226 G. Lindau: 



Liane tordue Martinicensibus. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Duchassaing, Duss n. 2181, 3768; in Mar- 

 tinique: Halm n. 1005, Duss n. 36; in Grenada: Broadway n. 1206. — 

 Flor. Mart. — Apr. et Oct. — Nov. — Praeterea in Brasiliae civit. Para 

 et Goyaz. 



44. Coccoloba Dussii Lindau inXotixbl. Königl. Bot Gart. Berlin 

 I, 213; Duss Fl. Ant. Franc, p. 167; Kew Bull. 1893 p. 272 (sub C. 

 excelsa ?). Ramuli nigro-fuscescentes. Folia petiolis longis ovata apice 

 + sensira acuminata, basi rotundata, giabra, nervis omnibus utrinque 

 expressis eleganter reticulata. Inflorescentia simplex nodulis 1 — 2-floris, 

 pedicellis fructif. ochreolas ca. 5-plo superantibus. Fructus globosus, 

 apice obtusus, lobis perianthii arcte adpressis et vix conspicuis, basi in 

 stipitem brevissimum subito contractus. 



Liane tordue Guadalupensibus. 



Frutex scandeus 10 — 15 metr. Kamuli nigro-fuscescentes, irregu- 

 lariter angulati in sicco, lcnticellis fuscis oblongis. Ochreolas mox deciduas 

 non vidi. Folia petiolis 3 — 4y 2 cm. longis, supra canaliculatis et trans- 

 versaliter in sicco corrugatis, subtus irregulariter angulatis, glabris, ovata, 

 apice + sensim acuminata vel fere obtusa acmninataque , basi rotundatis vel 

 snbcordatis, 11 — 12 cm. longa, 7 — 12 cm. lata, tenuiter coriacea, margine 

 tenui, subplano, supra subopaca, subtus fere nitida, glaberrima, nervo medio 

 supra subsemiimmerso subtus crasse expresso, nervis primariis supra de- 

 cnrrentibus, leviter prominentibus, subtus expressis, arcuatis, angulo 65 — 80° 

 abenntibus, nervulis majoribus parallelis, nervös primarios conjungcntibus 

 minoribusque supra prominulis, subtus magis expressis eleganter denseque 

 reticulata. Inflorescentia racemosa, simplex, ca. 10 cm. longa, laxiflora 

 und ulis 1 — 2-floris, pedimeulo ca. 13 mm. longo rhachique subangulatis 

 nigrescentibus, minutissime puberulis postea glabris; bracteae subtriangulares 

 coneavae, ca. 1 mm. longae; ochreolae bilobae; bracteam aequantes, mem- 

 branaceae; pedicelli floriferi 2 mm. longi, in 3 / 4 altit. articidati, fruetiferi 

 erassi, ca. 5 mm. long", horizontaliter patentes. Flores albi. Perianthii 

 tubus dimidiato-ellipsoideus, 1 mm. longus, apice 1,5 mm. diametro; lobi 

 ovati, 2,5 mm. longi, 2 mm. lati, in antliesi reflexi. Filamenta subulata 

 2 mm. longa; antherae 3 / 4 mm. longae, exsertae. Ovarium oblongum, tri- 

 gonum, l x / 4 mm. altum; styli tres, 3 / 4 mm. longi, stigmatibus sublobatis. 

 Fructus globosus apice obtusus lobis perianthii arcte adpressis vix con- 

 spicuis, basi in stipitem brevissimum subito contractus, sublaevis, in sicco 

 (imprimis ad basin) pauci-angulatus, in toto 11 mm. longus, 10 mm. diam.; 

 pericarpium crustaceum, fuscum, nitidum, apice subobtusum. Semen glo- 

 bosum apice subito acuminatum, basi breviter tenuiterque stipitatum, aequa- 

 liter profunde 6-sulcatum; albumen album, profunde ruminatum. Embryo 

 normalis, radicula 1,5 mm. longa. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Duss n.2180, 3430, 3711; in St Vincent: 

 H. H. et G. W. Smith n. 1259. — Flor. Jim.— Julie-, fruet. Dec — Jan. 



45. Coccololm Sintenisii Urb. mser.; Lindau Man, Cocc. p. 157. 

 Uvifcra Sintenisii O. Ktxe. Her. IL 562. 



