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Vs alt. connata, lobis ovatis; antheris subquadratis ; stjlo 3 mm. longo; 

 fructibus (ex specim. Sinten.) obovato-ovalibus, 7 — 8 mm. longis, 4,5 — 

 5 mm. crassis. 



Schoepfia obovata Ch. Wright in Saiiv. Citb. (1868) n. 365 p. 21; 

 Oard. and Br. in Proc. Äc. Phil. 1890 p. 372 fsub nomine sphalmate 

 erroneo Seh. odorata) ; Urb. Symb. IV p. 20.5. 



Codonium pallidum v. Tiegh. in Bull. Soc. bot France vol. XLIII 

 (1896) p. 550. 



Schoepfia pallida Engl. Nat. Pflarixenfam. Nachtr. (1897) p. 146. 



Elaeodendron xylocarpum Northrop ! Bah. (1902) p. 47^ — nonDC. 



White beef wo od Baham. ex Oard. and Br. 



Frutex v. arbor 3 — 10 m. alta. Flores atro-rubri (ex Wr.), rubri 

 (ex Eggers), flavo-carnei v. lateritii (ex Sint.). Fructus viridis,' apice 

 aurantiaco (ex Sint.). 



Hab. in ins. Baham. New Providence: Northrop n. 71, ad Nassau, 

 m. April, fl., Febr.fr.: Ciirtiss n. 82, ad Foxhill, m. Febr. fl.: Eggers 

 n. 4246, in Acklins Isl., m. Febr. fl.: Eggers n. 3890; Cuba circa 

 Trinidad locis planis prope Ehizophoras, m. Mart. flor.: Wright n. 3573; 

 Portorico prope Guanica in sylvis litoralibus ad Saliuas et ad Cafio 

 gordo et in sylvis montanis ad Punta de los pescadores m. Jan. , Febr. 

 fl. et fr.: Sintenis n. 3530, 3743, 3767. 



2. Schoepfia didyma Ch. Wright, foHis 2—3 mm. longe petio- 

 latis, ovato- v. elüptico-oblongis, ad basin sensim angustatis acutis, ad 

 apicem magis angustatis acutis v. obtuse acumiuatis, penninervibus, 

 margine subanguste revolutis, 4^6 cm. longis, 1,5— 2,5 cm. latis; 

 pedimculis solitariis in axillis foHorura, 10 — 15 mm. longis bifloris- 

 corolla in flor. dolichost. ovato -cyliudracea, cmii lobis 5—5,5 mm. longa, 

 in % alt. coalita, lobis ovato -triangularibus; antheris didymis; style 

 3,5 mm. longo; fructibus ovalibus 9 — 10 mm. (v. ex Gtriseb. 13 mm.) 

 longis. 



Schoepfia didyma Ch. Wright in Griseb. Cat. (1866) p. 119; Engl, 

 in Mart. Fl. Bras. XII. 2. p. 36; Saiiv. Cub. n. 364 p. 21. 



Flores viridi-albi, basi rubescentes (ex Wright). 



Hab. in Cuba occ: Wright n. 2641. 



Obs. Character in descriptione Grisebachiana erroneus „pedicellis (seil, 

 pedunculis) unifloris" cum nomine Wrightiano male convenit. 



3. Schoepfia arenaria Britton (n. sp.), foliis 3 — 5 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, ovatis, basi rotundatis v. subtruncatis non v. parum in petio- 

 lum protractis, apice obtusissimis v. sensim angustatis, 4,5 — 6,5 cm. 

 longis, 3 — 4 cm. latis, penninervibus, planis; pedunculis er. 9 mm. 

 longis, 2— 3-floris, pedicellis nullis, cupulis calycoideis inter sese plus 

 minus coalitis; corolla in flor. dolichost. ovato -cy lind racea, cum lobis 



