ß4 Ign. TTrban: 



Stylus submülus, 0,15 mm. longiis; stigma iieltatiim satis amplum, medio 

 concaviusculum, margine integrum, iiigrescens. Ovarium disco immersuin 

 2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 2, imperfecte evoluta. 



Hab. in Grenada in montibus, m. Nov. fl.: Broadway n. 1129. 



16. Mayteiiiis reflexa ürb. (n. sp.) ramulis hornotinis quadran- 

 gulis et plus minus obsolete 4-striatis; foliis 7 — 12 mm. longe petio- 

 latis, ovatis v. late ovatis, basi obtusa v. plerumque rotundata paullo 

 in petiolum protractis eumque anguste alato-marginantibus, apice sub- 

 abrupte et breviter acuminatis, acumine reflexo obtuso, 6 — 11 cm. longis, 

 4 — 6,5 cm. iatis, dimidio usque duplo longioribus quam latioribus, nervo 

 medio supra acute prominente, ]ateralibus utrinque tenuiter prominulis 

 et reticulato-anastomosantibus, hornotinis chartaceis, annotinis chartaceo- 

 coriaceis v. coriaceis, margine planis v. angustissime recurvis, integris; 

 floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis floriferis 2 — 3 mm. longis; petalis 1 mm. 

 longis. 



Rami vetustiores teretes olivacei v. postremo brunescentes , plicatuli, 

 epidermide postremo longitrorsum fissa, lenticellis parcis, liornotini glabri. 

 Stipulae trianguläres acutae v. obtusae, 0,3 — 0,4 nun. longae, deciduae. 

 Folia distiche alterna, petiolis supra latiuscule sulcatis, superne secus ner- 

 vum medium plicata ideoque acumine reflexa, lineolis nullis, supra in sicco 

 olivaceo-giaucescentia v. brunescentia nitida, subtus pallide brunea. Flore s 

 in parte superiore ramulorum hornotinorum in axillis foliorum sub anthesi 

 jam delapsorum pauci (1 — 4), 5-meri; pedicelli floriferi 0,5 mm. lati. Sepala 

 non V. vix imbricata, subsemiorbicularia, ca. 0,5 mm. longa, 0,8 mm. lata, 

 crasse coriacea, margine tenuiore integra. Petala suborbicularia v. breviter 

 ovato-orbicularia, basi lata, apice rotundata, 1 mm. lata, coriacea, margine 

 tenuiore integra. Flor, fem.: Filamenta e basi latiore subulata, postremo 

 0,5 mm. longa; antherae triangulari - renif ormes , filamentis subaequilongae, 

 deliiscentes , sed cassae. Discus amplus carnosus, margine crenulatns. 

 Stylus postremo 0,4 mm. longus crassus; stigma subintegrum. Ovai-ium 

 2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 2. 



Hab. in Trinidad: Sieber n. 251. 



17. Mayteiius elliptica Kr. et Urb. ramulis hornotinis plus minus 

 angulatis; foliis 3 — 7 mm. longe petiolatis, plerumque obovatis, nunc 

 orbiculari-obovatis v. ovalibus, basi acutis v. obtusis paullo in petio- 

 lum productis, apice rotundatis v. obtusissimis, nunc emarginatis, 

 3 — 7 cm. longis, 2,5 — 4,5 cm. latis, dimidio v. vix dimidio longioribus 

 quam latioribus, nervo medio supra inferne saltem prominente, laterali- 

 bus supra impressis, manifeste, obsolete v. non reticulato-anastomosanti- 

 bus, subtus tenuiter impressis non anastomosantibus v. vix couspicuis, 

 coriaceis v. crasse coriaceis, non lineolatis, in sicco viridi- v. glauco- 

 albescentibus, margine piano v. anguste subrecurvato integi'is; floribus 

 fasciculatis, pedicellis floriferis 2 — 6 mm., fructiferis 3—7 mm. longis; 



