Specics novae, praesertiin portoricenses. 391 



Majo, Nov. fl.: Eggers hb. pr. n. 1279/ Sclnvanecke, Sintenis n. 311, 

 311'', 1007, 1180, 1635, 1636, 4035, 5329, 6428, 6485, Stahl n. 1108. 



Obs. Affines G. elli}}tka Sw. calycibus 2 — 3-plo majoribiis, fructibus 

 seniipollicaribus etc., C. reticulata Vahl tomento rufo, alabastris oblongis, 

 cah'cis lübis paucioribus inaeißialibus, foliis longe acumiuatis, G. lacvigata 

 Lain. (e Martinique) foliis breviter ovalibus v. breviter obovatis, calyce ob- 

 long-o, apice inaequaliter fisso recedunt. 



Cordia Fawcettii Kr. et Urb. in Xotixbl. Bcrl. bot. Gart. I n. 2 

 (1895) p. SO ramis teretibus sicut foliis, inflorescentiis, calyce brevis- 

 sime pilosis; foliis 12 — 15 mm. longe petiolatis, ovatis basi obsolete 

 cordatis, apice subabrupte acuminatis, 12 — 17 cm. longis, 7 — 15 cm. 

 latis, margine subplano crenulatis v. subintegris, chartaceis; corymbo 

 terminali bis ter dichotomo, floribus secus ramulos extremes unilateraliter 

 dispositis sessilibus; calyce in alabastro plane clause ovali 6 — 7 mm. 

 longo, sub anthesi 5-lobo coriaceo, lobis aequalibus tubo ca. 2-plo bre- 

 vioribus; corollae tubo calyci subaequilougo, lobis ob longis; staminibus ad 

 basin setulosis, exsertis; drupa breviter oblique globulosa, 12 — 15 mm. 

 diametro. 



Cordia elliptica Oriseb.! Flor. (1861) p. 479, — non Sw. 



Frutex v. arbor 10 m. alta. Rami pilis bi'evissimis simplicibus ad- 

 pressis dense vestiti v. tomentosuli. Folia plus quam dimidio longiora quam 

 latiora, supra secus nervum medium et laterales primi et nunc secundi or- 

 dinis impressa, nervis lateralibus parcis (utrinqne 5 — 6) arcuato-ascendenti- 

 bus, utrinque dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, reticulo supra tenuiter, 

 subtus magis prominente, supra brevissirae et dense strigulosa scabriuscula, 

 subtus l)revissime et adpresse pilosa. Inflorescentiae aphyllae, ca. 10 cm. 

 longae, in sicco nigrescentes, brevissime pilosulae, floribus in ramulis 2 — 10. 

 Calj-x 4 mm. crassus, iaevis non striatus, utrinque pilis brevissimis adpressis 

 obsitus, sub anthesi in lobos 5 plerumque aequales trianguläres acutes se- 

 cedens, inferne crasse, superne tenuius coriaceus. Corollae glabrae tubus 

 5 mm. longus cylindraceus membranaceus; lobi in aestivatione quincuncialiter 

 v. Cochlea to-imbricati, tubo jiaullo l)reviores vix 2 mm. lati 1-nerves, re- 

 flexi, Stamina sub fauce inserta; filamenta subulata tubo corollino breviora; 

 antherae subrectangulares apice emarginatae, basi profunde et acute v. sub- 

 sagittato-excisae, dorso sub medio affixae, 2,3 mm. longae. Ovarium bre- 

 viter ovale glabrum. Stylus 5 mm. longus, a medio bifidus, ramis sub 

 apice iterum bifidis, apice stigmatose incrassatis. Drupa pallide straminea, 

 caljxe patente suffulta, putamine gibboso. Semen solitarium obovatum 

 8 mm. longum, fere 7 mm. latum, 3 mm. crassum; testa tenuis albida. 

 Cotyledones plicatissimae , radicula brevissima. 



Hab. in Jamaica: Alexander, in Blue Mountains, ad St. Georges 

 1200 m. alt., prope Fairfield et Portland 800 m. alt, m. Aug., Oct, Nov. 

 flor., Aug. fruct: W. Harris in Bot. Dep. Herb. n. 5342, 6601, 6718. 



Obs. Ex affinitate G. macrophyllae Mill. et G. siilcatae DC, quae pube, 

 alabastris et fructibus omnino diversae sunt. G. elliptica Sw. foliis oblongis, 



