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minutissime perobscureque crenulata, ± r 90 nun longa, 45 mm lala, membranaceo-char- 
tacea sicca laetissime viridia supra nilidula, punctulis minulissimis non nisi ad marginem 
paullo inanifestioribus hic pellucidis aucla. Inflorescentia paupere abbreviateque 2-( — 3-) 
pinnatim panniculata, breviter laleque sübpyramidata, erecta, glabra, foliis multo brevior, 
pedicellis in statu cognito vix ultra 1 mm longis; flores 4-meri ex sicco flavo-virides non 
nisi q 1 et immaturi cogniti; sepala medium usque connata lobis d.-tegentibus, suborbiculari- 
bus, apice latissime rotundatis nec emarginatis; petala ad 3 / 4 connala, lobis d.-tegentibus 
baud punctatis ; stämina haud satis evoluta antheris generis e maximis, ex ovato acutis; 
ovarium floris fj 1 reductum, elongate claviforme. Fructus ignolus. 
Jamaica: ohne Standortsangabe (Purdie). — - Blüht im Dezember. - — Herb. Kew. 
3. W. Fawcettii Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1 901) 408. — Frutex 3 m altus. 
Uamuli e gracilioribus, squarrosi, glabri. Folia petiolis lamina decurrente subalatis indeque 
dr obscuris stipitata, utrinque acuta vel subacuta, dr 70 mm longa, 30 mm lata, nitidula, 
chartacea, subtus levissime reticulata, utrinque costis filiformi-prominulis praedita, punctulis 
multis in parenchymate absconditis aucta. Inflorescentia submultiflora, bene subcorymbose- 
que 2 — 3-pinnatim panniculata, foliis satis brevior, pedicellis vix ultra 1,5 mm longis; 
flores 4-meri, non nisi 2 cognili, quam maxime dioici; sepala Q irregulariter in lobos 
crenatos nunc truncatos nunc rolundalos divisa, submembranacea ; petala gynoeceo adpressa 
tenuissima liyalina, apice irregulariter in lobos 3 ( — 5) grosse crenatos ineisa; stamina floris 
Q nunc omnino nulla nunc singula in staminodia brevissima valde imperfecta quam maxime 
reducta mutata; ovarium magnum sepala petalaque superans, crasse ellipsoideum, stylo 
brevissimo crasse cylindrico, placenta acuminata, 3- vel 4-ovulata. 
Jamaica: in den Blue Mountains bei Portland Gap, 1 800 m ü. M. (Harris in Herb. 
Jam. bot. Dept. n. 5422). — Blüht im November. 
4. W. xylosteoides (Griseb.) Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. (1901) 409. — Ardisia 
xylosteoides Griseb.! Fl. Brit. West-Ind. Isl. (1 861) 395 (quoad cit. specim. Jamaic., cet. 
exclus.*); Hemsl. Biol. centr.-amer. II. (1 882) 294. — Tinus xylosteoides O. Ktze. Rev. 
gen. II. (1891)975. — Ramuli crassiusculi, glabri. Folia petiolis dz 4mm longis, lamina decur- 
rente anguste alalis stipitata, optime ovalia vel elliptica, utrinque rotundata vel basi brevissime 
acuta apice obtusiuscula, d= 60 mm longa, 30 mm lata, nitida, laxe coslata. Inflorescentia 
pauciflora optime corymbosa, foliis brevior, glabra, pedicellis usque ad 6 mm longis; flores 
vix ultra 4 mm longi, glabri, 5-meri; sepala ultra medium connata lobis late squamiformi- 
bus, optime rotundatis, subcoriaceis, margine saepius minutissime crenulatis; petala ultra 
medium connata lobis latissime elliplicis fere orbicularibus, symmetricis, rotundatis; stamina 
non nisi fragmentarie mihi nota petalis longiora anlheris brevissimis ovato-cordiformibus, 
apice minute acuminulatis, dorso concoloribus nec punctatis; ovarium subglobosum, glabrum. 
Jamaica: Umgebung von St. Anns bei Moneague (Alexander). — Herb. Goetting., 
Kew, Krug et Urban. 
5. W. crassifolia Mez! in Urb. Symb. antill. II. ( I 9 0 1 ) 409. — W. venosa Griseb.! 
Fl. Brit. West-Ind. Isl. ( 1 8 6 1 ) 394 (e. p. quoad cit. spec. Alexander., cet. excl.). — Ramuli 
crassi, glabri. Folia petiolis perlatis sensim in laminam transeunlibus dz 5 mm longis 
stipitata, elliptica, basi late acuta apice angustius latiusve rotundata, dz 55 mm longa, 30 mm 
lala. Inflorescentia scoparia, corymbose panniculata, subpauciflora, glaberrima, foliis multo 
brevior, axibus Omnibus crassiusculis nitidis, pedicellis 3 — 4 mm longis; flores 4-meri, non 
nisi cognili 5 — 7 mm longi (ex sicco rubri?) subgeneris maximi; sepala d.-tegentia vel 
raro imbricata, coriacea, apice dentibus irregulariter pergrossis insignia, ultra medium con- 
nata, dissite punctulata; petala longissima in tubum sepala triplo superantem ultra 4 / 5 longit. 
connata cereo-coriacea, laminis dextrorsum legentibus ovato-ellipticis , late asymmetrice 
emarginatis, dissite punctulatis; stamina petalis permulto longiora antheris parvis, sub- 
sagitlato-linearibus, acutis, filamentis maximis crassisque, fere liberis; ovarium floris J 4 
magnum sed sterile, stipififormi-clavatum. 
*) Loci »Haiti, Mexico, Nova Granada« ap. Griseb. 1. c. notati in herbariis plantis Grisebachii 
inanu signatis non respondent indeque, quid in mente habuerit auctor, nullo modo eruendum. 
