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C. Mez. — Myrsinaceae. 
diam. metientes; sepala vix ad i / A coalita lobis late obovatis, obtusis, vix, Q bene 
punctatis; petala ovata, rotundata, sicut sepala punctata, basin versus intus lepidotula; 
antherae dorso haud punctatae; ovarium floris 2 niaximum, ovoideum, glabrum, stig- 
mate loboso stylo brevi elato. 
Kleine Antillen: Grenada (Broadway n. 540, 542, 769, 942, Eggers n. 6408); 
St. Lucia (Ramage); Dominica (Rainage). — Blüht März, Juli. (Herb. Krug et Urban.) 
Einh. Name: Caffee maron (Dominica). 
Subgen. II. Comomyrsine (Hook, f.) Mez. 
Flores 4- vel 5-meri; et sepala et petala anguste triangularia persensim longeque 
acuta. Plantae sublierbaceae vel frutices saepius simplices nani foliis saepius dentatis 
maximis, ad caulis apicem comatim collatis. Ad inflorescentiae basin anaphylla per- 
singularia anguste triangularia adsunt. 
17. W. simplex (Hook, f.) Mez. — Comomyrsine simplex Hook. f. ! in Benth. 
et. Hook. f. Gen. II. (1876) 644. - — Fruticulus simplex 2-pedalis apice comatim foliosus 
(Spruce!). Folia petiolis 150 mm 
vel ultra longis stipitata, elliptica, 
utrinque breviter acuta, membrana- 
cea, ± 370 mm longa, 170 mm 
lata, praeter lepides brunneas subtus 
dissitas minutas, adpressas, deciduas 
glabra, utrinque sed praesertim 
subtus bene prominulo-reticulata. 
Inflorescentiae mulliflorae, thyrsoi- 
deae, anguste densiusculeque 2 -pin- 
natim panniculatae , petiolis bre- 
viores, furfuraceae, ramulis breviter 
racemosis vix ultra 25 mm longis 
ilores dr 1 0 gerentibus, pedicellis 
gracilibus, 4 — 1 0 mm longis; flores 
non nisi Q cogniti virentes, 1 ,5 mm 
longi, glabri; sepala basi brevissime 
coalita prope apicem perpauci-cilio- 
lata, punctulis 2 — 3 perobscuris 
picta; petala vix ad */ 4 connata; 
stamina floris Q quam maxime 
reducta filamentis antheras minutas 
subglobosas permulto superantibus; 
ovarium percrasse ovoideum, dissite 
lepidotum, Stylo subnullo, stigmate 
maximo, subdiscoideo, margine ir- 
regulariter inciso foliaceo-expanso 
vel deflexo. Fructus (ex Spruce) 
coccineus tenuiter baccatus. 
Ecuador: in feuchten schat- 
tigen Wäldern am Fusse des Cbim- 
borasso, 800 m ii. M. (Sodiro 
n. 100/14, Spruce n. 6143). — 
Blüht September. (Herb. Berlin, Kew.) 
1 8. W. Goudotiana Mez n. 
sp. — Gaules crassi, glabri. Folia 
petiolis maximis gracillimis ± 40 mm longis stipitata, elliptica, utrinque acuminata, 
dz 170 mm longa, 70 mm lata, tenuiter charfcacea, subtus punctulis lepidotis brunneis 
Fig. 48. Wcigeltia Goudotiana 'Siez. A Habitus. B Flos $ 
integer. C Sepala. D Petalum postice Visum. E Stamen 
antice Visum. F Ovarium (sterile). (Icon, origin.) 
