Protologue Description: Adelia globularis sp. nov.
An intricately branched shrub 1-3 m. tall, the branches mainly spreading or recurved, pale gray and striate: leaves approximate during anthesis, remote at maturity; blades oblong, elliptic or slightly broadened upward, leathery-fleshy, manly 1-2 cm. long , slightly paler beneath than above: flowers few, nearly sessile: bracts oval to suborbicular, 2-2.5 mm. long, ciliate: sepals minute or obsolete: drupes globular, 7-9 mm. in diameter, blue: stone oval, 5.5-6.5 mm. long, longitudinally ribbed.
A species related to Adelia porulosa, readily separated by the small thick leaf-blades and the globular fruit. The type-specimens were collected on sand ridges east of St. Augustine, Florida, by the writer, November 29, 1903 (fruit), and by Mr. P. Wilson and the writer at the same station, May, 1904 (nos. 2013, 2017 and 2034 flower).