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176. Ardisia revoluta IIBK.?, Llnn. V, p. 125. n.264. 

 — Pnuca nunc in statu fruclifero transmissa specimina 

 non differenlla habemus ab illls prius acceptis floriferis, 

 folia lantum majora. — In sylvis Jalapae Majo 29. 



177. A. creniilata Vent, Hb. W. n. 4490. (specimen 

 ab hüiiulano Seidel Parlsils acceptum). Specimina pauca 

 folüs majoribus (c, peliolo S-pollicaribus, 20 — 22 lin. la- 

 lis) insignia. In sylvis prope la Laguna. Cor. purpuras- 

 cens. Aug. 29. 



178. A. melanosticta n. sp. folIa elliplica v. oblongo- 

 clllptlca, basi in peliolum aUenuata, apice breviter acumi- 

 rala, supra glabra, subius ferruglneo-puberula et nigro- 

 punclulala, margine eroso-crcnulala membranacea; florum 

 umbellae in racemos axillares follo breviores congestae, 

 corollae albae, intus pubenles, dein revolutae. — Ardisia 

 cor. alblda. In sylvis inier San Salvador et Jalapam. Jun. 

 29. — Species primo intuitu glabra, sed accuratius si in 

 Spiels mox pubem observabis tenuem dispersam quasi für 

 furaceam, quae ramos juniores, petiolos, paginam inferam 

 nee non iuflorescentiam occupat, in apicibus vero ramo- 

 rum atque in folüs nondum explicah's densior ochraceo- 

 fcrrugineo colore insigniorem se reddit. Folia c. petiolo 

 (circiter semipollicari) 4 — 8 p. longa, \\ — 1| p. longa, 

 subtus pallldiora et nervo medio venisque utrinsecus 12 — 16 

 prominentibus et punclis nigris insignia quae puncta melius 

 conspiciunUir si folia lucl obvertis. Raceml aliquot ex axillis 

 superiorlbus.solllarii, pedunculati,semperfolio breviores,ramis 

 paucis (ad 10 usque) opposllis allernisva patentissimis aut 

 subreversis, semipolllcaribus, apice umbellam simplicem s. 

 racemum axi contracta gerentibus, pedicellis ad summum 

 tres lineas longis, basi braclels triangulari-lanceolatis suf- 

 fullis. Flores 1|^ lin. longi, calyce brevi sepalis ovatis 

 acutis, coroUa calyce triplo longiore, iubo brevi, laciniis 

 angustis fere lanceolatis, extus glabriusculis, intus albido 



