Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 385 



notata. Corolla obconica, parcc brunneo- punctata v. imda, subcoriacea; 

 tubus 2 — 2,0 mm. lougus; lobi in aestivatioiic contorti, parte dextera (ex- 

 trinsccus visa) extera, erecti triangulari-semiorbiculares. Filamenta 5 — 8 mm. 

 longa; antherae subsagittatae, brevissime v. obsolete obtuseqne apiculatao, biri- 

 mosae, dorso in -/- alt. affixae. Stylus fere 2 mm. longus rectus, ad apicem 

 sensim attenuatus; Stigma convexum. Ovarium parvum, 2-ovulatum. Baccae 

 postremo rubrae, 1,5 — 4 mm. longe pedicellatae, sphaeroideae , 4,5 — 5 mm. 

 crassae, 3 — 3,5 mm. lougae, nigro-punetatae, stj'lo recto coronatae. 



Hab. var. a. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis Sierra de Naguabo 

 ad Kio blanco, prope Juncos in monte Guvuy, prope Yabucoa in monte 

 Sombrero, prope Aybouito ad Cnyon, prope Barranqiiitas in monte Torre- 

 cilla 800 m. alt., prope Adjuntas in monte Cieuega ad La Lucia, prope 

 Utuado ad S. Isabel, in Sierra de Lares ad Guajataca, prope Maricao, 

 prope Arecibo ad Jobo , m. Oct. — Dec. flor. , m. Febr. — April, fruct. : Ber- 

 tero n. 265, Sintenis n. 175, 2002, 2119, 2651, 4208, 5043, 5372 (co- 

 rolla pauUo longiore, manifeste glanduloso -punctata, filamentis paullo 

 longioribus, foliis elliptico-spathulatis), 6187, 6288, 6363, Stahl n.704.— 

 Var. ß. prope Yabucoa in sylva primaeva ad Guayabota, m. Sept. flor.: 

 Sintenis n. 5140. 



Obs. Species 3 antecedentes Ardisiae humelioidi Griseb. PI. Wr. {Cono- 

 morpha bumelioides Griseb. Cat.) affines sunt. 



Arclisi«! deiisiflora Kr. et Urb. in Notizhl. Bert bot. Gart. I 7i. 2 

 (1895) p. 79 ramis junioribus ad apicem ferrugineo-pulverulentis; foliis 

 5 — 8 mm. longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis iisque oblongis, ad basin 

 sensim angustatis, apice obtusis v. brevissime et obtuse acuminatis, 

 8 — 12 cm. longis, 3 — 4 cm. latis, ca. 3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, 

 utrinque tenuiter nervosis; panniculis terminalibus 5 — 7 cm. longis, pedi- 

 cellis 2 — 3 mm. longis; sepalis 1,8 — 2 mm. longis; petalis 5 mm. longis, 

 in Yi ^It- connatis, lobis ovali- oblongis; antheris triangulari- oblongis 

 apiculatis, quam filamenta 2Y.2-plo brevioribus, fere ad basin deliiscenti- 

 bus; fructu e basi subtruncata globuloso brevissime apiculato, 10 — 13 mm. 

 diametro. 



Ar bor 7 m. alta, ramis j)atentibus (ex Harris). Rami jimiores te- 

 retes, in sicco plicato-striati cinerascentes, pubo mox decidua, dcnse foliosi. 

 Folia petiolis lamina dccurrente rccurva fere usquo ad basin subalatis, nervo 

 mcdio supra vix prominente longitrorsum subsulcato, lateralibus utrinque, 

 subtus minus, prominulis et tenuiter anastomosantibus, subtus punctis crebris 

 prominulis et aliis tenuibus impressis v. quasi perforatis sed non pcllucidis 

 notata, chartacea, prima juvcntute subtus dense ferrugineo-pulverulenta, 

 posterius glabreseentia, plus minus longitrorsum plicata, margine integro 

 rccurva. Inflorescentiae subcorymboso-panniculatae, e racemis spiciformi- 

 bus densifloris 5 — 3 cm. longis compositae, rhacliide initio pulverulento- 

 ferruginea, posterius glabrescente ; bracteae deciduae. Flores 5-meri. Se- 

 pala l)asi ima connata, caeterum liVtcra, margine cochlcari-imbricata, interiora 

 suborbicularia, exterioru ovato-orbicularia, vix angustiora quam longiora, mar- 



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