Myrsiuaceao. 423 



vel virentes vel raro purpurascentes, breviter pedicellati, pedicellis basi 

 I)i-acteolis parvis suffiütis. 



Genus austro-americanum, ab Antillis per Giiianam Coliimbiam- 

 que usque ad Brasiliam australem extensum, Guianae crebrum, Ame- 

 ricae centrali deficiens. Species unica antillana! 



3 J8. Wciu'eltia aiitillaiia Mez (nov. spec). Foliis obovatis vel ob- 

 ovato-ellipticis, integerrimis; infloresceutia bipinuatim pauniculata, ra- 

 niulis flores bene racemosos gerentibus; sepalis vix ad Y^ longit. coa- 

 litis margine creiiulatis; antheris apice haud emarginatis nee dorso 

 punctatis. 



Ramuli crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis + 15 mm. longis stipitata, 

 basin versus sensim, apice breviter acuta vel hie rarius rotuudata, +120 mm. 

 longa, 50 mm. lata, chartacea, praeter lepides subtus dissitas perobscuras 

 glabra, opaca, glauco-viridia, subtus manifeste pallidiora, prominulo-costata 

 haud vel vix reticulata, et punctis submultis prominentibus et subtus lineis 

 nonnullis crassiusculis atris praedita. Infloroscentiae cT niulti-, 9 sub- 

 multiflorae, pauUo puberulae, subthjTSoideae constanter angustae, cf foliis 

 lougiores Q breviores; ramulis flores haud glomeratos gerentibus, pedicellis 

 vix ultra 0,5 mm. longis. Flores brunescenti-virides, regula 4- sed nonnun- 

 quani intermixte 5-meri, + 3 mm. diam. metientes; sepalis late obovatis, 

 obtusis, cT "^ix 9 ^^^"ö pimctatis; petalis ovatis, rotundatis, sicut sepala 

 punctatis, intus basin versus lepidotulis. Ovarium giabrum, floris cT stipi- 

 tiforme floris 9 niaximum, ovoideum; stigmate loboso, stylo brevi crassoque 

 elato; placenta apice 2 — 3-ovulata. Bacca (ex sicco rubra?) paullo de- 

 presse giobosa, minute rugulosa, 4 — 5 mm. diam. metiens, non nisi sterilis 

 cognita. 



Hab. in sylvis montanis insularum Dominica: Ramage; St. Lucia: 

 Ramage; Grenada: Broadway n. 540, 542, 769, 942, Eggers n. (3408. 

 — Floret Junio, Julio, fructificat Auguste. (V. s. in herb. Kew., Krug, 

 et Urban.) 



Obs. Meigeltid myriatäha A. DC. a cl. Gkisebach (Fl. Br. W. Ind. Isl. 

 p. 394) e Trinitatis insula indicata est species guianensis, Trinitati adhuc 

 aliona. Diagnosis 1. c. ad specimina guianensia elaborata speciei convenit; 

 stirps Cruegeriana tarnen citata ad Cyhianthum Gnicgeri referenda. 



VII. Cybiaiithus Mart. 



Flores reductione sexus alterius optime dioici, constanter 4-nieri. 

 Sepala parva, aperta vel rarius paullo imbricata, basi brevissime vel 

 breviter vel rarissime usque ad Yg longit. connata, margine crenata vel 

 crenulata vel saepissime optime ciliolata, punctulata vel rarius haud 

 picta. Petala per anthesin patentia, basi breviter vel raro medium us- 

 que rarissime ultra medium connata, aestivatione imbricata saepius fere 

 valvata vel raro dextrorsuin tegentia, latissima elliptica vel suborbi- 

 cularia, sueto emarginata vel raro acuminata. Staraina coroUae fauci 



