214 Ign. Urban: 



Inflorescenzen, die Staminalzahl usw. eine spezifische Abtrennung von P. fra- 

 grans Dumont {P. ohtusata Sw.) rechtfertigen mögen. 



Pisoiiia Harrisiana Heinierl (n. sp.). Arbor 6,5—13 m. alta 

 (sec. Harris). Folia mediocria, lamina iisque 116 mm. lg. et 60 mm. It, 

 elliptica ad obovoideo-elliptica, in dimidio v. distincte supra dimidium 

 latissima, in petiolum 5 — 18 mm. lg. crassiusculum cito glabrum v. 

 contracta v. plenimque + acnminata, secus eum angnstissime decnr- 

 rentia, antice pleriimque rotundata ad obtusata, rarius paiüum acn- 

 minata, priranra parcissirae, in costa panlo densius pulverulenta, cito 

 glabra, coriacea, costa validiuscula, ntrinque (iufra tarnen magis) pro- 

 minente, nervis 6 — 9 ntrinque, valde tenuibus, paululum prominenti- 

 bus, versus marginem arcnatim conjunctis, ceterum indistincte v. laxis- 

 sime et teuuissime ramificatis. Infiorescentiae peduncnlo firmiore, 

 erecto, o* usque 63 mm. lg., 9 iisque 30 mm. lg. suffultae, mediocres, 

 usque 40 mm. (fructigerae usque 50 mm.) lt., a* magis paniculatae, 

 9 magis corymbosae, multi- et + densiflorae, pilis adpressis, griseolis 

 V. rufulis, inprimis versus ulteriores ramificationes densius puberulae, 

 cf ramis primariis saepe regnlariter decussatis v. alternis, 9 r^^ruis 

 fere umbellatim dispositis, patentibus, crassiusculis, + eodem modo 

 iterum ramificatis, ramificationibus subcondensatis, apice cymis pluri- 

 (saepe 5)-floris, densis terminatis. Flores sessiles v. subsessiles. Peri- 

 authia 9 2,5 — 3 mm. lg., subcampanulata, limbo 1,5 mm. v, panlo 

 ultra lato, erecto -patente, 5-dentato, denticnlis latis, obtusiusculis, 

 dense ferruginoso-puberula. Germen 3 — 4 mm. lg., stigmate exserto, 

 profunde fimbriato. Staminodia 5 — 7, minutissima, usque 1 mm. lg. 

 Perianthia cf nondum aperta. Stamina 8. Anthocarpia atrorubra, dru- 

 pacea, extus carnosa, ellipsoidea, 8 — 9 mm. lg., 4 — 6 mm. lt., apice 

 coronula vix 1 mm. lt. paulnm puberula instrncta, sub hac non con- 

 stricta, in parte interiore sublignosa valide costata, glabra. Fructus 

 5 — 6 mm. lg., 3 — 4 mm. lt., pallide (in basi saturate) brunneus. 



Rami irregulariter v. (spurie) dichotome + patenter ramificati, gri- 

 seoli V. magis rufescentes, + nigulosi, glabri, novelli solum modice pul- 

 verulento-liii'tuli, cito glabrati. Folia opposita, adulta in statu sicco supra 

 brunneola, infra rufo-brunnescentia, parura discoloria, supra pauluni nitidula, 

 infra opaca, integra, in margine leviter revoluta. Flores bracteolis 3, ovatis 

 ad lanceolatis, obtusiusculis, + 1 mm. lg., puberulis. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Potsdam Woodland, Santa Cruz Mts. 860 m. 

 alt, m. Sept. flor. et fruct: Harris n. 9779, 9820, in Santa Cruz Mts. 

 ad Chelsea Hill 730 m. alt: Harris n. 9688, in Spur Tree Hill 600m. 

 alt: Harris n. 9857, prope ]\Ialvern ad Mountain Side 130 m. alt, m. 

 Sept flor.: Harris n. 9917, prope Ferry ad Quarry in collibus umbrosis 

 saxosis: Harris n. 10385. 



