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Schradera involucrata (Sw.) Schumann, Mart. Fl. Bras. 6(6) : 295. 1889. 



Fuchsia involucrata Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 62. 1788. 



Schradera cephalotes Willd. Sp. PI. 2 : 238. 1799. 



Schradera jamaicensis Pers. Syn. PI. 1 : 201. 1805. 



Urceolaria involucrata (Sw.) Standi. N. Am. Fl. 32(2) : 132. 1921. 



Swartz described Fuchsia involucrata as simply "floribus involucratis. 

 Jamaica" (Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ. 62. 1788). Although it may be argued that 

 this is merely a generic description which can be applied to any species of the 

 genus Schradera, and as such would constitute a nomen nudum or subnudum, 

 Swartz 's description, as applied to the genus Fuchsia L., apparently so intended 

 at Swartz 's time, was indeed sufficiently definitive, though brief. 



The Jamaican species has been treated under different names, as indicated in 

 the above synonymy. It is well-differentiated from other species of the genus 

 by the 4 styles, 8 corolla-lobes, 8 stamens, and 8-denticulate calyx margin. It is 

 apparently an endemic species known only from the island of Jamaica. 



JAMAICA. Grierfield, near Moneague (Parish of St, Ann's) ; wooded hill; 

 3 Apr 1908, N. L. Britton 2666 (NY) ; Resource, near Holly Mount; growing 

 over old stone wall ; alt. 605 m ; 14 Feb 1905, Wm. Harris 8894 (NY) . 



Schradera lehmannii Standi. Field Mus. Bot. 7: 41. 1930. emendavit Steyermark. 



A study of the holotype fragment of Schradera lehmannii preserved in F 

 indicates the necessity of emending Standley's original description as follows: 



Calyx hypanthiumque tubulosi ca. 10-13 mm longi apice 4-5 mm lati glabri, 

 calyce apice subtruncato vel repando-denticulato 10 mm longo; corolla hypo- 

 crateriformi ca. 15-20 mm longa, tubo (ut videtur) 8 mm longo 3-4 mm lato 

 intus superne inferneque glabro aliter parce villosulo, lobis lanceolato-oblongis 

 obtusiusculis 7 mm longis 2 mm latis glabris, denticulo cucullato reflexo trian- 

 gulari 1 mm longo ad basin carinae ab apicem 7 mm ; staminibus 5 ut videtur in 

 dimidia parte inferiori insertis; antheris linearibus 7 mm longis. 



Due to the poor state of preservation of the lower part of the corolla, it has 

 not been possible to determine with certainty the nature of the base of the corolla, 

 the style, or the attachment of the filaments. 



Schradera luxurians Standi, ex Steyermark, sp. nov. 



Suffrutex epiphyticus, ramis juvenilibus angulatis subhirtellis ; stipulis non 

 visis ; f oliis petiolatis, petiolis 18-25 mm longis parce vel moderatim puberulis ; 

 laminis coriaceis oblongo-ellipticis vel elliptico-oblongis apice abrupte acuminatis 

 basi obtusis vel subobtusis 12-20 cm longis 5-8 cm latis, costa media subtus 

 elevata pilosula pilis brevibus instructis, superficie inferiore moderatim puberula, 

 nervis lateralibus prominentibus, principalibus 13-16 in nervum collectivum ab 

 margine 3-5 mm conjunctis, nervis lateralibus minoribus 15-17 ; capitulis ca. 

 4-5-floris ; pedunculo solitario terminali 0.8 cm longo 6 mm lato dense hirsutulo ; 

 involucro profunde campanulato-cyathiformi partim flores occultanti 35 mm 

 longo (alto) 35 mm lato extus moderatim puberulo irregulariter lobato, lobis 

 2-3 mm longis; calyce hypanthioque tubulosis 20 mm longis apice 10 mm latis; 

 calyce extus superne parce adpresso-strigilloso aliter glabro, irregulariter in- 

 aequaliterque lobato, lobis ca. 5 rhomboideis truncatis vel rotundatis 1.5-3 mm 

 longis; corolla alba (teste Cuatrecasas) hypocrateriformi 42 mm longa, tubo 

 30 mm longo basi 5.5 mm lato superne 6 mm lato, extus glabro intus cum 5 



