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postremo reflexae. Sem i na plerumqiie solitaria, arillo in sicco bruneo- 

 nigrescente usque ad apicem vestita, obovata v. orbicnlari-obovata, 5 mm. 

 longa, 3,5 — 4,5 mm. lata; endospermium copiosum. Cotyledones foliaceae, 

 radicula ca. 10-plo longiores. 



Hab. in Ciiba Orient.: Wright n. 2214:, 2214'*, prope Matanzas: 

 Kugel n. 212. 



19. Maytenus cassiiioides Urb. ramis junioribus lineis elevatis 

 decnrrentibus angulatis; foliis ca. 2 ram. longe petlolatis, ovatis v. ovato- 

 oblongis, basi obtusis, superne magis angustatis v. sensim aciiminatis, 

 acumine obtiiso, saepe emarginato, ca. 3 om. longis. 1,3 — 1,5 cm. latis, 

 diiplo V. ultra longioribus quam latioribus, nervo medio supra superne 

 impresso, inferne in sulco prominente, subtus prominulo, lateralibus 

 supra manifeste impressis vix anastomosantibus, subtus parcissimis sub- 

 impressis v. non conspicuis, coriaceis, in sicco supra glauco-olivaceis, 

 subtus griseo- argenteis, margine recurvatis, superne parce et obscure 

 crenulatis; üoribus fasciculatis, pedicellis brevissimis. 



Rliomnus cassinoides Poir.! in Lam. Enc. IV (1797) p. 474; 

 nr. Prodr. IL 28. 



Frutex. Rarai juniores glabri. Flores 5-meri in axillis foliorum 3 — 4, 

 paene sessiles, in alabastro tantum visi, hermapliroditi aut masculi: Sepala 

 triangulari-semiorbicularia v. semilunaria, margine integra. Petala ovato- 

 orl>icularia sessilia, subcoriacea, sepalis pluries longiora. Filamenta snbu- 

 lata; antherae suborbiculares , apice leviter, basi profunde emarginatae, 0,5 mm. 

 longae. Discus late annularis. Stigma (in statu jun.) obsolete bilobnm. 

 Ovarium 2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 2, e basi erecta. 



Hab. in Sto. Domingo: Martin. 



Obs. An species propria, an varietas M. eüiplime, materie manca non 

 dijudicandnm. 



20. ^layteiius huxifolia Griseb. ramulis hornotinis et annotinis 

 lineis elevatis e petiolorum margine decnrrentibus plus minus angulatis; 

 foliis 1 — 3 mm. longe petiolatis, forma valde variis ovali- v. obovato- 

 orbicularibus, ovalibus, ellipticis usque oblongo-lanceolatis, basi rotun- 

 datis rarius in petiolum protraotis, apice subtruncatis, rotundatis v. 

 obtusis, nunc subemarginatis, 1 — 3 cm. longis, 0,4 — 2 cm. latis, sub- 

 aequilongis ac latis usque 5-plo longioribus, nervo medio utrinque im- 

 presso v. supra non conspicuo, lateralibus noii conspicuis v. utrinque 

 leviter impressis, non anastomosantibus, coriaceis rigidis, in sicco griseo- 

 olivaceis v. praesertim subtus albido-griseis, raro bruneis, margine piano 

 V. parum recurvato integris: floribus fasciculatis, pedicellis 1 — 4 mm. 

 longis; petalis 1,5 — 1,7 mm. longis; fructibus obovato-globosis v. glo- 

 bosis, 5 — 9 mm. longis. 



Maytenus buxifollns Griseb.! Cat. (1860) p. 53 (cum var. parvi- 

 folius ei var. latifolitis Griseb.); Sauv. Cub. n. 376 p. 22 (cum rar. 



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