358 Ign. Uhban: 



Fnitex 1,3 — 2 m. altiis. Rami teretes in sicco tenuiter plicati 

 brunei glabrescentes, hornotini teretes pilis basi incrassatis. Folia petiolis 

 delapsis basi gibberem reiinquentibus, nervis lateralibus utrinque 5 — 7 sub 

 angulo 30 — 35 '^ abeuntibus siipra inipressis, subtus plus minus reticulato- 

 coujunctis, margine supero angustissime, iiiiero latiiis recurva v. revoluta, 

 pilis supra densissimis valde abbreviatis, subtus praesertim ad nervös bre- 

 vibus vestita, in sicco brunescentia. Capitula G — 7 mm. diametro; flores 

 sessiles. Caiyx extrinsecus breviter et subadpresse albido-pilosus, superne 

 2 mm. crassus, non striatus, sed luce permeante 10 -nervis, cliartaceus; lobi 



1 mm. longi. Corolla extrinsecus giabra, intus ad et sub medio pubescens, 

 inferne chartacea, superne membranacea; lobi crispulo- plicati, apice rotun- 

 dati. Filaraenta quoad libera giabra brevissima; antlierae subquadratae, 

 0,4 mm. longae, dorso supra medium affixae. Ovarium ovato-acuminatum; 

 Ovula ovato-oblonga v. oblouga, supra basin affixa. Stylus 2 mm. longus, 

 in Ys ^^^- 4-iidus; Stigmata obovata. 



Hab. in Haiti locis siccis prope Plaisance, 250 m., m. Majo llor.: 

 Buch n. 355. 



Obs. Affinis C. angustifolia R. et Seh. pube ramorum pulverulenta, in- 

 florescentiis lateralibus et in dichotomiis terminalibus , longius peduuculatis, 

 spicatis, corollis calycem duplo et ultra superantibus albis recedit. 



Cordia exarata Urb. ramis juuioribus pilis albidis suberectis v. 

 erecto-patentibus pubescentibus v. villosulis; foliis 1,5 — 3 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, obovatis, ovalibus v. ovali-ellipticis, basi obtusis, apice rotun- 

 datis, 2 — 1 cm. longis, 1 — 0,5 cm. latis, margino irregulariter crenatis, 

 coriaceis, supra pilis albidis dense obsessis, postremo scabridis; inflores- 

 centiis terminalibus et lateralibus, capitatis v. postremo breviter spicatis, 

 subsessilibus usque 8 mm. longo peduuculatis; calj'ce in alabastro ovali, 

 lobis conniventibus, tubo sub anthesi 2 — 2,5 mm. longo obovato, bre- 

 viter piloso, lobis triangularibus obsolete et obtuse apiculatis, tubo 



2 — 2Y2-PI0 brevioribus; coroUae tubo subc^^lindraceo, e calyce exserto, 

 5 mm. longo, lobis ut videtur ovatis, tubo 3-plo brevioribus; filamentis 

 fauci corollae insertis, autheris paullo exsertis; drupa oblique ovata 



3 — 3,5 mm. longa. 



Cordia idllosa Spreng.! Syst. I (1825) jJ- 654; DC. Prodr. IX 

 p. 500, — non Spreng. Neue Entdeck. III (1822) p. 31. 



Rami vetustiores brunei v. nigrescentes teretes, in sicco plicatuli 

 scabriusculi v. glabrati, hornotini iiallidiores teretes v. subteretes, pilis nodu- 

 loso- scabridis, crassitie rami brevioribus. Folia petiolis basi v. supra basin 

 deciduis, nervis lateralibus utrinque 4 — 5 sub angulo ca. 60" abeuntibus 

 rectis, sicut medio arcte impressis (quasi exaratis) vix v. parum ramosis, 

 pube supra initio molliore, postremo rigidiore breviter pubescentia, margine 

 ad crenas plus minus recurva, viridia v. brunoa, subtus pallidiora. Capitula 

 5 — 15-tlora, 5 — 7 mm. diametro, postremo usque 12 mm. longa; flores 

 sessiles. Calyx superne 2,5 mm. crassus, non striatus, sed luce permeante 

 10-nervis, cliartaceus; lobi 0,8 mm. longi. Corolla extrinsecus giabra. 



