Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 445 



pilosuli. Corollae albae tubus angiiste tuibinatus niinute v. obsolete pilo- 

 sulus, intus superne albido-villosulus. Filamenta sub fauce inserta, glabra 

 in fl. dolichost. siibnnlla, in braehyst. 1,5 mm. longa; antlierae oblongae, 

 illorum os vix attingentes, ulterioi'um breviter exsertae. Ovarium glabrum. 

 Styli glabri filiformes, longiores 4 mm. longi exserti antheras bene supe- 

 rantes, bi-eviores 2 mm. longi a basi antherarum remoti; Stigmata sublinearia, 

 parte styli integra 2-plo aiit fere 4-plo breviora. Baccae rubrae, calyce 

 obsolete coronatae; pyrenae ad commissuram membrana duplice sejunctae 

 subplanae. 



Hab. in Portorico in Sierra de Luquillo in cacumine montis 

 Tunque et in regione siiperiore montis Jimenes, in Sierra de las piedras 

 in sylva primaeva montis Frances, m. Jul. fl., Nov. fruct: Sintenis 

 n. 1440, 1440b, 5331^ eggi 



Obs. Affinis P. Myrtiphyllum Sw. diifert statura minore, stipulis inter 

 petiolos breviter triangulari-productis obtusis, foliis multo minoribns, subtus 

 (an seraper?) domatiatis, nervo medio siipra bene prominente, lobis corollae 

 tubo duplo brevioribiis. 



Psychotria pendula ürb. (non Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. III p. 164) 

 Typus polymorphus : 



Subsp. a. tetrapyrena Urb. foliis ovatis usqiie oblongis acntis v. 

 breviter acuniinatis 3 — 10 cm. longis, 2 — 3 cm. latis, in sicco subco- 

 riaceis; inflorescentiis terminalibus, pluries cymose furcatis multifloris, 

 bracteis triangnlaribus v. breviter triangiilaribus; calycis lobis minutis 

 V, obsoletis; corolla . . .; fructibus obovatis v. obovato-globosis, 3 — 5 mm. 

 longis, pyrenis 4. 



Psychotria crassa Oriseb.f PL Wr. (1862) p. 510 et Cat. p. 137, — 

 non Benth. 



Psychohia parasitica Griseb. l. c, — 7ion Sw. 



Uragoga imrasitica Maxa in Anal. Soc. Esp. Hisp. nat. II ser. 

 vol. III (1894) p. 293. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 249, in Final de Sta. Ana, 800 m. alt, 

 m. April, fruct.: Eggers n. 5042; Sto. Domingo juxta flumen Camü 

 circa cavernam Cupey, 150 m. alt,, m. Jun. fruct: Eggers n. 2708. 



Subsp. b. Grrosourdyana Urb. foliis ovato-ellipticis v. plerumque 

 oblonge -lanceolatis, sensim v. subsensim acuminatis, 2 — 4 cm. longis, 

 0,7 — 2 cm. latis, in sicco membranaceis v, chartaceis; inflorescentiis 

 saepius lateralibus, paucifloris, bracteis lanceolatis v. lanceolato-lineari- 

 bus; lobis calycinis brevibus triangulär! -acuminatis; coroUis 2,5 — 3,5 mm. 

 longis; fructibus breviter ovalibus v. obovatis 2,5 — 3 mm. longis, py- 

 renis 3. 



Loranthns portoricensis DC! Prodr. IV (1830) p. 293. 



Loranthus hrasiliensis Spreng.! in herb. Balb. ap. DC. l. c, — 

 non Desv. 



