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IX. Zwei neue Polygonaceen. 



Von 



O. LiiiKlaii. 



Coccoloba Dussii Lindau n. sp. Ranauli nigro-fuscescentes. Folia 

 petiolis longis ovata apice + sensim acuminata, basi rotundata, glabra, 

 nervis omiübiis utrinque expressis eleganter reticulata. Inflorescentia 

 Simplex nodulis 1 — 2-floris, pedicellis fructif, oclireolas c. 5-plü super- 

 antibiis. Fructiis globosus, apice obtusus, lobis perianthü arcte ad- 

 pressis et vix conspicuis, basi in stipitem brevissimum subito contractus. 



Liane torduo Guadaloupensibus (ex Duss!), 



Frutex scandens 10 — 15-metralis (ex Duss!). Ramuli nigro-fus- 

 cescentes, irregulariter angulati in sicco, lenticellis fuscis oblongis. 

 Oclireolas mox deciduas non vidi. Folia petiolis 3—4^/2 cm longis, 

 supra canaliculatis et transversaliter in sicco corrugatis, subtus irregu- 

 lariter angulatis, glabris, ovata, apice + sensira acuminata vel fere 

 obtusa acuminataque, basi rotundatis vel subcordatis 11 — 12 cm longa, 

 7 — 12 cm lata, tenuiter coriacea, margiive tenui, subplano, supra 

 subopaca, subtus fere nitida, glaberrima, nervo medio supra subsemi- 

 immerso subtus crasse expresso, nervis primariis supra decurrentibus, 

 leviter prominentibus, subtus expressis, arcuatis, angulo 65 — 80^ abeun- 

 tibus, nervulis majoribus parallelis, nervös primarios conjungentibus 

 minorlbusque supra prominulis, subtus magis expressis eleganter den- 

 seque reticulata. Inflorescentia racemosa, simplex, c. 10 cm longa, 

 laxiflora, nodulis 1 — 2floris, pedunculo c. 13 mm longo rhachique sub- 

 angulatis, nigrescentibus , glabris; bracteae subtriangulares, concavae, 

 c. 1 mm longae; ochreolae bilobae, bracteam aequantes, membranaceae; 

 pedicelli fructif. crassi, c. 5 mm longi, horizontaliter patentes, apice 

 articulati. Flores non vidi. Fructus globosus apice obtusus lobis 

 perianthü arcte adpressis vix conspicuis, basi in stipitem brevissimum 

 subito contractus, sublaevis, in sicco (imprimis ad basin) pauciangulatus, 

 in toto 11 mm longus, 10 mm diametro; pericarpium crustaceum, fnscum, 

 nitidum, apice subobtusum; semen globosum apice subito acuminatum, 

 basi breviter tenuiterque stipitatum, aequaliter profunde 6-aulcatum; 

 albumen album, profunde ruminatum. Embryo normalis, radicula 

 1^/2 mm longa. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe: Gourbeyre, Ho vel Mont alt. 4 — 600 m. 

 Duss n. 2180. 



Fruct. Januaris (v. 8. in Herb. Kr. et ürb.). 



