380 Ign. Urban: 



siipra inferne prominente, ad apiceni evänesceute, lateralibus nullis v. rai-o 

 iino altcrove subtns tenuissimc prominulo, crasse coriacea rigida, in sicco 

 viridia, subtiis paullo pallidiora. Inflorescentiae axillares 7 — 15-florae, 

 corymbosae; pedunculus 1 — 3 cm. longus compressiiisculus; bracteae trian- 

 gnlai-es, plus minus longe acuminatae. Calycis tubus turbinatus; limbus 

 aecpilongus v. paullo longior; dcntes 5 late trianguläres, limbo 3-plG bre- 

 viores. Corolla vix in Yjq ^^^- gamopetala; lobi 5 lanceolato-lineares ob- 

 tusi, intus carinati, ca. 1 mm. lati. Filamenta basi corollao inserta pilo- 

 sula; antlierae oblongo- lineares obtusae 1,5 mm. longae. Drupac calycis 

 cupula coronatae, 2 — 2,5 mm. crassae, mediocriter costatae. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis litoralibus ad Cano gordo, m. Febr. 

 dcflor.: Sintenis n. 3796. 



Obs. E. ixtrcijlora Griseb. (e Cuba) differt foliis longiiis petiolatis, apice 

 obtusis, i)lanis, calycis limbo ^-\}\o breviore, drupis ovali-globosis profunde 

 sulcato-costatis. 



Chioiic coriacea Urb. glabra, foliis 6— 10mm. longe petiolatis, 

 anguste ovalibus, obovato-ellipticis v. oblongis, ad basin sensim in petio- 

 lum angustatis, apice rotundatis v. obtnsis, raro subacutatis, 6 — 10 cm. 

 longis, 2 — 4,5 cm. latis, nervis lateralibus sub angulo ca. 70° abeunti- 

 bus, utroque latere 10 — 12, subtus vix v. param et obsolete anastomo- 

 santibiis; inflorescentiis minute pilosulis, pedicellis 1 — 2 mm. longis; 

 alabastris matiiris 1,5 mm. diametro, corolla 6 mm. longa, initio cylin- 

 dracea, postremo subcampanulata, lobis seraiorbicularibus, tubo ca. 5-plo 

 brevioribus; stylo postremo apice breviter bifido, lobis stigmatosis bre- 

 viter triangiilaribus obtusis; drupis ovato-ellipticis, vix 5 mm. longis. 



Psijcliotria coriacea Spremj.! Syst. I (1825) jo. 742 (cxcl. iKitr. 

 Amcr.-austr.), — non Poir. 



Psychotria cxserta DC. Procir. IV (1830) JJ- 517. 



Linio St. TJoming. ex Mayerh. 



Frutex 1,3 m. altus (ex Egg.). Eami vetustiores terotes non striati 

 cinerascentcs, liornotini subteretes v. plus minus compressi, internodiis valde 

 inaequilo7igis 0,5 — 8 cm. longis. Stipulae G — -7 mm. longae, inferne in 

 vaginam connatae, superne bilobae, lobis interpetiolaribus triangularibus v. 

 triangulär! -ovatis, obtusis v. apiculatis, chartaceo - membranaceae , in sicco 

 brunescentes, intus inferne squamulis linearibus ca. 1,5 mm. longis dense 

 obsitae, posterius sursum evectae et deciduae. Folia petiolis supra sulcatis, 

 nervo medio supra piano v. parum impresso, subtus crasse prominente, late- 

 ralibus subtus tcnuiter prominentibus subrectis, margine angustissime recurva, 

 supra valde nitida in sicco viridi-brunescentia, subtus olivacea. Inflores- 

 centiae 2,5 — 7 cm. longe pedunculatae, panniculatae v. subcorymbosae ter 

 quatci- trichotomae, ramulo intermedio caeteris ae({uali v. i)aullo provectiore; 

 bracteae minutac ramulis })lus minus sursum adnatae, 1,5 — 0,5 mm. longae. 

 Calycis limbus cupuliformis 0,5 — 0,8 mm. longus; dcntes late trianguläres 

 V. obsoleti, limbo paullo usque 4-plo breviores. Alabastra subcylindracco- 

 oblonga. Corolla alba (ex Egg.), initio antheseos cylindracea, dein superne 

 ventricoso-inflata usque 4 mm. crassa, glabra; lobi 5 erecti ca. 1 mm. longi. 



