330 Ign. Urban : 



mentum minutiuu villosuluiu. Flores femiuei: Pedicelli fructiferi ob- 

 conici villosvili. Calyx friictifer 6 — 8 mm. longus; tubus subplanus; lobi 

 leite trianguläres v. semiorbiculares, dorso sub pube obsolete nervosi, mar- 

 gine plani v. incurvi. Fructus lutei v. croeei (ex Egg.), virides (ex Shafer), 

 superne breviter et adpresse pilosi, iuferoe glabri, pericarpio er. 0,3 mm. 

 crasso. Semina oblique ovata, 10 — 13 mm. longa, 5 — 8 mm. lata. 



Hab. iu ins. Bahama Fortune Island, ra. Febr. fruct.: Eggers 

 n. 3811, Hog Island ra. Febr. fruct.: Eggers n. 4160, Acklins Island: 

 Eggers n. 3940, Andros in Fresli Creek m. Jun. in alab.: Northrop 

 n. 640; Cuba in territorio Camaguey ad La Gloria, ra. Febr. fruct.: 

 Shafer n. 416, 428, ibidem ad Pastelillo infra Nuevitas, m. Mart fruct: 

 Shafer n. 844. 



Obs. I. 3Jaba caribaea (DC.) Hiern (ex Hispaniola) difPert ramis glabris, 

 foliis 1,5 — 3 mm. longo petiolatis, nervis lateralibus supra prominulis, reti- 

 culo venarum subtus multo minus prominente, glabris. minus crassis, calyee 

 fructifero 8 — 10 mm. longo, lobis basi 13 — IG mm. latis, margine recurvis 

 (an etiam floribus?). 



Obs. IL Altera species cubensis: M. caribaea Hiern p. p. (Wright 

 n. 1331) petiolis longioribus, foliis crassioribus, pedicellis femineis jani sub 

 anthesi 5 mm. longis certe a planta domingensi diversa est; sed raateries e 

 loco unico natali manca ad speciem novam condendam mihi non sufficit. 



Symplocaceae. 



Symploeos domingeiisis Urb. (n. sp.) rarais hornotiuis glabris 

 V. pilis parcissirais brevibus obsitis; foliis 4 — 6 ram. longe petiolatis, 

 breviter obovatis v. obovato-orbicularibus, basi rotundata parum v. 

 vix in petiolum protractis, antice rotundatis, nunc brevissime et ob- 

 tuse acuniinatis, 3,5 — 7 cm. longis, 3,5 — 6 cm. latis, margine plus 

 minus recurvo integris, crasse coriaceis rigidis glabris, nervo niedio 

 supra sulcato- impresso; inflorescentiis abbreviato-racemosis 2 — 6- 

 floris, petiolis aequilongis v. paullo longioribus; calyee glabro v. parce 

 breviterque adpresse piloso, lobis inaequalibus, semi- v. suborbiculari- 

 bus, margine breviter ciliatis; corolla 4 ram. longa, basi ipsa tautum 

 coalita, lobis 5 ovato-orbicularibus v. suborbicularibus; filaraentis 

 Omnibus inferne in tubum er. 1 mm. longura connatis et corollae basi 

 ima adnatis, biseriatis convexis glabris; stylo glabro, 2 mm. longo; 

 ovario 2-loculari; fructibus cylindraceo-oblongis, 15 — 18 mm. longis, 

 6 — 6,5 mm. crassis; semine recto. 



Kami qui adsunt usque 8 mm. crassi cinerascentes in sicco plicato- 

 striati, hornotini angulati. Folia nervis lateralibus utroque latere 7 — 8 

 sub angulo 50 — 60^ abeuntibns, supra parum subtus paullo magis pro- 

 minulis et tenuiter anastomosantibus, supra nitidula. Inflorescentiae in 

 axillis foliorum solitariae; pedunculus subnullus; bracteae deciduae. Calycis 

 tubus obconicus; lobi 1 — 1,5 mm. longi, apice rotundati. Corolla glabra; 



