290 Ign. Urban: 



Arbor 6,6 m. alta (ex Egg.). Eami vetustiores obscure brunei, lenti- 

 cellis crebris obsiti, teretes, hornotini plus minns angiüati, disticlie dispo- 

 siti. Stipulae basi biauriciüatae, apice acutae v. acurainatae. Folia nervo 

 medio supra prominulo, lateralibus utroque lateve 6 — 10 tenuibus supra 

 promimilis, obsolete anastomosantibus, margine plana v. angustissiine recurva, 

 supra nitidula, subtus pallidiora opaca. Sepala 4, in aestivatione imbricata, 

 exteriora interdum acuminata. Stamina 4; filamenta 0,8 mm. longa. 



Hab. in ins. Baham. New Providence in Blue Hills, m. Febr., 

 Mart. flor.: Eggers n. 4241, 4464, Ändros in Red Bars m. April, flor.: 

 Northrop n. 488. 



Obs. Arcte affinis Ph. scandens Müll. Arg. caulibus scandentibus, foliis 

 3 — 5 mm. longe petiolatis, usque 7 cm. longis, 3 cm. latis, nervis subtus 

 multo magis prominentibus, pedicellis in glomerulis masculis pluribus v. 

 numerosis 5 — 7 mm. longis, antheris anguste ovatis recedit. 



PhyRaiithus isolei)is Urb. (n. sp.) ramulis penultimis convexis, 

 supra canaliculatis; stipulis lanceolato- linearibus snbulatis 1,5 — 3 mm. 

 longis; phyllocladiis distichis, lanceolatis v. anguste lanceolatis, utrinque 

 subaequaliter v. raro inferne magis angustatis, 5 — 8 cm. longis, 1 — 1,5 cm. 

 latis, usque ad v. pauUo infra medium florigeris, crenaturis utroque latere 

 10 — 16 plurifloris; floribus masculis 1,5 — 2,5 mm. longe pedicellalis, 

 sepalis 0,6 — 0,7 mm. longis, filamentis apice liberis; floribus femineis 

 0,5 — 1,5 mm. pedicellatis, urceolo hypogyno ad squamas 6 minutas sub- 

 orbiculares liberas reductis, stylis inferne connatis, capsulis globulosis, 

 apice subacutis, longitrorsum vix v. leviter 8-sulcatis. 



Rami vetustiores teretes bruneo - grisei v. griseo-albescentes, cicatri- 

 cibus ramulorum penultimorum deciduorum non v. vix prominulis, apice 

 squamis densis (i. e. foliis singulis ad squamas reductis eorumque stipulis 

 biuis conformibus) lanceolato -acuminatis 3 — 4 nun. longis bruneis crasse 

 coriaceis induratisque comosi; rami penultimi spiraliter dispositi, 15 — 20 cm. 

 longi, supra basin magis, ad apicem sensim minus convexi, sub phyllo- 

 cladiis interdum folia minuta squamiformia gereutes. Phyllocladia mar- 

 gine infero integra, supero dense crenata, coriacea, apice obtusiuscula, raro 

 obtusa V. rotuudata, nervis sublongitrorsis tenuissimis. Flores masculi 

 in quoque glomerulo 1 — 5. Sepala breviter obovata v. subrhombea, mem- 

 branacea. Di sei glandulae 6 breviter orbiculai-es , obsolete stipitatae. Sta- 

 mina usque ad medium v. paullo ultra intcr sese connata; antlierarum loculi 

 apice contigui, inferne divergentes, dorso sibi appositi, lateraliter longitror- 

 sum sulcati. Flores feminei: Sepala ut in mare. Disci glandulae 6 

 liberae minutae, ad basin ovarii sitae, masculis conformes suhorbiculares. 

 Ovarium subglobosum. Styli supra basin v. usque ad medium coaliti, 

 superne recurvi, apice in lacinias 3 — 5 anguste lineares divisi. Capsulae 

 ca. 2,5 mm. diamotro, basi truncatao v. obsolete excavatae, apice acutiusculae, 

 bruneae sublaeves, transversim suhorbiculares. 



Hab. in Jamaica prope Fcrry Pen 50 m. alt., m. Jan. fl. et fr.: 

 E. Campbell n. 6280. 



