348 Ign. Urban: 



Eriphia pallida Bafin. l. c. 



Besleria? Berteriana DC! Prodr. VII (1839) p.538; Haust. I.e. 

 p. 423 {e Jamaica, iuflor. casu 1-floris). 



Besleria virgae aiireae foliis, flore luteo, minor Pliun. Gen. (1703) 

 p. 29 iab. 5 fig. infer.! et ed. Burni. p. 36 tab. 49 fig. 1! 



Eriphia foliis ovatis serratis oppos. P. Br. Jam. (1756) p. 270. 



Hab. in Jamaica e. gr. prope Portland Gap 1600 m. alt, in Fro- 

 spect Hill 660 m. alt, in Catherines Peak 1330 m. alt: Alexander, 

 Bertero n. 2081, Eggers n. 3524, Harris n. 6813, Thompson n. 7945, 

 Wilson n. 1857; Guadeloupe frequens in alt 450 — 800 m.: Duclias- 

 saing, Duss n. 2379 (fleurs jaunes, baies müres tres rouges, s'ouvrant 

 par rupture, sufFrutescent et aussi frutescent, haut de 4 — 8 pieds selon 

 le terrain); Dominica ad Laudat: Duss n. 326'= (forma floribus ad 

 axillas 1 — 2, calyce pauUo profundius in Ys ^^t. diviso), 326 ^ (ad var. 

 intermediam acced.); Martinique e. gr. in sylvis nmbrosis ad Calebasse, 

 ad Calvaire du Gros Morne: Duss n. 4542, Hahn n. 116, Sieber n. 319; 

 St Lucia: ex Hanst; St Vincent e. gr. in monte Soufriere ad mar- 

 gines sylvarum, in montibus St Andrews: Eggers n. 6738, Guilding, 

 Krausen. 89; Grenada e. gr. in montibus prope Bei vedere, in coUibus 

 prope montera Felix 460 m. alt: Eggers n. 6037, 6037 ^ 



Yar. ß. brevipes Urb. floribus 3 — 10 mm. longa pedicellatis, foliis 

 10 — 11 cm. latis, brevissime in petiolum protractis. 



Hab. in St Lucia: Duss n. 197, 326^ 



Yar. y. alpestris Urb. foliis 4 — 10 mm. longo petiolatis, coriaceis 

 7 — 15 cm. longis, 3,5 — 7 cm. latis, nervis reticulatis supra valde ini- 

 pressis; pedicellis 10 — 15 mm. longis. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe ad Soufriöre: Funck et Sclilim n. 37; Mar- 

 tinique in sylvis Calvaire du Gros-Morne: Duss n. 4542^ 



Yar. d. iiiteriiicdia Urb. foliis valde inaequaliter petiolatis, petiolo 

 altero 5 — 8 mm., altero 10 — 20 mm. longo, basi plerumque obliqua 

 obtusis. 



Hab. in Dominica ad Laudat: Duss u. 326"^. 



Yar. E. Iinrayi Urb. foliis subsessilibus obovato-oblongis v. ob- 

 longo-lanceolatis, basi angustata obtusis, apice sensim acuniinatis. 



Besleria Lnrag J. I). Hook. Bot. Mag. (1878) t. 6341! 



Hab. in Dominica e. gr. in sylvis nmbrosis ad Chateau 300 ra. 

 alt, ad Laudat: Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 514, Hoskin, Kamage. 



Yar. L Yiiicentina Urb. foliis inaequalibus, majoribus 3 — 6 mm. 

 longe petiolatis, ovatis v. anguste ovatis, basi rotundatis, 10 — 13 cm. 

 longis, minoribus 1 — 3 mm. longe petiolatis, brevitcr ovatis v. ovatis, 

 6 — 9 cm. longis, 5 — 5,5 cm. latis. — Frutex v. arbor usque 6,6 m. alta. 



