(31) CARL MEZ. ADDITAMENTA MONOGRAPHICA 41903. 237 
Arbuseula parva (Piltier!), simplex, apice foliorum coma ampla inflo- 
rescenliaque lerminata (Clavijæ habitum præbens), trunco superne: 
digiti humani crassitudine, glabro, corlice fusco induto. Folia petiolis 
brevissimis (vix ultra 5 mm. longis) percrassisque stipitala subsessilia 
dicenda, usque ad 0,3 m. longa, 0,1 m. lala, rigide coriacea, subtus 
punetulis brunneis lepidotis densiuscule consita, utrinque densiuscule 
prominulo-costulata el relicuiata, paullo nilidula, punelulis glandulosis 
manilestioribus destitula. Infiorescentia multi- vel submultiflora, per- 
‚erassa squarrosaque, folia subæquans, furfuracea mox glabrala ; ramis 
sueto refractis vel patentibus, compressiusculis, paupere divisis, apice 
forum + 6 corymbum permanifestum gerentibus ; pedicellis crassis, 
bracleas minutissimas perlonge superantibus. Flores maximi anle 
anthesin 10 mm. vel paullo ultra longi ; sepalis basi brevissime coalitis, 
crassis coriaceis, suborbieularibus, per anthesin reflexis; pelalis per 
anthesin revoluto-patentibus, valde asymmetricis. Slamina petalis con- 
spicue breviora per anthesin porrecta ; antheris crassis, conniventibus, 
prope basiu filamentis affixis. Ovarium ovoideum, glabrum, haud punc- 
talum, sensim in stylum subduplo longiorem, stamina paullo superantem 
transiens ; stigmate puncliformi ; placenta co-ovulata. Bacca subcarnosa, 
globosa, + 10 mm. diam. 
Costa-Rica, in silvis ad Tuis, las Vueltas, Tucurrique, alt. 600-700 m. 
rara : Herb. inst. phys.-geogr. Costar. n. 11351, 13369. — Floret Majo. 
(Herb. Mez.) 
Obs. Ardisiæ auriculatæ Donnell-Smith et A. stenophyllæ Donnell- 
Smith adsocianda, ad Jcacoree subgenus referenda. 
Ardisia insignis Mez el Piltier nov. spec. — Foliis oblongis, 
basin versus sensim anguslalis apice breviter acuminalis, integerrimis, 
maximis; inflorescentia terminali, ample 3-pinnatim panniculata, ramulis 
flores perabbreviate spicatos gerentibus; pedicellis ex statu fructifero 
plane nuilis ; floribus 5-meris; sepalis imbricatis, symmetricis, margine 
nudis, haud manifestius pictis. 
Species fructifera tantum cognila perinsignis. Ramuli (vel truncus) 
apice digili humani crassiludine, fusco-corticali. Folia (ut videtur haud 
comala) peliolis brevissimis (vix ultra 8 mm. longis) percrassisque 
slipitala subsessilia dicenda, usque ad 0,35 m. longa et 0,1 m. lata 
mihi visa magniludine insignia, crasse coriacea, glabra, juvenilia den- 
sissime glanduloso-punctata adulla glandulis manifestioribus destituta, 
paullo nilidula, utrinque tenuiter densiusculeque costulala nec relata. 
Inflorescentia maxima folia superans, percrassa, pyramidala, ut videlur 
subimultiflora, fructifera Lantum cognila ; ramis crassis, arcualim adscen- 
