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longus, siiperne paullo incrassatus, in ^/^ superiore bifidus, ramis oblonge - 

 liuearibus, antheras paullo superantibus. Baccae limbo calycis persistente 

 coronatae, apj)lanato - 1 - costatae. Endo Spermium dorso profunde 4-sul- 

 catum, ventre 2-sulcatum. 



Hab. in Florida ad Indian Kiver in sylvaticis, m. Jul. flor.: 

 Curtiss u. 1122, in Terra Ceia Mand juxta Floridam, m. Nov. fruct.: 

 J. H. Simpson (hb. Kew.); Ciiba: Wrigiit n. 243 p.p. (hb. Breni.), 2745 

 (hb. Kew.), 3589, Read, prov. Habana in collibus prope Santiago de 

 las Yegas, m. Oct, Nov. fruct.: Baker n. 3006, van Hermann n. 799, 

 5047, Wilson n. 1072, in collibus prope Managua, m. Jul. flor.: Baker 

 et Wilson n. 315, prope San Antonio de los Baflos, m. Nov. flor. et 

 fruct.: Yan Hermann 3343, prope Wajaj, m. Jul. flor. et fruct.: Baker 

 et Wilson n. 345, in prov. Santa Clara distr. Cienfuegos prope Ciene- 

 guita, m. Jul. flor.: Combs n. 291; Haiti: Poiteau (tjpus), in Mornes 

 de l'Acul du Sud inter Carrefour et Canon, m. Sept. flor.: Christ 

 n. 1973; Mexico: Schaffner n. 527; Costarica: Tonduz n. 13950. 



Obs. Ps. tenuifolia Sw. affinis ramis hornotinis glabris, stipulis 9 — 14 mm. 

 longis profimdius bifidis lobis filiformi - j)roductis , baccis multo majoribus 

 6 — 7 mm. longis, 4 — 5 mm. crassis optime differt. — Ps. lanceolata Nutt. = 

 Ps. undata Jacq. praeter alias notas stipulis vaginantibus posterius unilate- 

 raliter fissis omnino abhorret. — Ps. borjensis H. B. K. (e Venezuela) , liabitu 

 similis, stipulis integris, foliis subsessilibus, inflorescentiis pedunculatis dis- 

 crepat. 



Psychotria Ossaeana Urb. (n. sp.) giabra, ramis annotinis sor- 

 dide viridibus tenuiter plicato-multistriatis; stipulis interpetiolaribus 

 ab initio liberis, inferne ovatis v. anguste ovatis, in 2/3 superiore in 

 lacinias accumbentes lanceolatas v. triangulari-lauceolatas satis longo 

 et sensim acuminatas margine supero pilosulas dissectis, margine 

 recurvis v. revolutis, inferne ad medium valde incrassatis, caeterum 

 coriaceis v. subcoriaceis, 6 — 8 mm. longis, deciduis; foliis 7 — 10mm. 

 longe petiolatis, ovalibus v. ovali-ellipticis, basi in petiolum plus 

 minus angustatis, apice brevissime v, vix acuminatis, 8 — 11 cm. longis, 

 4 — 4,5 cm. latis, ad ramulos novellos oblanceolato-cuneatis, 7 — 8 cm. 

 longis, er. 2 cm. latis, nervo medio supra applanato-prominente, late- 

 ralibus utroque latere 12 — 15 sub angulo 75 — 80 «^ abeuntibus, supra 

 tenuiter, subtus paullo raagis prominentibus, supra obsolete, subtus 

 tenuissime anastomosantibus, chartaceis v. pergamaceis, margine an- 

 guste recurvis, in sicco glauco -viridibus nitidis; inflorescentiis ter- 

 minalibus, er. 5 cm. longe pedunculatis, corymbosis, ipsis er. 3 cm. 

 longis, bracteis triangularibus acutis, 1,5—1 mm. longis, pedicellis fruct. 

 subnuUis v. usque 1,5 mm. longis; caljce persistente er. 1 mm. longo, 

 dentibus triangulari-lanceolatis v. lauceolatis, limbo integro duplo et 

 ultra longioribus; baccis ovali-globosis v. globosis, 5 — 6 mm. longis, 



