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latis obtusis, petalis obovatis exunguiculatis, — Cuba or. (Wr. 
2519). E. sfn 
59. Pacmyvantmus Wricaru Gr. glabra, foliis e basi 
rotundata v, subcordata brevissime petiolata ovato -oblongis 
ovatisque acutis v. ovali -oblongis oblongisque obtusiusculis et 
obtusis triplinerviis (4"— 2" longis), pedicellis unifloris graci- 
libus ternatis, calyce (3% longo): tubo campanulato costato 
limbo truncato-repando 6denticulato plus duplo longiori, petalis 
breviter unguiculatis late rotundatis calyce plus duplo majori- 
bus. — Cuba occ. (Wr. 2520). E. 
60. PacnvawTRUS PoinETII Gr. ramis furfuraceo - scabris, 
foliis e hasi subcordata breviter petiolata ovato-oblongis ob- 
tusiuscule acuminatis v. obtusis triplinerviis supra glabris sub- 
tus sparsim furfuraceo- punctatis glabrescentibus ad nervos 
furfuraceo - pulverulentis margine revolutis (4 — 2” longis), 
glomerulis multifloris, calyce (5" longo) furfuraceo- lepidoto : 
tubo campanulato limbo plus duplo longiori, hoe infra margi- 
nem 6 — 5lobo: lobis obtusis, petalis exunguiculatis ovato- 
subrotundis calyci aequilongis, ovario 4loculari. — Cuba occ. 
(Wr. 2521). E. 
61. PacHYANTHUS ANGUSTIFOLIUS Gr. glabra, ramulis 
punctatis, foliis e basi rotundata breviter petiolata lanceolato- 
acuminatis apice obtusiusculis triplinerviis subtus subpunctatis 
margine revolutis (4— 2" longis, 8" — 5" latis), floribus: 
ternatis: alari pedicellato bibracteolato, calyce (4" longo) 
furfuraceo-pulverulento: tubo campanulato limbo duplo breviori, 
hoc profunde Globo: lobis oblongo-lanceolatis obtusis recurvis, 
petalis calyce paullo longioribus ovatis in unguem brevem 
contractis, — Cuba occ. (Wr. 2523). E. 
Obs. Speciebus novis comprobatur, rimas antherae et in 
Pleurochaenia et in Catachaenia originitus distinctas birimosas 
in unicam latamque fissuram demum confluere, unde utrumque 
genus nonnisi in eo differunt, quod in illa loculi antherae ad 
apicem filamenti decurrunt , r^ hac connectivum infra loculos 
breviores producitur. Habitu vero ita haec genera conformia 
sunt, ut forsan olim et cum Chaenopleura Rich. unius sectio- 
nes habeantur. Itaque Chaenopleuram | Crueg. (Fl. p. 259), 
plane removendam, jam nune Chaenomiconiam nomino, quo 
etiam spectat Miconia quadrifolia Naud. (ex Sagot pl. guian. 
1026), Ch. longifoliae Gr. synonyma nec nisi foliis brevius 
petiolatis v. subsessilibus a vulgari forma recedens. 
62. ` PLEUROCHAENIA CUBENSIS Wr. foliis oblongo - lanceo- 
latis oblongisque breviter acuminatis basi rotundatis trinerviis 
