Sertum antillanum. IX. 143 
—-Micromeria obovata Benth, Lab. (1834) p. 381 et in DC. Prodr. XII, p. 222 
(cum synon.); Griseb. Flor. p. 489. 
Frutex 1—4. m altus, valde variabilis. Rami subglabri, minute 
scabriusculi v. trichomatibus globulosis brevissime v. obsolete multiradiatis 
nunc pilos solitarios emittentibus dense induti. Folia breviter rhomboidea, 
obovata usque oblanceolata, integra v. superne parée denticulata, margine 
parum recurva v. areie revoluta, subglabra, brevissime pilosa v. illis 
trichomatibus scabrida. Caiycis lobi triangulares usque lineari-subulati. 
Corolla alba 5—7 mm longa. — Apices ramulorum interdum (verisimiliter 
ctu insectorum) in globulos 3—5 mm crassos deformati, qui circumcirca 
more echinacei excrescentias lineares obtusas emittunt. 
Hab. in Cuba: Wright no. 1643. — Jamaica: P. Browne (ex L.), 
Mac Nab, March (ex Griseb., Swartz (ex ipso), prope Gordontown 
330—400 m: Eggers no. 3489. Harris no.6878, in Blue Mountains: Hansen, 
Harris no. 6817. — Haiti locis elevatis 300—1000 m: Picarda no. 40, 
112, 837, 926, prope Marmelade 930 m: Nasb et Taylor no. 1306, prope 
Ennery in montibus siccis calcareis 440 m: Buch no. 148, 250, prope 
Petionville: Picarda no. 929; Sto. Domingo prope Constanza in mon- 
tibus declivibus in pinetis 1200 m: von Türckheim no..2895, in prov. 
Barahona prope Arroyo seco 400 m: Fuertes no. 1527. 
216. Micromeria alpestris Urb., spec. nov. 
Fruticulus 0,3—0,7 m altus. Rami vetustiores teretes glabrescentes, 
hornotini quadranguli, tuberculis nunc abbreviatis globulosis nune paullo 
elongatis breviter linearibus griseis minute pilosulis dense obsessi. Folia 
cr. 0,5 mm longe petiolata, triangularia, basi truncata v. obsolete cordata, 
apice obtusiuscula, margine integro recurvata v. revoluta, nervis lateralibus 
utroque latere 2—3 sicut medio supra impressis, subtus crassiuscule 
prominulis v. prominentibus, 3—6 mm longa et lata, rigide coriacea, 
supra pilis brevissimis bulboso-inerassatis dense obsessa, subtus cineras- 
centia et brevissime pilosa. Flores fruetusque deficientes. 
Hab. in Sto. Domingo prope Constanza in Valle nuevo 2270 m: 
Eggers no. 2223. i . 
Obs. Quanquam flores non occurrunt,@speciem ad genus Micromeriae 
pertinere mihi persuasum habeo. 
217. Hyptis escobilla Urb., spec. nov. — Satureia americana Poir. in Lam, 
Ene. VI (1804) p. 571 (non Hyptis americana [Aubl. 1775] Urb.); Descourt, 
Flor. Ant. III p. 323 tab. 222. — S. condaea Juss. Msc. ex Poir, l. e. — 
Hyptis scoparia Benth. in DC. Prodr. XII (1848) p. 128 (quoad syn. Poir., 
non Poit). — H. verticillata Urb. Bra. ant. IV (1911) p. 544 (non ME — 
Escobilla Doming. 
Frutex 0,6—1,3 m altus. Rami hornotini ad apicem minutissime pilo- 
suli mox glabrescentes, ad angulos gibberosi v. minute aculeolati. Folia 
er. 1 mm longe petiolata, anguste oblonga v. oblongo-linearia, ad basin 
sensim in petiolum angustata, apice obtusa, ad v. supra medium latissima, 
2,5—1 cm longa, 0,6—0,2 cm lata, margine parce (raro unum alterumve 
