594 Riibiaceae. 



p. 336 (cum var.): BeUo! Ap. I p. 282 n. 406; Krug Ic. t. 22; Stahl! 

 Est. V p. 62. — Bejiico de berac. 



Frutex 1 — 5 m., saepe volubilis. Folia obtiisa usque Jouge acu- 

 minata. Flores flavido-albi brunescentes v. sulfurei, extrinsecus saepe 

 rubro-brimeo afflati v. flavido-bruiiei, raagnitudine variabiles. Fructus 

 albi. FLI, IV, VI, VIII, IX, XII, fr. I-IV, IX— XII. 



Prope Bayamon in fruticetis, prope Fajardo in sylvis nioutauis, 

 prope Juncos in monte Florida, prope Yabucoa in sylva raontis Canto 

 de gallo, prope Cayey in sylvis ad rivulum superiorem et in montibus 

 Llano et Tori to 857 m., prope Aibonito inter Algarrobo et Cari-blanco 

 ad ripara fluminis et ad La Lima, prope Coamo ad rivulum Moreno 

 et in svlva ad montem Calabaza, prope Utuado in fruticetis ad Sabana 

 partida, prope Maricao in sylvis montanis inter frutices, prope Guanica 

 in sylva montium Cöbano et El Maniel et ad Cano gordo et in fruti- 

 cetis litoralibus, prope Cabo rojo in montibus calcareis et in sylvis 

 montanis ad Guanajibo versus, prope Mayagüez in monte Mesa, prope 

 Aguada in declivibus umbrosis ad Rio grande, prope Lares in fruti- 

 cetis ad Callejones et in sylvis ad Barrio Piletas, prope Hatillo in 

 sylva primaeva ad Guayanes, prope Manati in fruticetis ad margines 

 lagunae Tortuguero et ad Abra de los muertos, prope Vega-baja: 

 Gundlach n. 5S0, Krug n. 579, Schwanecke, Sintenis n. 1, l*', 278, 

 774, 1128, 1948, 2257, 2368, 2393, 2483, 2928, 3182, 3230, 3421, 

 3712, 3778, 3779, 4967, 5802, 6038, 6044, 6199, 6429, 6550, 6756, 

 Stahl n. 226. — Bermuda, Florida, Ive}^ ins. (ex Small), Bahama, Cuba, 

 Jamaica, Cayman (ex Hitchc), Hispaniola, St. Thomas, St. Croix, St. Jan 

 (ex Egg.), St. Martin (hb. Holm.), Saba, St. Eustache, Barbuda, Antigua, 

 Guadeloupe, Dominica, Martinique, St. Vincent, Bequia, Barbados, 

 Tobago (var.), Trinidad (ex Gr.), Margarita, Amer. cont. trop. 



XXII. Chione DC. 



39. Ch. veiiosa (Sw.) Urb. — Jac<iuinia venom Sw. ! Prodr. (1788) 

 p. 47. — CrHHea glabra A. Rieh, in Mem. Soc. Hist. nat. Par. V (1830) 

 j). 204. — Chione glabra DC. Prodr. IV (1830) p. 461 (excl. tab. 21 

 Vahliana); Griseb.! Flor. p. 335; Stahl! Est. V p. 57. — Martin Avila, 

 Palo blanco, Sta. Olalla. 



Arbor 7— 15ni. Calyces et corollae alba; antherae aurantiacae. 

 Fructus obscure violacei, paene nigri. Fl. V, VI, fr. II, V. 



Prope Bayamon in montibus rarissima, Sierra de Lu(|uillo in 

 regione media et superiore montis Jimoncs in sylvis, Sierra de Lares 

 in sylva primaeva ad Guajataca, prope Toa-alta in sylvis; Eggers ed. 

 Tn(.|)ff. n. 1027 ot hb. pr. m. 1201, Koller u. 436, Sintenis n. 1485, 



