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parallelis et racemo brevi ab omnibus aliis exemplaribus recedit locoque 

 natali iterum observanda et melius colügenda erit. 



10. Gilibertia laurifolia E. March. foliis plerumque obovatis v. 

 obovato-oblongis, rarius ovalibus, rarissime nunc ovatis, apice breviter 

 v. brevissime acuminatis, basi obtusis v. rotundatis, margine integris 

 v. obsolete undulato-crenulatis v. parcissime denticulatis, nervis latera- 

 libus subhorizontalibus, utrinque praesertim subtus elevatim prominen- 

 tibus et dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, chartaceis v. crassiuscule 

 chartaceis lucidis; inflorescentiis umbelliformi-abbreviatis, radiis prima- 

 riis umbelluliferis 3 — 10, ad v. supra v. infra medium bracteolas 3 — 4 

 verticillatas gerentibus, umbellulis 15 — 30-floris; petalis 1,5 mm. longis; 

 stylis longe coalitis, postremo apice radiatim divergentibus; fructibus 

 giobosis v. breviter globosis obtusissime 5-carinatis. 



Gilibertia laurifolia E. March! Msc. in schal, pl. Sinten. 



Dendropanax Xaurifolium Dcne. et PL! in Her. hortic. IVser. vol. TU 

 (1S54) p.107 (nomen tantum). Ci.C./A^Je, *. 0^-f^fU_£v*!?7 M> f >'^ V '* 4 



Sciadophyttum capitatum Bello Ap. I (1881) p. 278; Stahl! Est. 

 IV p. 198; Krug Ic. t. 231!, — non GHseb. 



Palo de vaca v. Palo de Gangulin Portor. ex Sint, Palo ca- 

 chumba v. Vibona Portor. ex Stallt. 



Arbor 8 — 20 in. alta glaberrima. Rami cortice griseo v. griseo- 

 brimnescente obtecti. Folia petioHs 12 — 1 cm. longis teretiusculis striatis 

 basi ipsa dilatatis, 8 —22 cm. longa, 3 — 12 em. lata, 2 — 3-plo longiora 

 quam latiora, nervis lateralibus sub angulo 70 — 85° abountibus (duobus basa- 

 libus margini parallelis exceptis), ante marginem ipsum arcuato-conjunetis. 

 Inflorescentiae terminales inter ramos 2 — 3 supremos subsessiles v. ramo 

 ünico tantum evoluto pseudolaterales, breves, internodiis non v. vix evolutis 

 umbelliformes ; pedunculus — 1 cm. longus; bracteae orbiculari- trianguläres 

 er. 2 mm. longae; radii 1,5 — 4 cm. longi, bracteolis semiorbiculari-triangu- 

 laribus 1,5 — 2 mm. longis suberoso-incrassatis; bracteolae umbellulam suf- 

 fulcäentes trianguläres, apice praesertim interiores rufae et lacero-fimbriatae; 

 pedicelli 2 — 10 mm. longi. Alabastra petalorum semiglobosa v. semiovalia 

 obtusa. Calycis margo undulatus, nunc brevissime lacero-fimbriatus; tubus 

 turbinatus. Pctala 5 viridi-albescentia v. viridia, apice secedentia, sed cito 

 delabentia, ovato-triangularia obtusiuscula 1-nervia, canalibus resiniferis fer- 

 rngineis percursa. Filamenta petala dimidio superantia; antherae ovatae 

 obtusae albae, connectivo aurantiaco obsolete apiculatae, paullo supra medium 

 affixae. Styli 5, raro G, sub anthesi in columnam erecti, in statu frueti- 

 fero in 2 j. A alt. connati, apice plus minus recurvatL Fructus 5 — G mm. 

 diametro; carpidia transversim subtriangularia. 



Hab. in Portorico in sylvis primaevis Sierra de Naguabo, prope 

 Aybonito, Barranquitas, Penuelas, inter Penuelas et Adjuntas. prope Ä.d- 

 juntas in montibus Capacs et Cienega, prope Maricao, Hatillo, Jayuva: 

 Plce n. 503 (raus. Paris.), Schwanecke n. 41, Sintenis n. 246, 2168, 2768, 



