MjTsinaceae. 395 



4. Ardisia Picardae Urb. Foliis obovatis, basin versus cuneatim 

 acutis apice obtusiusculis vel acumine brevissimo perlatoque deraum 

 rotundato auctis, integeiTiuiis; inflorescentia terminali, 4-pinnatim panni- 

 ciilata; pedicellis vix ultra 5 mm. longis; floribus 5-meris; sepalis pauUo 

 asymmetricis margine remote crenulatis nudis, raedio lineis nonnullis 

 levibus pictis; petalis lineis paucis in parenchymate absconditis obscuris 

 praeditis; filamentis glabris; antheris ex ovato acuminatis, dorso area 

 obscuriore praeditis nee punctatis, basi filamentis affixis. 



Ardisia Picardae Urb.! in litt, et mss. in herb. Krug, et Urban. 



Rarauli crassi, angulati. Folia petiolis ± 20 mm. longis, apicem 

 versus in laminam sensira transeuntibus stipitata, ±130 mm. longa, 50 mm. 

 lata, coriacea, glabra, in vivo lucida (Picarda!), utrinque praeter costas ob- 

 tuse prominulas laevia, punctis maximis atris dense consita. Inflorescentia 

 mnltiflora, squarrose panniculata, glabra, folia superans; pedicellis crassius- 

 culis. Flores 4 mm. longi, albi (Picarda!), glabri; sepalis subcoriaceis , fere 

 liberis, late ovatis, apice suboblique anguste rotundatis; petalis (per anthesin 

 absque dubio revolutis) late ovatis, paidlo oblique rotundatis, subsymmetricis. 

 Stamina iu statu florum perscrutationi praesente petalis multo breviora. 

 Ovarium crassum stylo gi-acillimo; placenta pluriovulata. 



Hab. in Haiti, in Morne Tranchant: Picarda n.787, die 3. Augusti 

 1891 florifera lecta. (V. s. in herb. Krug, et Urban.) 



5. Ardisia mnltiflora Griseb. Foliis oblongis, basin versus per- 

 sensim acutis apice obtusiusculis, integerrimis; inflorescentia terminali, 

 tripinnatim panniculata; pedicellis floriferis usque ad 9, fructiferis ad 

 13 mm. longis; floribus 5-meris; sepalis symmetricis, bene dentato- 

 crenulatis ceterum margine nudis, vix punctatis; petalis haud punctatis 

 nee lineatis; filamentis glabris; antheris ex ovato longe acuminatis dorso 

 concoloribus nee punctatis. 



Ardisia multiflora Griseb.! PI. Wright. fp. 516 et Cat. p- 163; f ilUl) 

 Sauv. Cub. n. 1414; Maxa, Per. Cub. p. 252 (40). 



Tinus Qrisebachiana 0. K. Revis. II p. 973. 



Rani Uli crassiusculi, glabri. Folia petiolis brevissimis (vix ultra 

 5 mm. longis) basin usque lamina decurrente alatis stipitata, + 8Ö mm. 

 longa, 25 mm. lata, coriacea, glabra, nitidula, omnino laevia, haud mani- 

 festius punctata. Inflorescentia multiflora, laxe scoparieque panniculata, 

 glabra, folia multo superans; pedicellis apicem versus incrassatis. Flores 

 3 mm. longi, glabri; sepalis liberis, ex ovato acuminatim peracutis, late 

 membranaceo-marginatis; petalis per anthesin recurvis, oblique peracutis, 

 cereo-coriaceis. Stamina petalis bene breviora, antheris medio in locellorum 

 parietibus punctis 3 — 5 elongatis praeditis, filamentis subaeqiülongis prope 

 basin affixis. Ovarium stylo longo, filiformi; placenta + 6-ovulata. 



Hab. in Cuba orientali, prope Yillam Monte verde: Wright n. 1334. 

 (V. s. in herb. Krug, et Urban., alibi.) 



Obs. Species jamjam inter Icacorcae et Pickeringiae subgenera intermedia 

 transitum insigniter versus Ä. glaucifloram, obovatam, coriaceam parat. 



