352 Ign. Urban: 



breviter aeuminati, carnosuli, iitrinque tomentosnli. Petala apice obtusa, 

 inferne sensim angustata, 0,7 — 0,8 mm. lata, coriaeea, intus niarginibns 

 exceptis dense sericea, extrinsecns ad nervum medium pilosa. Stamina 

 eircumcirca disposita; filamenta er. 3 mm. longa, inferne pubescentia; antherae 

 reniformes. Ovarium globulosum dense et breviter hirsutum. Stylus 

 3,5 — f) mm. longus; stigma minutum, obsolete bilobum. Fructus parce 

 pilosus, paene siccus (ex Duss), costis plerumque 6, intus puberulus. Se- 

 men fructui conforme, oblongura acute costatum. 



Hab. in Giiadelüiipe in sylvis la Grande -Citerne, As-de-Pique, 

 Bains-Jaunes, Gommier, 800 — 1100 m. alt, fl. fere totum per annuni: 

 Duss n. 3633; Dominica in sylvis prope Laudat: Eggers hb. pr. n. 986 

 et ed. Toepff. n. 618; Martinique satis frequens in Piton-Gelo, in 

 montibus circa Campflore et Case-Pilote (Savane Saint- Cyr): Duss 

 n. 154. 



Obs. Eandem stipulam intrapetiolarem Ch. Imco L. et Ch. pellocai'pns 

 Mey. praebont, dum Ch. ohlongifoJia Miobx. stipulis binis e petiolo ad v. 

 supra ejus basin prodeuntibus lateralibus gaudet. 



Licaiiia ternateiisis Hook. f. ramis hornotinis glabris v. ad apicem 

 minutissime pilosulis; stipulis ad v. paiülo supra basin potioli obviis 

 anguste linearibus 1 — 2 mm. lougis deciduis; foliis 5 — 7 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, ovatis v. ovalibus, basi rotundatis v. subtruneatis, apice 

 mediocritor v. satis longo acuminatis, acumine obtuso, 6 — 15 cm. longis, 

 3 — 7,5 cm. latis, glabris, subtns plus minus albidis, basi non glanduli- 

 foris, coriaceis v. crasse coriaceis; inflorescentiis axillaribus et termi- 

 nalibus, pannicnlatis, pube brevissima albido-flava obsitis, 3 — 8 cm. 

 longis, ramulis cymose evolutis, pedicellis vix 0,5 mm. longis; calycis 

 tubo campanulato v. semigloboso, extrinsecns tomentosnlo, intus dense 

 et breviter pubescente, lobis breviter ovatis v. triangularibus, tnbo 

 paullo V. fere duplo brevioribns; petalis nullis; staminibus 4 — 5 uni- 

 lateralibns; fructibus non stipitatis, obovato-oblongis v. oblongis, 1,5 — 

 1,8 cm. longis, sub apice 0,5 — 0,7 cm. crassis, bruneo-tomentosulis. 



Licania ternatensis Hook. f. in Keiv Bull.! n. 81 (1893) p. 251; 

 Duss! Flor. Ant. frauQ. (1897) p. 259. 



Licania hypoleuea Oriseh. Flor. (1860) p. 230, — non Benth. 



Bois diable, bois gris, bois resolu, bois de fer Guad. ex 

 Duss; bois diable Domin. ex Duss et Ramage; bois de fer, bois 

 gris, bois rosolu Marl, ex Duss. 



Arbor elata interdum gigantea, ad basin anfructuosa, trunco supero 

 cylindrico (ex Duss). Rami teretes cinereo-nigrescentes lenticellosi , juniores 

 striati. Folia petiolis teretibus rugulosis supra superne sulcatis, nervo medio 

 supra subimpresso v. postremo prominulo, lateralibus 5-^7 sub angulo 

 45 — 50° abeuntibus, supra tenuibus v. vix conspicuis, subtus valde pro- 

 minentibus, infimis magis approximatis, utrinque dense reticulato-anastomo- 

 santibus, margine plana, supra nitida olivacea subtus praeter nervös eximie 



