408 C. Mez: 



atro-brunea, globosa ab apice paullo depressa, + 3,5 mm. diam. metiens, 

 sicca eleganter tenuiter costiüata. 



Species in Antillamm majorum (excepta Portorico) insularum sylvis 



arbustisque 400 — 1200. m. altit. supra mare crebra, arborescens. Lege- 



runt in Cuba: Combs n.685, Eggers n.4698, 4722, 4723, Eugcl n. 251, 



Sagra, Wright n. 352, 460, 1332, 2908; Jamaica: Hart in herb. bot. 



Dept. Jam. n. 1118, Swartz! (in herb. Willd. n. 2853), Wilson n. 344; 



Hispaniola: Bertero n. 500, Buch n. 37, Eggers n. 1687, 2525, 2525^-^, 



Picarda n. 157, 959, 1048, 1185, 1474, Prenleloup n. 319. — Floret 



Junio, Julio, fruct. Decembri, Januario. (V. s. iibique.) 



19. Wallenia Piirdieaiia Mez (nov. spec). Foliis petiolis + 10 mm. 

 lougis stipitatis, optime ellipticis, basi breviter acutis apice bene rotun- 

 datis, + 90 mm. longis, membranaceo-chartaceis, utrinque et praeser- 

 tim subtiis manifeste reticulatis, punctulis minntissimis non nisi ad 

 marginem paullo manifestioribus hie pellucidis auctis; inflorescentia ter- 

 minali, paupere 2( — 3)-pinnatim panniculata, pedicellis in statu cognito 

 vix ultra 1,5 mm. longis; floribus 4-meris; sepalis rotundatis, crcnulatis, 

 punctulis destitutis; petalis 9 ignotis; filamentis haud foliolaceis. 



Eamuli glaberrimi, validi. Folia margin e prope apicem nonnunquam 

 minutissime perobscureque crennlata, + 45 mm. lata, sicca laetissime viridia 

 siipra nitidiüa. Inflorescentia abbreviate painiicnlata, bre\äter lateqne snb- 

 pj-raniidata, erecta, glabra, foliis mnlto brevior; ramulis flores subumbcUatos 

 gerentibus. Flores ex sicco flavo-virides non nisi cT et immaturi cogniti; 

 sepalis medium nsqne connatis, lobis d.-tegentibns, suborbicnlaribus, apice 

 latissime rotundatis nee emarginatis; petalis ad ^4 connatis, lobis d.-tegen- 

 tibus haud punctatis. Stamina haud satis evoluta antheris generis e maxi- 

 mis, ex ovato acutis. Ovarium floris cf reductum, clongato claviforme. 

 Fructus ignotus. 



Hab, in Jamaica, loco ignoto: Purdie. — Floret Decembri. (V. s. 

 in herb. Kew.) 



20. Wallenia Fawcettii Mez (nov. spec). Foliis petiolis + 4 mm. 

 longis stipitatis, lanccohito- ellipticis, utrinque acutis vel subacutis, + 

 70 mm. longis, chartaceis, subtus levissime reticulatis, punctulis multis 

 in parenohymate absconditis auctis; inflorescentia terminali, 2 — 3-pin- 

 natim panniculata, pedicellis vix ultra 1,5 mm. longis; floribus 4-meris; 

 sepalis 9 irregulariter in lobos crenatos nunc truncatos nunc rotundatos 

 divisis, haud punctatis; petalis 9 laminas normales haud formantibus. 



Frutex 3 in. altns. Ramuli e gracilioribus, squarrosi, glabri. Folia 

 petiolis lamina dccurrciite subalatis inde<|ue + obscnris stipitata, + 30 mm. 

 lata, nitidula, utrinque costis filiform! -prominulis praedita. Inflorescentia 

 su1)multiflora, bcne subcorymboseque panniculata, foliis satis brevior; ramulis 

 flores subumbellatos gerentibus. Flores minimi non nisi 9 cogniti, quam 

 maxime dioiei; sepalis siibmcinliranaccis; petalis gynoeceo adpressis tenuissi- 

 rais hyalinis, apice irregulariter in lobos 3( — 5) grosse crenatos incisis, haud 



