430 Ign. Urban: 



piloso, a latere subcompresso , laciniis aequilongo v. longiore; corolla 

 6 mm. longa (in alabastiis fere maturis visa), in Ys ^It. tantum coalita, 

 lobjs in aestivatione insigniter imbricatis, 2 exterioribus , oblongis; sta- 

 minibus basi corollae imae adhaerentibus, inter sese plane liberis, fila- 

 mentis et antheris aequilongis, hisce os corollae superantibus ; ovulis in 

 quoque loculo 3; bacca ovali 3 mm. longa, vix supra 2 mm. crassa, 

 pericarpio tenui. 



Catesbaea parvifoUa P. DC. Prodr. IV (1830) ]). 401 (excl. syn. 

 Lam. et Dietr.). 



Catesbaea parviflora Spreng.! Syst. I (1825) p. 416 (p. p.); Griseb. 

 Flor. p. 317 (p. p); — non Siv. 



Hab. in Haiti in Plaine de Gonaives, m. Dec. fruct: Picarda 

 n. 1558; Sto. Domingo: Bertero n. 112. 



Catesbaea liolacaiitha Wr. ramis glabris; foliis saepe deciduis 

 obovatis, ovatis v. elliptico- oblongis 0,1 — 0,5 cm. longis, supra opacis 

 laevibus, margine planis subplauisve, nervo medio subtus prominulo; 

 floribus sessilibus; calyce tubo obovato v. fere globuloso, glabro, a latere 

 vix V. parnm compresso, laciniis longiore; corolla 6 — 8 mm. longa, in 

 1/2 — V5 ^^^- coalita, lobis in aestivatione valvatis ovato-oblongis; sta- 

 minibus basi corollae brevissime adnatis, inter sese liberis, filamentis 

 antheras parum usqiie dimidio superantibus, hisce exsertis; ovulis in 

 quoque loculo 3^ — 4; bacca globosa v. breviter ovali 2 — 3 mm. longa. 



Catesbaea holacantha Wi: in Griseb.! Cat. (1866) p. 122; Sauv. 

 Cub. n. 950 p. 60. 



Hab. in Cuba occ. prope Majari-abajo: "Wright n. 2657; Haiti 

 prope Port-au-Prince, Bois de St. Martin: Ehrenberg n. 97, Picarda 

 n. 80, 335, 853, 134P; Sto. Domingo prope Santiago ad Llano Rafael, 

 250 m. alt: Eggers n. 1912 ^ Schomburgk n. 22. 



Obs. Plantae Domingenses (frutex 6 — 10-pedalis, floribus albis, po- 

 stremo flavis ex Eggers) internodiis lougioribus, spinis (non rare ternatim 

 verticillatis) brevioribus gracilioribus contra plantam Wriglitianam gaudet, sed 

 omnes characteribus floralibus bene congruunt. 



Catesbaea Grayi Griseb. ramis glabris; foliis obovatis, breviter 

 obovatis v. ellipticis 0,6 — 1,5 cm. longis, supra nitidis, margine parum 

 recurvatis, nervo medio subtus inferne prominente; floribus 3 mm. longe 

 pedicellatis; calycis tubo breviter ovali glabro a latere subcompresso, 

 laciniis triangulari-acuminatis supra basin connatis aequilongo; corolla 

 (in alabastris fere maturis 7 mm. longa) in ^4 ^1^- i^ tubum anguste 

 infundibuliformem coalita, lobis in jtestivatione anguste imbricatis semi- 

 ovalibus rotundatis; staminibus a corolla liberis basi ima inter sese ob- 

 solete connatis, filamentis quam antherae brevioribus, hisce verisim. 



