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Bois-flambeau-montagne Mart. ex Duss. 



Frutex elegaiitissimus erectus 1 — 2 m altus (ex Duss), glaber. Rami 

 juniores apice resinam secernentes. Folia acumine obtusiiisculo, nervo 

 medio supra prominente, lateralibus tenuibiis utrinque parum v. supra 

 vix prominulis, chartaceo-coriacea, m argine angustissime recurva v. 

 revoluta. Inflorescentiae friictiferae 6 — 7 cm longae; pedicelli 15 — 10 mm 

 longi nudi v. infimi ad medium bracteolam gereutes. Calycis lobi semior- 

 biculares v. semiovales. Corollae lobi ovato - lanceolati (ex Grisb.). 

 Fructus globulosus v. ovali-globulosus profunde 5- (6-) sulcatus, 4 ad 

 4,5 mm longus, pyrenis dorso facile secedentibus. Semen obovatum com- 

 pressum tenuissime punctatum ; endospermium mediocre. Embryo semine 

 dimidio brevior; cotyledones ovatae radicula compressa 3-plo breviores. 



Habitat in Martinique, solummodo in Montagne-Pelee 900— 1000 m 

 alt., sed ibidem satis frequens: Duss n. 206, 937, 1724; St. Vincent: 

 Guilding. 



Obs. E. angustifolia DC. differt praeter patriam (Cuba) inflores- 

 centiis panniculatis, baccis 5— 9-sulcatis, an etiam floribus? 



Erithalis quadrangularis Kr. et Urb. n. sp. ; ramis hornotinis 

 quadrangulis; stipulis in tubum brevissimum integrum margine supero 

 truncatum connatis; foliis 20 — 10 mm longo petiolatis, ovatis, ovalibus 

 v. superioribus ovato-ellipticis, basi pauUo in petiolum protractis, apice 

 obtusissimis v. obtusis, 8—12 cm longis, 3,5 — 8 cm latis, dimidio usque 

 duplo longioribus quam latioribus; inflorescentiis termiualibus et ex 

 axillis foliorum superiorum lateralibus corymbosis; floribus 6-, raro 

 5-meris; petalis 13 mm longis; ovario 16 — 20-locellato. 



Erithalis quadrangularis Kr. et Urb. in Ber. Deutsch. 

 Bot. Ges. XV (1897) p. 270 (nomen) t. IX f. 29. 



Arbor 7 m alta. Rami glabri pauUo supra axillas foliorum e 

 ramo materno abeuntes. Folia nervo medio supra canaliculato, latera- 

 libus utrinque praesertim subtus prominulis non anastomosantibus, glabra 

 subcoriacea, margine anguste revoluta. Inflorescentiae inferne glabrae, 

 superne brevissime et plus minus pulverulento-pilosae, pilis articulatis; 

 bracteae inferiores lineares v. ovato -acuminatae, mediae et superiores 

 trianguläres er. 1 mm longae; pedicelli 8 — 12 mm longi, terminales nudi, 

 laterales supra basin v. sub medio prophylla 1 — 2 suborbiculata minuta 

 gereutes. Calyx subcampanulatus 4 mm longus, medio 2,5 mm crassus, 

 extrinsecus pulverulento-pilosus, supra ovarium dimidio cupuliformi- 

 productus, apice mimite deuticulatus. Alabastra subclaviformi-cylindracea, 

 plus minus pulverulento-pilosa. Petala in aestivatioue anguste imbricata, 

 supra basin er. in Yg alt. in tubum intus supra basin pubescentem 

 coalita, quoad libera linearia, obtusa vix 1 mm lata coriacea, sub 

 anthesi recurvata. Filamenta tubo corollae basi ima adnata et hoc 



