Nova genera et species III. ^ ^pA;>3 ^^^ 



albescentia v. albido-brunescentia. Iiiflorescentiae brevissirae v. usqiie 

 1 cm. longe pedunculatae ; bracteae infimae lanceolatae er. 2 mm, longae, 

 caeterae triaugulares vix 1 mm. longae, cymulis 3 — 1 mm. loDge pedimculatis, 

 plerisque 3 — 7-floris. Flores bruneo-albi (ex Eamage). Calyx 2 — 2,5 mm. 

 longus, extrinsecus laevis v. plus minus costatus; lobi 5, raro 6, in aestiva- 

 tione leviter imbricati, apice obtusi, carnosuli. Stamina quinque, 3 uni- 

 lateraliter lobis calycis opposita, 2 cum iis alterna; filamenta 0,3 — 0,5 mm. 

 longa, inferne pubescentia; antherae suborbiculares, interdum nonnullae multo 

 minores et verisimiliter steriles. Ovarium oblique globulosum, brevissime 

 bruneo-pilosum. Stylus ovario supra basin insertus, 1,5 — 1,7 mm. longus, 

 plus minus curvatus, fere usque ad apicem albido-tomentosus; stigma 

 punctiforme. Fructus apice rotundatus v. subtruncatus , inferne sensim 

 attenuatus, non raro longitrorsum costatus; exocarpium crustaceum, endocar- 

 pium sublignosum, intus bruneum et eximie patenti-pubescens. Semen 

 loculo conforme, oblongum. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe satis frequens in sylvis Houelmont, Vieiix- 

 Habitants, la Bouillante, la Pointe-Noire, Trois-Eivieres, 300— 700 m. 

 alt., fl. Majo — Aug., fruct. Oct, Nov.: Duss n. 2868; Dominica in 

 sylvis prope Sugaiioaf m. April, flor., ad Laien m. Jun. fl. et fr., ad 

 Castle Bruce m. Febr. fr.: Duss, Eggers ed. Toepff. et Eensch n. 742, 

 hb. pr. n. 1073, Ramage; Martinique in sylvis Fonds-Saint-Denis, 

 Camp de l'Alma, in montibus Grand' Anse, Gros-Morne, Lorrain: Duss 

 n. 1902; St. Yincent in sylvis partis insulae australis 660 m. alt: 

 Smith n. 1730; Trinidad in montibus ad St. Anns: ex Griseb. 



Obs. L Liguum rubrum v. rubro- bruneum durissimum nee corrumpen- 

 dum, ideoque ad constructiones aeri expositas et praesertim subterraneas 

 atque aquatieas valde idoneum. 



Obs. II. Nomen „L. Ternatensis H. f." plantis Trinitensibus et Domini- 

 censibus in herbario Kewensi inscriptum, sed sine indicatione, unde acceptum 

 Sit (Dr. D. Pkalh in lit.). 



Obs. III. A L. hypoleuca Benth. mihi non visa ex Rolfe in Kew Bull. 

 1. c. omnino diversa. 



Obs. IV. L. Kuntxmna Urb. = L. affinis 0. Ktze. Rev. I (1891) p. 217 

 (non Fritsch in Ann. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien IV. 1889. p. 50) ex descrip- 

 tione cl. 0. Kuntze differt foliis lauceolatis, utrinque viridibus, staminibus 

 8 — 10 in orbem corapletum dispositis, fructu utrinque rotundato. Trinidad 

 in savanuis ad Arima: 0. Kuntze. 



Licaiiia Cruegeriana Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis brevissime 

 pilosis V. flavido-tomentosulis, mox glabrescentibus; stipulis ad basin 

 petioli obviis, lineari-subulatis, 2,5 mm. longis, deciduis v. parte supe- 

 riore tantum decidua; foliis 4 — 6 mm. longe petiolatis, ovatis v. ovato- 

 oblongis v. supremis elliptico-oblongis, basi rotundatis, apice sub- 

 sensim et acute acuminatis, 7 — 3 cm. longis, 3 — 1,5 cm. latis, eximie 

 discoloribus, supra glabris in sicco obscure bruneis, subtus flavidis, 

 basi non glanduliferis, coriaceis; inflorescentiis (fructiferis tantum visis) 



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