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Bnddleia domingcnsis Urb. (n. sp.) ramis floccoso-tomentosis; 



foliis 10—15 mm. longe petiolatis, ovato-oblongis, siipra basin in lim- 

 bum obtriangularem sensim in petiolum angustatum contractis, fere 

 a basi ad apicem acutum sensim angustatis, 9—20 cm. lougis, supra 

 basin 3— 7 cm. latis, margine denticulatis v. serrulatis, supra laxe sub- 

 araneoso-pubescentibus, subtus floccoso-tomentosis; inflorescentiis 

 panniculatis oligocephalis, bracteis inferioribus euphylloideiSj sursiim 

 sensim decrescentibus, superioribus linearibus; capitulis floriferis 1 

 15 mm, diametro, raultifloris. 



Frutex 3,3 — 4 m. altus. Rami teretes, toraento plus minus ferrugineo e 

 pilis stellaribus 4 — 6 -radialis composito. Folia nervis supra impressis, subtus 

 crasse prominentibus, lateralibus utroque latere 9—12 sub angulo 50 — 60^ 

 abeuntibus utrinque reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra in sicco nigrescentia, 

 subtus plus minus ferruginea. Calyx 6 mm. longus, usq[ue ad medium 

 coalitus, extrinsecus tomentosus. Corolla alba (ex Buch), 5 mm. longa, 

 usc[ue ad medium connata, dorso infero glabra, supero tomentosula, lobis 

 anguste ovatis, intus pubescentibus, Filamenta ad faucem inserta, antheris 

 ovatis subaequilonga. Ovarium globosum, tomentosum; Stigma stylo 3-plo 

 longius et duplo crassius. 



Hab. in Haiti prope GonaTves ad Kenskoff in sylvis apertis, 

 460 m. alt, m. Oct. flor.: Buch n. 916, in montibus Le grand fond de 

 Port-au-Prince dictis, 1000 m. alt, m. Dec. flor.: Jaeger n. 48. 



Obs. Altera species antillana, B. americana L. (e Cuba et Jamaica), 

 pube tomeiitosa minus evoluta, foliis minoribus, minus abrupte in limbum 

 basalem angustatis et praesertim inflorescentiis polycephalis , capitulis spici- 

 formi-dispositis duplo minoribus discrepat 



Apocynaceae. 



Aspidosperma domingense Urb. (n. sp.) glabram, foliis 4— 6 mm. 

 longe petiolatis, obovatis v. obovato-ellipticis, basi acntis, antice rotun- 

 datis V. subtruncatis , 4 — 5,5 cm. longis, 2 — 3 cra. latis, nervo medio 

 supra ad basin versus piano v. subimpresso, caeterum prominente, 

 lateralibus utroque latere 8—12, minoribus intermixtis, utrinque promi- 

 nentibus et elevatim (praesertim supra) reticulato-anastomosantibus, 

 margine integris v. (casu?) grosse crenatis, supra nitidissimis, subtus 

 pallidioribus opacis, chartaceis v. chartaceo-coriaceis; inflorescentiis 

 plerumque trifidis, ramulis apice flores 3—5 capitato-confertos geren- 

 tibus; caljce dorso brevissime piloso, lobis ovato-triangularibus; corolla 

 dorso glabra; ovario glabro. 



Arbor 6,6 m. alta. (ex Egg.). Kami vetustiores teretes bruneo-cine- 

 rascentes, lenticellis parvis subrotundis obsiti. Folia alterna v. summa 

 ^ subopposita, petiolis supra canaliculatis , nervis lateralibus sub angulo 

 OU OU abeuntibus, ante marginem irregulariter conjunctis. Inflorescen- 



