Three new spkcies of Caraipa (GUTTIFERAE)

Abstract

SUMKARY SupplemeniJjig mymonognaph oíCaraIPB multínervia Kubitzki, npv. sp. (Fig. 1).Arbor parva usque ad 6 m al ta. Ramul i j uni ores glabri, lent icel I is longi tudinal ibus praedití, longitudina li ter decortícantes; folia disticha, coriacea, gtabra, laminae (ob-)lanceolatae, 2.5--3-plo longiores quam lat iores , 7-)¾ cm longae et 2.5-5 cm tatae, marginibus arcte revolutae, basi cuneato-angustatae, prorsum acutae ápice ipsa anguste retusae vel breviter (usque ad 1 cm) acuminatae, costa subtus proininente et nervis lateralibus utrimque 15--22 margine adsccndentibus subtus modice elevatis praeditae; petioli breves, crassi, rugosi, 0.5 -' cm longi. Flores ignoti; capsulae singulares vel binae ternaeque aggregatae terminales vel a«illares cum pedicellis 1,5--2 cm longis ei calyce cum ITmbis liberis brevrbus (0.8 mm longis) suffuttae, oblique-oviodeae, externe pilis stellatis minimís tomente11ae ; endocarpíum fenestratum, ab exocarpio separatum, cápsula generaliter monosperma. This i s a quite dí sttnctive new species of Cara[ps which is wel 1 characterized by its presumably few-flowered T nf lorescences , Its 1 eaf shape and the h i gh number of lateral