Species novae, praesertim portoricenses. 363 



Gomphia nitida Griseb.f Cat. (1866) p. 36; Sauv. Cnb. n. 339 

 p. 20, — non Vahl. 



Ouratea nitida Maxa Periant. (1894) p. 46, — non Engl. 



Guanabanilla de monte Cnb. ex Wr. 



Differt ab 0. acuminata (DC.) Engl, (e Brasilia leg. Spruce n. 2146, 

 2695) foliis 4 — 5 mm. longe petiolatis, usque infra medium v. fere ad 

 basin manifeste serrulatis, supra vix nitidis, nervis lateralibus utrinque vix 

 conspicuis subimpressis , sepalis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis semiorbicularibus 

 v. subsemiovalibus, ab 0. nitida (Sw.) Engl, foliis ovatis v. ellipticis abrupte 

 acuminatis, supra vix nitidis, nervis lateralibus utrinque vix conspicuis, se- 

 palis oblongo-lanceolatis, petalis apice non v. vix emarginatis, stigmate 

 obtusiusculo. 



Hab. in Cuba in Vuelta Abajo: Valenzuela, prope Cieneguita in 

 savannahs et sylvaticis non frequens, m. Jun. flor.: Combs, praeterea 

 Wright n. 2115. 



Ouratea litoralis Urb. (n. sp.) foliis 4 — 6 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 ovatis v. ovato-oblongis, basi rotundatis, obtusis v. paullo in petiolum 

 productis, apice obtusis v. breviter et subsensim acuminatis, 5 — 12 cm. 

 longis, 2,5 — 4,5 cm. latis, nervis lateralibus utrinque parum prominulis 

 et obsolete v. manifestius reticulato-anastomosantibus, margine supero 

 minute et saepe remote denticulatis v. subintegris planis v. subplanis, 

 coriaceis; inflorescentiis 5 — 12 cm. longis, pedicellis 3 — 6 mm. longis 

 crassiusculis alabastra ovata obtusiuscula aequantibus v. vix superanti- 

 bus v. paullo brevioribus; sepalis ovato-oblongis v. ellipticis; petalis 

 obtriangulari-pentagonis v. obtriangularibus, antice truncatis et saepius 

 anguste emarginatis, sepala fere dimidio superantibus; antheris sessilibus 

 corolla duplo brevioribus; gynophoro fructifero 0,6 — 0,9 cm. diametro; 

 drupis obovatis sessilibus 7 — 8 mm. longis. 



Gomphia nitida DC. in Ann. du Mus. X VII (1811) p. 419 t. 24 

 (XIII)! et Prodr. I p. 737 (p.p.) ; Planch. in Hook, Lond. Journ. VI 

 p.12 (p.p.); Walp. Ann. I p. 184 (p. p.) ; Stahl! Est. II p. 120; Egg.! 

 Suppl. St. Croix og Jomfr. p. 15, — non Sw. 



Frutex v. arbor parva 2 — 5 m. alta glabra. Stipulae lanceolatae 

 acuminatae striatae 4 — 5 mm. longae deciduae. Folia disticha, 2 — 3-plo 

 longiora quam latiora, dentibus in margine superiore, raro etiam infra medium, 

 nunc crebris, nunc parcis, nunc obsoletis, semper minutis, nervo medio supra 

 prominente, inferne subplano, superne convexo, subtus crasse prominente, 

 lateralibus 10 — 14, tenuioribus interjectis, arcuatis ante marginem ascen- 

 dentibus, nitida. Inflorescentiae panniculatae , plerumque aeque latae ac 

 longae, 0,5 — 1 cm. longe pedunculatae ; rhachis angulata; bracteae ovatae 

 vix 2 mm. longae deciduae; pedicelli floriferi 0,7, fructiferi 1 mm. crassi. 

 Sepala flavo-viridia 5 — 6 mm. longa, 3 mm. lata, exteriora superne sen- 

 sim angustata, anguste marginata, interiora apice rotundata, late marginata. 

 Petala flava inferne in unguieulum brevissimum angustata, 7,5 — 8,5 mm. 

 longa, 8 — 9 mm. lata. Antherae lineares superne attenuatae, 4 mm. longae, 



