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culatae breviter pilosae 15—30 cm longae; pedunculus 1 — 1,5 

 mm crassus, plerumque vix evolutus; bracteae priniariae 

 euphylloideae 3 — 4 mm longe petiolatae ovali-ellipticae inte- 

 grae v. parcissime denticulatae, 5 — 2 cm longae, 2 — 1 cm 

 latae, superiores et ad ramos squamiformes lanceolatae v. 

 triangulares 1,5 — 0,7 mm longae; pedicelli fructiferi 1,5 — 3 

 mm longi. Flores praeter valde juveniles non visi. Fructus 

 oblique obovati, apice rotundati, dorso convexo et ventre 

 superiore carinati, 10—12 mm longi, 7 — 8 mm lati, 6—7 mm 

 crassi. — Morne de la Hotte in deelivibus sept. -orient, in 

 sylvis montanis cr. 800 m alt., m. Jun. fruct.: n. 110. 



Obs. Ob inflorescentias elongatas tenues inter omnes 

 species americanas peculiaris. Aliae species domingenses 31. 

 impressa Krug et Urb., cujus fructus ignoti sunt, praeterea 

 foliis apice rotundatis v. truncatis, margine integris, nervis 

 lateralibus supra sulcato-impressis, M. Herhertii Rolfe foliis 

 ad ramos floriferos saltern integris, fructibus pluries majoribus 

 statim discernendae sunt. M. obtusifolia (Bello) Krug et 

 Urb. (e Portorico), quae fructibus similibus gaudet, foliis 

 2 — 3-plo longius petiolatis, multo majoribus, margine integris, 

 inflorescentiis crassioribus recedit. 



Meliosma abbreviata Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor humilis. 

 Rami teretes, hornotini brevissime pilosi mox glabrescentes. 

 Folia alterna, 4 — 7 mm longe petiolata, breviter obovata v. 

 orbiculari-obovata, basi acuta v, in petiolum angustata, an- 

 tice obtusa v. rotundata, 3 — 5 cm longa, 2 — 3.5 cm lata, 

 nervo medio plus minus impresso, lateralibus utroque latere 

 5 — 6 supra leviter prominulis, subtus prominentibus, utrinque 

 densissime reticulata, margine plus minus recurvo Integra, 

 rigide coriacea, nitida, subtus in sicco brunescentia. Inflo- 

 rescentiae terminales et axillares paniculatae brevissime pi- 

 losae 2 — 4 cm longae vix v. usque 1 cm longe pedunculatae; 

 bracteae triangulares vix 0,5 mm longae; flores secus ramos 

 plerumque singulatim dispositi subsessiles; prophylla 5—6 

 semiorbicularia v. latiuscule triangularia, apice rotundata v, 

 obtusa, 0,6—0,8 mm. longa. Sepala 5 semiovaiia v. latiuscule 

 triangularia, apice rotundata v. obtusissima, 1 ram longa 

 coriacea margine minute ciliolata. Fetala exteriora 3 orbicu- 

 laria coriacea 2 mm longa, interiora lanceolata glabra Integra 

 1,8 mm longa. Staminodia petalis inferne adnata apice trun- 



