158 L. PiKRRK et löN. Urban: 



tusiusculis, 4 — 7 cm. longis, 1 — 2 cm. latis, coriaceis, siipra in sicco 

 atro-liicidis, subtus aiireis, costulis crebris parallelis er. 48 utrinque 

 distinctis; pedicellis 'S — 4 axillanbus, 6 mm. longis, petiolo paullo 

 longioribus; calycis tiibo 0,5 mm longo, sepalis 5 ovatis apice rotun- 

 datis V. obtusis, praeter exteriora intus glabris; corollae lobis rotimda- 

 tis; staminibus 5, antheris ovatis; ovario 5-loculari, stylo glabro "Yi i^^i- 

 longo longiore, siibgloboso; ovulo paullo supra basin inserto adscen- 

 dente, dissepimentis membranaceis; fructibus anguste ovalibus, er. 16mm. 

 longis, 8 mm. crassis, monospermis; seminibus subobovatis, area derasa 

 partem ventralem Y^ inferiorem occupante, supra aream 5-sulcatis; 

 cotyledonibus ovatis, basi truncatis, radicula 4-plo longioribus. 



Chrysophyllum cuig^istifoUnin Lani.J III. II (1793) p.44 71.2470; 

 Poir. in Lmn. Euc. Suppl II p. IG; R. et Seh. Si/st. IV p. 703; A. DC.f 

 Prodr. VIII p. 162. 



Hab. in Haiti: Martin (hb. Lam.), Poiteau (hb. Deless.), hb. Willd. 

 n. 4592. 



68. Chrysophylliiiii Vicartlae Urb. (n. sp.) ramis ad apicem 

 brevissime et adpresse pallido-pubescentibus, mox glabrescentibus; foliis 

 4 — 6 mm. longe tenuiter petiolatis, ellipticis v. elliptico-oblongis, basi 

 sensim in petiolum angustatis, apice breviter acuminatis, H — 5 cm. 

 longis, 1 — 2 cm. latis, nervis lateralibus supra prominulis v. subim- 

 pressis, subtus non conspicuis, supra nitidis in sicco olivaceis, subtus 

 tomento sordide bruneo vix nitente obtectis; fructibus ellipsoideis, 

 15 — 16 mm. longis, 7 — 8 mm. crassis. 



Frutex. Rami graciles, pallide cinerascentes, iiodis folioi'um de- 

 lapsoruni crebris ohsiti, superne in sicco plus minus obtusanguli , pube ad 

 apicem pallide ferniginea, internodiis 3 — 8 mm. longis. Folia petiolis 

 0,5 — 0,6 mm. crassis, nervo medio supra plus minus imi^resso, lateralibus 

 crebris, e medio sub angulo 45 — 50*^ abeuntibus, margine plana v. anguste 

 recurva. Flores .... Fructus 7 mm. longe pedicellati, sepalis 5 bre- 

 viter ovatis tomentosis suifulti, apice stylo persistente vix 0,4 mm. longo 

 apiculati, carne er. 0,8 mm. crasso. Semen solitarium, oblique obovatum, 

 12 mm. longum, mm. crassum, 6,5 mm. latum, transversim subteres, 

 pallide bruneum, area derasa breviter obovata, -/^ ventris inferioris occu- 

 pante, lineis impressis 5 supra aream derasam usque ad apicem productis, 

 testa 0,8 mm. crassa cornea; endospermium copiosum. Cotyledones an- 

 guste ovales plaiiae, basi in radiculam fere 4-plo breviorem contractae. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Port-au-Prince, m. Mart. fruct.: Picarda 

 n. 1198. 



Obs. Ckr. angustifoliuni Lam., quocura cl. Pierre nostram speciem 

 confudit, petiolis duplo crassioribus , foliis lanceolatis v. oblonge -lanceolatis, 

 basi obtusiusculis, superne sensim v. subsensim angustatis, apice ipso ob- 

 tuso, 4 — 7 cm. longis, supra manifeste nervosis, subtus ferrngineo- tomen- 

 tosis bene distinctum est. 



