) 19 C 



Hah, in tnontibus excelfis Jamaicae auftral. : Swartjc. 



"Arhor ao — 30 pedalis. Tnmcns cortice cinereo- 

 ferrugineo'' fec. liJ. Swartz. JRami fparfi, ered:i, glabri, 

 juniores ramuli verfus flores pubefcentes; cortice fericeo 

 iibrofo, epidermide cinerafcente. Folia fparfa, petioiata, 

 eliiptico-lanceolata, interdfim lanceolata i. Jato-Ianceolata, 

 integerrima, obtufiuscula , apice elongata, venofa J, rtti- 

 culata, fubcorfacea, glabra, fubtus vero fi*;pius Cpraecipue 

 ad nervum dorfalem) pubefcentia, quod interdum astate 

 evanefcit, bipollicarla pius minusve, fere fesquiungvi- 

 cularia. Petioli crasHnscXiliy fupra fob - plani, fubtus 

 convexi, glabfi 1. fnterdum fubtus pubefcentes (Petioli 

 teretes fub-reflexi. Sw.), ^ I. 3 circiter lineas longi. 



Panicula terminalis, dichotome-divifa. Flores apice ra- 

 mulorum paniculae umbellulatim infidentes> congefti, 8-20, 

 parvi, extus pabefcentes , brevisfime pedicellati, "iuteo- 

 virides'' fec. III. Swartz. Mamuli panicidie angulati, verfus 

 flores incrasfati, dichotomi, feripeo-pubefcentes (prsecipue 

 verfus flores), nutantes. jP^^^/VJ// florum brevisfimi, medio 

 fere nulli: Co^o^/flr parva, 2 \. 3 lineas longa: Tuhus ver- 

 fus limbura parum incrasfatus, paullo longior quam lim- 

 bus : lacinice corollce ovatae, obtuise, vix lineam longae. SVa- 

 viina duor, ord., quorum inferiora fauce tubi infident, 7«» 

 periara aiedio fere laciniarum limbl inferta, Filamenia bre- 

 visfima. Antheroe luteae. 'Germm ovatum I. obovatum , 

 glabrum (pubefcens:' Swartz^, Stylus brevis, tubodimidio 

 minor (loogitudine tubi Sw ). Stigma capitatam, glabrum 

 (pubefcens: Sw ). ^^Drupa obloiiga olivaefortDis, pendula, 

 inonofperraa. Nux ovata. Nucleo bilobo, membranula 

 propria tefto" Sw^ 1. c. 



Affinis quodammodo D. mcidentalis Sw., at abunde 

 ^iiverfa. Folia D. pendulcs Sm. valde finnlia, 



Inflorefcentia red:ius forlan paniculata dicitur, quam 

 vac^mof»,^ l^ iiulla alla Dap hne peduacull dichoCome<; 



