92 Ign. ürban: 



n. 82, 332; St. Thomas in litoralibus saxosis, in Cowell's Hill ad ripas, 

 m. Sept. — Dec. fl.: Bertero, Eggers s. n. et ed. Toepff. n. 149, C. Ehren- 

 berg n. 149, Kead; St. Jan ad Klein Cancel Bay in litoralibus m. Dec. fl. : 

 Eggers n. 3170; St. Croix in plaga sept. et ad Rustey's Twist: Eggers 

 (hb. Hauu.), Ricksecker n. 323, 427, West (hb. Haun.). 



Frutices v. arbores parvae. Rami vetnstiores teretes plus minus 

 lenticellosi, in sicco brunei v. cinerasceutes, juniores ad aj)icein dilatati et 

 sab coraraissuris folioruni sulcati. Stipulae 0,5 — 1,5 mm. longae, extrin- 

 secus lanceolatae v. e basi triangulari lanceolatae, re vera intra' petiolos pro- 

 tractae, sed inter sese remotae. Folia nervo medio supra vix v. manifeste 

 prominente, lateralibus ntrinque i-eticulato-anastomosantibns, reticulo supra 

 interdum minus conspicuo v. obsoleto. Inflorescentiae ex axillis euphyl- 

 lorum, infimae interdum ex axillis squamarum prodeimtes, pedunculo 0,2 — 

 2 cm. longo, panniculatae v. cor^nnbosae, ramis in cymas confertas excur- 

 rentibus, rarissime ab initio cyraosae; bracteae et prophylla triaugularia v. 

 late triangularia , 1 — 0,5 mm. longa, interdum stipulata; pedicelli 0,5 — 

 2 mm. longi. Flores flavo-virides v. viriduli, raro albi, 5-, raro casu 

 4-meri, masculi manifeste majores. Sepala sub anthesi anguste qnin- 

 cuncialiter imbricata, basi paullo inter sese connata, coriacea, triangularia, 

 semiorbicularia usque semiovalia 0,8 — 1,3 mm. longa, 1,2 — 1,7 mm. lata. 

 Petala in praefloratione cochleari- imbricata, ovata v. anguste v. rectangulari- 

 ovata, apice rotundata, coriacea v. subcoriacea, 2 — 3,5 mm. longa, 1,8 — 

 2,3 mm. lata. Stamina sub disco inserta; filamenta 0,8 — 1,5 mm. longa; 

 antherae suborbiculares, 0,5 — 0,6 mm. longae, intus longitudinaliter dehis- 

 centes. Discus ainplus breviter cupuliformis v. subplanus, carnosus, mar- 

 gine undulatus v. crenatus. Ovarium parvnin 2 — 3-locnlare, ovulis abor- 

 tivis; Stylus brevissimus — 0,3 mm. longus, apice subplano integre v. 

 obsolete 2 — 3 - sulcato. Flores f e m i n e i inanifeste minores. Petala 

 1,7 — 3 mm. longa, 1,3 — 1,8 mm. lata. Staminodia petaloidea obovata v. 

 anguste obovata v. elliptica, 1,5 — 2,3 mm. longa. Discus carnosus, cum 

 ovario plus minus confluens, margine non v. vix crenatus. Stylus 0,3 — 

 0,5 mm. longus crassiusculus, stigmate integre v. subintegro. Ovarium 

 breviter conicum, ovulis basi affixis convexis. Fructus globosi, obovati, 

 ovati usque elliptico-oblongi, 1,5- — 3 cm. longi, 1 — 1,8 cm. crassi, apice 

 rotundati, apiculati v. longiuscule acuminati, exocarpio crustaceo sicco, raro 

 extrinsecus tenuiter carnosulo, 0,5 — 2 mm. crasso, endocarpio osseo 2 — 4 mm. 

 crasso, 3- "v. abortu 2 — 1-loculares. Semina in quoque loculo solitaria, 

 rarissime in fructu 1-loculari bina, ad basin dissepimenti afftxa, ovalia, com- 

 pressa v. convexa, intus plerumque longitudinaliter carinata; testa laevis v. 

 subgranulata, non striata, obscure brunea coriacea v. in sicco crustacea; 

 endospermium mediocre v. satis copiosum, carnosum. Cotyledones planae 

 virides subanguste ovatae v. anguste ovales, basi cordato-excisae, radicula 

 breviter ovata v. pentagona 7 — 10-plo longiores. 



Obs. Var. contineniale Harms et Loes. in Engl, -lahrb. XXIX (1900) 

 p. 98 in duabus formis in Mexico et America centrali invenitnr. 



37. Elaootlcndron Elirenbergii Urb. (n. sp.) foliis omnibus oppo- 

 sitis, 8 — 12 mm. longe petiolatis, oblonge -lanceolatis v. lanceolatis, basi 

 obtusa perpaiiUo in petiolum protractis, superne paullo magis angustalis, 



