398 C. Mez: 



Ardisia coriacea Siv.! Prodr. p. 48 et Fl. Ind. occ. I p. 470 et 

 Icon. med. t.64; Lunan I p. 26; West!, Bidrag 2J.276; R. et S. Syst. 

 IV 23- 514; Sprg.! Syst. I p. 661; Mayc. Barhad. p. 107; A. DC.f in 

 Trans. Linn. soc. XVII p. 126 et Prodr. VIII p. 122 (inclusa var. ß.); 

 Griseh. Veg. Karib. n. 828 (nee! Flor. Br. W. Ind. Isl. p. 396); Egg.! 

 Fl. St. Oroix p. 128 et Fl. St. Oroix ei Virg. n. 470; Bello Ap. P. Rico 

 n. 469; Hemsl! Biol. Cent. Am. II p. 292; Stahl! Est. P. Rico VI 

 p. 38; Krug! icon. ined. t. 209. 



Ardisia coriacea var. ß. Berteronia7ia A. DC! l. c. 



Tiniis coriacea 0. K. Revis. II p. 974. 

 Anguillaria coriacea Poir.! Encycl. VII p. 685. 



i"~i ' Ardisia guadaliipensis Duchass.lß-Waip.! ap. Oriseb. Veg. Karib. i^^^^' 



«.^f 71. 829[et Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. jJ- 396; Duss! Fl. p. 382. 



Tinus giiadahipensis 0. K. Revis. II p. 9 74. 



Mameyuelo v. Badiila Portoricensibns (ex Krug! aliis); Bois 

 banane Martinicensibus (ex Duss!); Petit chique Guadelupensibus 

 (ex Diiss!); Palatuvier St. Luc. (ex Ra,mage). 



Ramuli crassi, glaberrimi, cinerei. Folia petiolis + 10 mm, longis, 

 sensim in laminam transeuntibus stipitata, +110 mm. longa, 45 mm. lata, 

 coriacea, glaberrima, opaca, subtus sueto manifeste pallidiora, laevia vel iitrin- 

 que costis snbobscure vel rarissime manifestius j)rominiüis aiicta, liaiid mani- 

 festius punctata. Inflorescentia abbreviate subpyramidata , compacta, folia 

 paiülo vel vix superans; pedicellis crassis bracteolas ovato-cymbiformes mox 

 deciduas subaeqiiantibus. Flor es glabri sepalis optime ovatis, late rotim- 

 datis; petalis albis vel flavo-viridibus apicem versus nonnun(£uam piu'puras- 

 centibus et nigro-punctulatis, crassis cereo-coriaceis, lobis ovatis, late rotun- 

 datis, integerrimis. Stamina lutea antheris brevibus, fere lateraliter deliis- 

 centibus. Ovarium subovoideum stylo apicem versus sensim attenuato; 

 placenta oo-ovulata, Bacca nigra, praesertim junior punctis rugoso-promi- 

 nulis consita demum sublaevis, globosa, + 6 •^^i^- diam. metiens. 



Hab. in sylvis fruticetisque praesertim maritimis per Antillas mi- 

 nores inclusa insula Portorico frequens verumque hariim insularum Sig- 

 num phyto -geographicum. Omissis locis accuratioribus legerunt in insulis '^Cmj:^ 

 Portorico: Bertero, Gundlach in herb. Krug n.i675, 1475, Heller ,^f^ 

 u. 4555, ^hb. Pavon., Schwanecke n. 48, Sintenis n. 694, 1257, 1450, 

 2069, 2345, 3255, 4375B, 5019, 5613, 5939, Stahl n. 396, 532; 

 St Thomas: Eggers ed. Toepffer n, 126, Krebs, Oersted; St. Croix: 

 Eggers, "West; St. Jan: collect, ignot. in herb. Haun.; Tortola: Eggers 

 n. 3228; Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2281, L'Herminier; Do- 

 minica: Duss, hb. Swartz.; Martinique: B61anger n. 378, Duss n. 147, 

 147A, 653, Hahn n. 1468; St. Lucia: Ramage. (V. s. ubique.) 



9. Ardisia dciisiflora Krug et Urban: Foliis ellipticis vel obovato- 

 ellipticis, basi acutis apico obtusiusculis vel rotundatis et nonnunquam 



