — 12 mm longis, 

 2 — 3,5 mm latis, intus glabris, utrinque margine apiceque leviter breviter pilosis, extus 

 adpresse flavescenti-lepidoto-stellato-pilosis; stamina 10, corollae lobis breviora, filamentis 

 parte libera intus utrinque margine pilos stellatos inaequaliter radiatos gerentibus, 

 antherae hinc inde pilis stellatis instructae; ovarium obovoideum, flavescenti-pilosum, 

 triloculare, superum, multiovulatum ; Stylus erectus stamina vix excedens. Fructus elon- 

 gato-obovoideus, ca. 1,5 cm longus, 6 mm latus, calyce cupuliformi persistente, stylo 

 piloso brevi coronatus, rugosus, adpresse flavescenti-lepidoto-stellato-pilosus. 



Tropisches Central-Amerika, Mexiko: Staat Morelos, Sierra de Tepoxtlan 

 2500 m ü. M. (Pringle n. 9000, im Mai 1900 blühend; Pringle n. 8023, im Februar 

 1899 fruchtend). In den Gebirgen bei Cuernavaca 2160 m ü. M. (Pringle n. 6848, 

 im Mai 1898 blühend). — Herb. Wien, München, Berlin, Kew. 



Var. micranthus Perk. n. var. ; Perk. in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXI. 4. (1902) 480 

 (sub titulo speciei). — Folia breviora quam in typo, basi interdum subrotundata ; flores 

 minores (8 mm longi), inflorescentia minor (2 — 4 cm longa). 



Mexiko: Thal Cuernavaca (Schmitt n. 505), im Walde bei Temascaltepec (Ehren- 

 berg n. 498, im April blühend). — -Herb. Berlin, Wien. 



Var. orizabensis Perk. n. var.; Perk. in Fedde, Repertorium II. (1906) 25 (sub 

 titulo speciei). — Folia majora quam in typo, longe angusteque acuminata; folia subtus 

 pilis stellatis cruribus undulatis, in nervis venisque fusco-pilosa, 



Mexiko: Orizaba (Botteri n. 1006). — Herb. DG., Bedin, Wien. 



48. St, bogotensis Perk. in Fedde, Repertorium 11. (190 6) 19. — Frutex vel 

 arbor; rami subteretes, 4 mm lati, juniores pilosi, pilis ferrugineis, mollibus, longiradiatis 

 instructi, demum glabrescentes; folia alterna, breviter petiolata, petiolo 3 — 9 mm longo, 

 2 mm lato, brunneo-tomentello, oblonga vel latissime oblonga vel interdum oyata, 7 — 

 12 cm longa, 4,5 — 7,5 lata, apice acuta vel late abrupte brevissime acuminata, basi 

 rotundata vel rarissime rotundato-cuneata, chartacea, integra, juniora utrinque longe 

 ferrugineo-stellato-tomentosa , adulta supra glabra, subtus brevissime tomentella, prae- 

 cipue ad nervös pilis stellatis griseis instructa, majoribus aloeformibus brunneis inter- 

 mixtis, supra nervis venisque paullo subtus manifeste prominentibus, nervis laterahbus 

 8 — 9, marginem petentibus, margine inter sese curvato-conjunctis , venis inter sese 

 parallelis anguste reticulatis, majoribus rectangulariter costae insidentibus. Inflorescentia 

 racemosa, axillaris vel terminalis, 2 — 3 cm longa; rhachis inflorescentiae tomentella; 

 bractea bracteolaeque tomentosae, minutae, caducae ; flores nondum plane evoluti, 1 cm 

 longi, pedicello 2 — 3 mm longo, tomentello ; calyx cupuliformis, papyraceus, 4 mm altus, 



