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dentata. 1 nflorescentiae terminales panniculatae, bracteis ovatis valde 

 deciduis. . 



Obs. Ardisia staminibus inter sese liberis, Oncostemon et Conomorpha 

 ovulis uniseriatis paucis ct inflorescentiis axillaribus abhorrent: caetera 

 omnia genera nullas habent affinitates arctiores. — Nomen mihi praebuit 

 Solon, legum Atheniensium auctor illustrissimus, ex septem sapientibus 

 Graecorum notissimus. 



301. Solonia reflexa Urb. (spec, now). — Rami hoinotini glabri. 

 Folia 4 — 6 mm longe petiolata, elliptiea v. elliptico-lanceolata, utrinque 

 subaequaliter angustata, raro obovata, basi et apiee acuta v. obtusiuscubi , 

 raro apiee rotundata, 7 — 11 em longa, 3 — 4,5 em lata, neivo medio supia 

 paullo prominent© et inferne subsulcato, lateralibus utroque latere 14 — 18 

 sub angulo cr. 50° abeuntibus utrinque subaequaliter prominulis et reti- 

 culato-conjunctis, glandulis utrinque prominulis acqualiter dispersis v. 

 ad marginem versus rarioribus non pellucidis notata, margine, parte V* 

 inferiore excepta, undulato-dentata, chartacea, piaesertim subtus nitentia. 

 1 nflorescentiae terminales, cr. 5 em longae, 1 — 2 cm longe pedunculatae, 

 subcorymbosae, ramis infimis bis iamulosis; biacteae quas vidi 3 mm 

 longae; pedicelli 6 — 7 mm longi. Sepala ovata v. ovali-orbicularia, apiee 

 rotundata v. obtusissima, dorso glandulosa, margine densissime et bre- 

 vissime papilloso-ciliata, 1,5 — 1,8 mm longa. Corolla 7 — 8 mm longa; 

 lobi ovati v. late ovati, apiee rotundati, subobliqui, 4 — 5 mm longi, inferne 

 3 — 3,5 mm lati, plus minus et inaequaliter nigro-glandulosi, chaitacei. 

 Stamina 5; filamenta ultra tubum corollinum usque 4 mm longa ; antherae 

 dorso sub medio affixae, eglandulosae. Stylus 1,7 mm longus. e tubo 

 stamineo vix prominens. — flab, in Cuba prov. Oriente in Sierra 

 Maestra prope La Bayamesa in montibus inter Rio Oro et Rio Yao 

 1000 — 1400 m alt. non vulgaris, m. Ma jo flor.: Ekman no. 7062. 



Melananthus Walp. subgen. nov. Tapeinodon Urb. Corolla 



ad tubi ostium subobliqua ideoque leviter zygomorpha: lobi primarii 

 valde abbreviati triangulares commissuralibus vix longiores. Stamina 

 feitilia 2; staminodia 2 inaequilonga et inaequalia, altero rudimentum 

 antherae minus v. nullum gerente. Capsula non dehiscens. 



302. Melananthus cubensis Urb. (spec. nov.). — Annua pedalis ramosa; 

 rami pilis brevissimis curvatis pauciarticulatis apiee incrassatis et pauci- 

 cellularibus obsiti. Folia alterna, subsessilia, lineari-lanceolata v. linearia, 

 acuta v. apiculata, 0,3 — 1 cm longa, 0,4 — 2 mm lata, unineTvia integra 

 glabra, sensim in bracteas abeuntia. Inflorescentiae terminales spici- 

 formes; bracteae triangulares acutae* flores 1 — paucos suffulcientes; pedi- 

 celli subnulli. Flores 5-meri. Calyx membranaceus 1,2 mm longus, pube 

 indicata sed manifestiore vestitus: tubus turbinatus, basi obtusiusculus: 

 lobi in aestivatione vix imbricati, tubo paullo longiores, aequales lanceolati 

 acutati. Corolla in sjeco cyanea, apiee aurantiaca, utrinque glabra 2,8 mm 

 longa; tubus tubuloso-filiformis rectus fauce nudus 0,5 mm diametro: 

 lobi 15 minimi, posteriores sensim paullo altius abeuntes,, sed inter sese 

 aequales, primarii ereeti tubo er. 10-plo breviores, commissurales 10 in- 



