480 



Ign. TJrban: 



2 — 6 mm. longe petiolatis, oblonge- v. obverse lancoolatis, in ^/i—^fr, alt. 

 latissimis, inferne longe et sensim in petiolum angustatis, apice obtusis 

 V. acutatis, 4—9 cm. longis, 1—2,5 cm. latis, siiperne v. antice inciso- 

 dentatis, cliartaceis; pedunculis 2 — 3,5 cm. longis, rectis v. vix curvatis, 

 2 — 5-floris; calycis lobis 1,5 — 2 mm. longis, triangularibus v. e basi 

 triangulari acuminatis; corolla colore?, glabra, 9 mm. longa, e basi hori- 

 zontaliter curvata, supra medium 3,5 mm. diametro, lobis reflexis brevi- 

 bus vix semiorbicularibus; antheris os corollae attingentibus; Capsula 

 obovata, basi obtusa v. rotundata, 5 — 6 mm. longa, 4 — 4,5 mm. crassa, 

 10 -Costa ta. 



(1839) p. 526 (p.p.) 



XI p. 71 (p. p.) 



Mm 



PeyitarapJüa humilis Hanst.f in Linnaea XXXI V (1865 — 66) 

 p. 294 (p.p.). 



Gaules 7 — 15 cm. longi, inferne lignescentes usque 3 mm. crassi, 

 simplices v. ramosi, cortice cinerco- v. obscure brunneo obtecti et cicatrici- 

 bus folioruiu delapsorum crebris notati, pube articulata. Folia in sicco 

 supra obscure, subtus pallide viridia, margine glabra, utrinque brevissimo 

 (subtus praesertim ad nervös) pilosida v. demum glabrescentia , nervo medio 

 parum v. vix prominente, lateralibus sub angulo 40 — 45° abeuntibus, reti- 

 culato-anastoraosantibus, dentibus grossis parcis apiculatis, itcrum denticulatis 

 V. denticulis interjectis. Pedunculi ex axillis foliorum fere omnium pro- 

 deuntes, 0,5 — 0,7 mm. crassi, inforne plus minns pilosuli, superne glabri 

 V. subglabri, fructiferi subrecti; bracteae lanceolatae v. lanceolato -lineares, 

 3 — 4 mm, longae, ca. 1 mm. latae, integrae; pedicelli inaequaliter evoluti 

 10 — 14 mm. longi glabri v. subglabri. Calycis tubus turbinatus 2 mm. 

 longus glaber; lobi supra basin 1—1,3 mm. lati glabri. Corolla tubiüosa 

 utrinque glabra; lobi tubo 4 — 5-plo breviores, giandulis parvis adspersi. 

 Stamina corollae imae adbaerentia; filamenta glabra subsigmoidoo- curvata, 

 corollae tubum subaequantia ; antherae effoetae subqtiadratae. Staminodium 

 vix 2 mm. longum, superne curvatum, apice antico antlieram cassam gereiis. 

 Stylus inferne curvatus, filamentis paullo brevior glaber; stigma subbilobum. 

 Discus annularis brevis. Glandula in corolla ad basin circumcirca obvia 

 ampla 4-lobata brevissime pilosa. 



Hab. in Cuba in rupibus fluminum: Poeppig, Sagra. 



Obs. Gesneria humilis Linn. Spec. pl. ed. I p. 612 (Plum. ed. Burm. 

 p. 125 t. 133 f. 2) ex Haiti a speciebus binis praecedentibus folüs inferiie 

 parum angustatis, basi lata sessiübus, margine toto imdnlato-crenatis, co- 

 rollae tubo deorsura verso sine dubio specifice recedit et certe non statum 

 moustrosiun praebet, nt cl. Hänstein suspicatus est. 



Moriiula Biicliii ürb. (n.sp.) ramis teretibus, pilis miniitis scabrius- 

 culis; folüs subsessilibus, linearibus, basi obtusis, superne longe et sensim 

 angustatis, 6—12 cm. longis, 0,15—1 cm. latis, crassiuscule chartaceis, 

 supra scabridis, subtus breviter pubescentibus; inflorescentiis in apice ra- 

 morum 4 — 8 subumbellatim dispositis, 0,4— 0,7 mm. longe pedunculatis, 



