540 I. Urban. 
36. C. Nimanimae Kr. et Urb. ramis hornotinis ad apicem breviter et 
subadpresse pilosulis, mox glabrescentibus; foliis 4—7 mm longe petiolatis, 
ellipticis v. oblongis basi obtusa in petiolum protractis, apice obtusissimis, 
3,5—6 em longis, 1,5— 2,5 em latis, 2!/, —3-plo longioribus quam latioribus, 
nervo medio parum v. mediocriter impresso, lateralibus supra tenuiter, 
subtus manifeste prominentibus et anastomosantibus, margine in parte ?/, 
superiore crenulato, crassiuscule chartaceis; pedunculis basi nudis, 1—2 cm 
longis, ad medium 0,3—0,4 mm latis; sepalis subaequalibus ovato-orbi- 
eularibus, 2,8—3 mm longis; petalis 6,5 mm longis dorso glabris albo- 
flavidis; antheris dorso setulis suberectis obsitis; ovario glabro 3-loculari, 
ovulis in quoque loculo 10—12, placentae biseriatim affixis. 
Freziera Nimanimae Tul.! in Ann. Sc. nat. 3 ser. VIII (1847). p. 558; 
Walp. Ann. I. 120. 
Frutex. Rami vetustiores teretes brunneo-cinerei v. cinerei, juniores supra 
folii insertionem late et leviter sulcati. Folia nervis lateralibus 7—10, margine plana 
v. anguste recurva, laevia v. supra parce granulato-punctata, subtus tenuissime et parce 
adpresse pilosula. Flores in axillis solitarii ; pedunculi cernui; prophylla sub calyce 
abeuntia v. perpaullo remota, pleraque usque ad anthesin persistentia , posterius de- 
cidua, latiuscule linearia 2—3 mm longa, 0,8 mm lata, nigro- apiculata. Sepala 
apice rotundata et obsolete nigro-apiculata, 2, 2—92,8 mm lata coriacea, margine tenuiore 
ciliata, dorso glabra. Petala basi ima vix cohaerentia, obtriangulari- obovata apice 
subtruncata leviter emarginata, exter. 4,5— 5,5 mm lata, chartacea. Filamenta 
i-seriata, 26—30, petalis basi ima adnata, 2,5—3 mm longa, antheris 3—3t/,-plo 
longiora; antherae ovales v. ovali-ellipticae cr. 0,7 mm longae breviter apiculatae, late- 
raliter et longitrorsum usque ad basin dehiscentes. Stylus vix 2 mm longus, ovario 
subaequilongus v. paullo longior, a 3/5 alt. trifidus; stigmata parva subplana styli ramis 
vix latiora. Ovarium ovatum v. breviter ovatum. 
Habitat in Cuba ad St. Yago de Cuba, loco dicto Pinal de Nimanima, 
m. Aug. flor.: Linden n. 9498. 
Var. B. viridula Kr. et Urb. foliis ellipticis v. elliptico-lanceolatis, basi 
sensim in petiolum angustatis, nervo medio paullo magis sulcato-impresso, 
lateralibus supra non conspicuis v. obsoletissime impressis, subtus tenuiter 
prominulis non v. parum anastomosantibus, margine fere usque ad basin 
crenatis, utrinque praesertim supra dense et tenuiter granulato-punctatis ; 
prophyllis cito deciduis; sepalis inaequalibus, exterioribus ovato-oblongis 
2 mm latis, interioribus semiovalibus v. suborbicularibus 3 mm latis; petalis 
obovatis v. orbieulari-obtriangularibus, exter. 5—6,5 mm latis, viridulis; 
setulis ad apicem antherarum tantum obviis. 
Oleyera theoides Grisb.! Pl. Wr. (1860). p. 166 et Cat. p.236; Sauv. 
Cub. p. 10, — non Choisy. 
Habitat in Cuba orient. prope Monteverde: Wright n. 1126, 1146. 
