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616 



I. Urban. 



Obs. 



An variel. Cubetisis ct Domingensis ctiain aliis nolis (iifiTcrant, ob inntcricm 



er sesc 



wartzmuam valdo mancam cruere non polui. Spocimina Cubensia quoque int.. .... 



discrepant : Eggersiann floribusscssibbus v. subsossilibus, bracteis ovato-acuminalis se- 

 palis tnangularibus vix v. parurn acutuUs, Wrightiana n. i m noribus manifesto pedun- 

 culatis, bracteis oblongo-acuminatis, scpalis triangulari-lanceolatis acuminatis gaudcns 

 .luibuscum ramuli duo Eggersiani satis congraunt; exemplar Wright n 1200 bracteas 

 oblongo-acuminatas et scpala brcvifer triangulari-ovata apiculala praebot. 



E 



p. 275 et tab, SB.! 



(1 S90J 



<vj 



Habitat in Slo. Domingo in Savannah de (Jupey ad monlem Isabel do 

 la torro 360 ni alt. veris. m. Jul. (lor.: Eggofs n. 2G80. 



Obs. Praccedenti arete alfinis, sed foliis longius acuminatis ct mucronatis 

 lateralibus magis arduis facile distinguenda. 



J. Initio brevissime pilosa, mox glabrescens. Folia orbiculari-obovafa v 



2-3,5 cm longa, ncrvis lateralibus 4-6. Flores ad axillas 2 sessiles. 



iiervis 



obovata, 



E 



ramulis hornotinis brevissime 



adpresse pilosis; foliis 2-3 mm longe pctiolatis, orbiculari-obovatis v 

 obovatis brevissime ct acute v. obsolete acuminatis, ad basin plus minus 

 sensim angtistatis, 2-3,5 cm longis, 1,5-3 cm latis, parum usque dinndio 

 longiord>us quam latioribus, nervo medio ad apicem non v vix iufcrne 

 mag.s ct anguste impresso, lateralibus parcis utrinque prominulis, supra 

 paullo mag.s conspicuis et obsolete anastomosantibus, subtus non venulosis 

 glanduhs supra non, subtus parum conspicuis, pallido brunnois non pellu- 

 cidis, glabris, crassiuscule chartaceis; floribus in ramulis valde abbrevialis 

 plerumque % sessllibus; sepalis 4, longioribus breviler ovatis obtuse ct 

 obsolete apiculatis 2,5 mm longis; ovario Moculari, ovulis in 



loculo G — 7. 



Fru tex. 



quoquc 



Kamivefustioresalbido-cincrei tcretes glabri, hornotini superno com- 



pressi. 1.01. a luuc illinc subaltcrna. ncrvis lateralibus 4-6 sub angulo 55-600 abeun- 

 iLbus, ante margiucin conjanctis, supra nilidula, subtus pallidiora in sicco fiavo-brunuca 

 pnma juvcntute adpresse pubescentia, cito glabrescentia, margine recurvata Flores 

 ad basin ramulorum abbreviatorum, quisquc ex axilla bracteae linearis obtusac crassius- 

 culae 1,5 mm longae, albi ; propliylla lanceolato-linearia obtusa 1,5-1 8 mm lonea 

 cr. 0,G mm lata, oxtrinsecus minute pilosula. Sepal a in aostivalione imbricafa, lougiora 



ZZ T\ "^- ^f '^"'-'-t'-^-"S"l«-« 2 mm longa, margine brevissime ciliala 



dorso pilis brevissmns obscure brunneis adpressis obsita, infus glabra chartacea. I'etala 

 non vidi. Stamina numcrosa; antherao deiloratae suborbiculares. Discus stamini-er 

 brevissime p.losulus. Stylus 4 mm longus glaber; stigma parvum globulosun" 



placenLis 



Ovarium obovato-giobulosum extriusccus brevissime adpresse pilosum 

 promincntibus, ovulis cr. 3-senatis. 



Habitat in Haiti in planitie (plainc) solo caicareo 

 Elirenbcrg n. 413. 



V. arenoso: C. 



