46 Ign. Urban: 



lineares v. siiblineares acutiusculi, sub medio 1,5 — 2,5 mm. lati, in 

 Y-, — ^4 superiore triquetri. Antherae 4 — 6 mm. longae. Stylus superne 

 2-partitus. — Cuba, Portorico, St. Kitt's, Moutserrat, Guade- 

 loupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Lucia (ex Kew Bull. n. 81 p. 257), 

 St. Yiucent, Brasilia. 



Obs. Specimen manciim ex insula Trinidad adest, quod ob nervatnvam 

 foliorum et involucrum minutum vix ad speciem Vahlianam spectat. 



Griiettarda argeiitea Lam. ramis hornotinis brevissime v. pul- 

 verulento-pilosulis v. -tomeutosulis, vetustioribus giabrescentibus; sti- 

 pulis ovatis v. e basi latiore lanceolatis acuminatis 5 — 6 mm. longis; 

 foliis 6 — 1 cm. longe petiolatis, ovatis v. rhombeis v. subobovatis, basi 

 manifeste et angnste v. vix cordatis, raro acutatis, apice brevissime 

 V. mediocriter acute acuminatis, 6 — 14 cm. longis, 4 — 9 cm. latis, 

 nervis lateralibus 5 — 7, supra vix v. leviter impressis, subtus bene 

 promineutibus, supra minute et obsolete pilosulis v. glabratis, subtus 

 intra nervös dense argenteo- serieeis, utrinque laevibus; inflorescentiis 

 3 — 10 cm. longe pedunculatis, semel bis cymose divisis, ramis ultimis 



I — 4 cm. longis, 4— 10-floris, prophyllis ovatis v. breviter ovatis, 

 er. 2 mm. longis, valde deciduis; calycis limbo leviter v, manifeste 

 bilobo, 3 mm. longo, tomentosulo; corollae tubo 15 — 18 mm. longo, 

 densissime retrorsum piloso, lobis 5 — 6 (4 — 6 ex P. Br.), tubo 4 — 5- 

 plo brevioribus; stylo er. 8 mm, (in fl. brachyst.) aut er. 17 mm. (in fl. 

 dolichost.) longo; ovario 3 — 5-loculari; fructu globuloso v. breviter 

 globuloso, 6 — 8 mm. diametro, calycis limbo deciduo carente. 



Gaettarda argentea Lam. Enc. III (1789) j). 54 (excl. descr. 

 fructiis et patria Cayenne) ei lU. t. 154 fi<). 1 (e P. Br. mutuata); 

 Oriseb.! Flor. }). 332 (quoad 'plant, jam.) . 



fruef tarda speciosa Linn. Syst. X. ed. II (1759) p. 1270 et Spec. 



II ed. II p. 1408 (qnoad syn. Broivv), — non Spec. I cd. II p. 991. 



Onettarda ambigna DC. Prodr. IV (1830) p. 455 (quoad i^yn. 

 Broicn). 



Hale.süf arboresceiis , foliis subrotf/nd/s suht^ts arycvfris P. Br. 

 dam. (1756) p. 205 lal>. 20 fig. 1. 



Hab. in Jamaica inter Tweedside et South St. Andrew 660 m. 

 alt. m. Mart. fruct., ad Sheldon Road 800 in. alt. ni. dun. floi'., inter 

 Mona Woodland et Slope of Long Mountain 200 m. alt. m. Nov. fruct: 

 Harris n. 5649, 5918, 8851, ad Portland Gap ad pedem Blue Mts. Peak 

 m. Mart. flor.: Alexander n. 457, loco special! non adnotato: Hart 

 n. 1094. 



Obs. (i. i^uiuiiensis Urb. {(1. argnitca Lam. quoad plant, cayennenscni) 

 a planta jainaiconsi stipulis breviter trianf;uhu-il)us, foliis ovatis v. ovali- 

 ellipticis hasi nninpiani («rdatis, nervis lateralibus utroqun latere 8 — 11, 



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