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ovarinm dimidium longitudine aeqiians, superne attenuatus; stigma piincti- 

 formc. Fructus caeruleo-nigrescens, suboblique obovato- piriformis, in vivo 

 (ex Duss) nitens lacvis, sicco in dorso et supcrnc etiam in venire ele- 

 vatim carinatus, lateribus elevatim et irregulariter pauci-costatis, pericarpio 

 in sicco ca. 0,3 mm. crasso, endocarpio osseo 1,5 mm. crasso, 1-locularis, in- 

 tus supra basin cavitatem valviformem praebens, cujus angulo interiori semen 

 affixnm est. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe in sylvis interioribus prope Bains jaunes, 

 Bouillante, Yieux Habitants, Matouba, alt. 550 — 700 m., m. Majo, Jun. 

 tlor.: Duss n. 3435. 



Obs. I. In honorem ill. Pardon, insulae Gruadeloupe gnl lernatoris 

 fautorisque rev. patris Duss, nominata. 



Obs. II. Arbor per annos 2 — 3 flores producit, sed tum annos 4 — 5 

 quiescit (ex Duss). 



16. Meliosma obtusifoUa Kr. et Urb. foliis alternis, nunc per 

 paria v. saepius per tria approximatis v. suboppositis, 30 — 12 nnn. longa 

 petiolatis, obovatis t. obovato-oblongis, apice rotundatis, rare breviter 

 et plerumque abrupte acuminatis, ad basin sensim v. cuneato-angustatis 

 et paullo in petiolum productis, 8 — 20 cm. longis, 4 — 8 cm. latis, 2 — 3- 

 plo longioribus quam latioribus, planis, nervo medio supra parum v. 

 vix impresso, lateralibus supra manifeste prominulis, subtus valde pro- 

 minentibus, crassiuscule chartaceis v. chartaceo-coriaceis; petalis exterio- 

 ribus 2,2 — 2,8 mm. longis, interioribus supra medium margine brevis- 

 sime ciliatis, apice obtuso integris; cupula antherifera apice rotundata, 

 loculis ovali-globosis longitrorsum dehiscentibus; disco bene evoluto; 

 stylo apice integre; fructu 11^13 mm. longo, 8 — 10 mm. crasso. 



Meliosma obtusifoUa Kr. et Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. XIII 

 (1895) p. 216. 



Atelandra obtusifoUa BeUo Ap. I (1881) p. 289; Stahl! Est. VI 

 p. 43 et p. 267; Krug Ic. t. 212! 



Guayarote, Arroyo, Aguacatillo, Cacao bobo, Cacaillo, 

 Ciralillo, Serillos Portor. ex Bello, Krug, Sintenis, Stahl. 



Arbor 10 — 20 m. alta, ligno optimo. Rami vetustiores teretes, in 

 sicco grisei v. brunnescentes plus minus plieato-striatelli, lenticellis ovalibus 

 V. ellipticis longitrorsum sulcatis hinc illinc notati, hornotini superne obtuse 

 trianguli, apice pilis ferrngineis brevibus erectis obsiti, sed cito glabres- 

 centes; gemmae ferrugineo-tomentosulae. Folia petiolis supra canaliculatis, 

 basi incrassata cortice in squamulas lacero et desiliente articulatis, nervis 

 lateralibus 7 — 9 sub angulo 60 — G5*> abeuntibus, utrinquo elevatim et den- 

 sissime reticulato-anastomosantibus, subtus in sicco brunnescentia, margine 

 plana v. parum recurvata integra, glabra. Inllorescentiae terminales et 

 ex axillis foliorum supremorum valde decrescentium axillares, in panniculam 

 amplam usque 20 cm. longam collectae, ramulis et glomerulis laxe dispo- 

 sitis; braeteae trianguläres 1 — 0,5 mra. longae; rhachis superne et ramnli 

 pilis l)revibus ferrugineis patulis plus minus dense vestiti; flores in ramulis 



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