514 Ign. Ürban: 



Stylus vix 1,5 mm. longiis, snbaequicrassus; Stigmata suborbieularia. Frnctus 

 sepalis lanceolatis coronati, in sicco briinei. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 2760. 



Obs. M. cymosa (Sw.) Griseb. e Jamaica foliis ovatis v. aiignste ovatis, 

 calyce fnictuqiie dense breviterqiie patenti-pilosn, lobis calyciiiis acuminatis 

 fere 2 mm. longis et praesertim fructu obconico, infenie vakle seiisim 

 attenuato, crassissime costato, dense patenti-i>iloso, 6 mm. longo optiiue 

 recedit; magis affinis est M. portoricensis Baill. (e Portorico), quae differt 

 foliis plerisque ternatim verticillatis, ad ramos elongatos ovatis v. snborbiculari- 

 biis breviter acuminatis, calycis tubo dense breviterque albido - piloso , lobis in 

 fructu vix supra 1 mm. longis, fructibus inferne magis angustatis dense pilosis. 



Eritlialis Harrisii Uib. (n. sp.) ramis junioribus ad apicem plus 

 minus compressis, sub apice angulatis, postea teretibus, glabris; stipulis 

 in tubum brevem connatis, inter petiolos breviter triangulari-productis 

 et saepius brevissime acuminatis; foliis 10 — 15 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 obovatis usque ellipticis, basi plus minus abrupte in petiolum pro- 

 diictis, apice rotimdatis, 5 — 9 cm. longis, 2,5 — 5,5 cm. latis, dimidio 

 usque duplo longioribus quam latioribus, nervo medio supra inferne 

 plus minus impresso; inflorescentiis eximie supraaxülaribus, solemniter 

 (in ramulis quoque) panniculatis, rhachi brevissime pubescente, pedi- 

 cellis 2 — mm. longis; floribus 5-meris; petalis 3 — 5 mm. longis; 

 fructu plerumque 7-, raro 6 -costato et -carpidiato. 



Frutex v. arbuscula 4 — 6,6 m. alta. Rami vetustiores grisei, inter- 

 nodiis 1,5 — 3,5 cm. longis, ramulis e ramo materno 5 — 10 mm. supra 

 axillam folii materni abeuntibus. Stipulae intra petiolos er. 0,5 mm., inter 

 petiolos 2,5 — 3 mm. longae. Folia nervis lateralibus — 7 supra parum 

 v. obsolete, subtus iJauUo magis prominentibus, postea coriacea, margine plana 

 V. angustissime recurva, glabra. Inflorescentiae 2 — 5 cm. longe peduncu- 

 latae; bracteae infimae saepe foliaceae oblongae v. spathulato-lanceolat.ae, 

 caetcrae triangulari-lanceolatae v. trianguläres 1 — 2 mm. longae; pubes 

 rhaclieos bifariam obvia; pedicelli prophylla subulata v. setacea gereutes. 

 Flores albi fragrantes. Calyx globulosus v. obovato-giobosus, quoad ad- 

 natus 1 — 1,2 mm. longus, supra ovarium triente v. fere dimidio cupulifonni- 

 productus, apice minute denticulatus. Alabastra subclaviformi-c^iindracea 

 glabra. Petala in aestivatione superne angustissime imbricata, basi in 

 Ys — Y^o alt. coalita, intus inferne pubescentia, superne glabra, linearia, ad 

 apicem acuta ta, 1 mm. lata, subcoriacea, sub anthesi recurvata v. revoluta. 

 Filamenta basi corollae imae adnata et supra basin inter sese in tubum 

 0,4 — 0,6 mm. longura coalita, supra tubum er. 1 mm. longe dense pubes- 

 centia, caeterum glabra, 3 — 3,5 mm. longa; antherae in Y^ alt, affixae, 

 filamentis dimidio breviores lineares obtusiusculae, 1,7 — 2 mm. longae. 

 Discus annularis carnosus. Stylus 4,2 — 4,6 mm. longus, superne paullo 

 dilatatus, apice obtusus. Fructus sphaeroideus er. 2 mm. longus, 2,5 mm. 

 crassus, profunde sulcatus. 



Hab. in Jamaica prope Tro}^, 660 m. alt. ad rupes, m. Junio 

 fl. et fr.: Harns n. 8743, in H0II3' Mount, Mt. Diablo, 830 m. alt, m. 

 Aug. fl. et fr.: Harris n. 8974. 



