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plus minus profun.de emarginata v. excisa, 2,5 — 4 cm longa, 1,5 — 3 cm 

 lata, nervo medio paullo impresso, superne proniinulo, lateralibus numero- 

 sissimis sub angulo 50° abeuntibus parallelis ad marginem versus hinc 

 illinc anastomosanti-conjunctis utrinque prominent ibus, creberrime et 

 bene inter nervos pellucido-punctata, punctis prominulis, margine an- 

 guste recurvo superne obsolete undulata, coriacea, supra nitida obscure 

 viridia, subtus multo pallidiora opaca. Inflorescentiae terminales sessiles, 

 cr. 1 cm longae. Flores hermaphroditi 4-nieri albi. Sepala in aestivatione 

 aperta, basi connata per paria subinaequalia, altera triangularia, altera 

 lanceolata, extrinsecus glanduloso-granulata, cr. 1 mm longa. Petala 

 in aestivatione valde imbrieata, obovata, antice rotundata, membranacea 

 glanduloso-punctata, 3,5 mm longa, superne 2 mm lata. Stamina 8; 

 filamenta majora 2,5 mm, minora 1,5 mm longa; antherae orbiculares 

 brevissime apiculatae. Ovarium crasse et brevissime stipitatum, oblonguiu, 

 minute et parce pilosum, 1-loculare, ovulis 2 ex apice eollateraliter pen- 

 dulis; stigma sessile crasse peltatum, ovario aequilatum. — - Hab. in Cuba 

 prov. Oriente in saxis calcareis ad Taco bay, m. Dec. flor. : Ekman no. 3759. 

 Obs. Nulli alii arctius affinis. Altera species cubensis foliis simpli- 

 cibus gaudens, A. stromatophylla P. Wilson, foliis alternis oblongis usque 

 oblongo-obovatis 3 — 8 cm longis, basi rotundatis v. subcuneatis, nervis 

 lateralibus ad apicem foiii direct is ex descriptione omnino di versa est. 



308. Tetragastris cubensis Urb. (spec. nov.). — Uckahedwigia A. Rich. 

 Ess. Flor. Cub. (1845), p. 388 (synon. excl.). — Rami glabri. Folia 4—8 cm 

 longe petiolata, 1 — 2-juga cum impari; petioluli laterales 6 — 20 mm, ter- 

 minales usque 35 mm longi; foliola anguste ovata v. ovato-elliptica v. 

 elliptica, basi obtusa v. rotundata, antice acuminata, apice ipso obtuso, 

 8 — 10 cm longa, 2,5 — 4 cm lata, nervo medio et lateralibus supra minus, 

 subtus magis prominentibus, utrinque reticulata, reticulo supra postremo 

 plus minus evanido, pergamacea v. postremo coriacea. Inflorescentiae quae 

 adsunt breves usque 4 cm longae, in axillis foliorum subsessiles pannicu- 

 latae sub lente minutissime pilosulae; bracteae triangulares obtusae cr. 

 0,5 mm longae; pedicelli 1,5 — 2 mm longi. Calyx vix 1 mm longus usque 

 supra medium in cupulam subplanam coalitus; lobi late v. latissime trian- 

 gulares. Petala in aestivatione valvata, alabastrum postremo semiovale 

 formantia, sub anthesi ovata, superne sensim angustata, 3 mm longa, 

 inferne 2 mm lata, subglabra. Filamenta sub disco inserta, 1,3 — 1,5 mm 

 longa; antherae rectangulari-quadratae. Discus annularis erenulatus 

 crassus. Stigma subsessile convexuni. Drupae, si pyrenae 4 evolutae sunt, 

 depresse globosae, breviter sed ample apiculatae, 15 mm longae, 17 mm 

 crassae. — Copal inc. — Hab. in Cuba prov. Oriente prope Baracoa 

 in collibus, m. Jan. flor. et fruct. : Ekman no. 4213. 



Obs. Alia species antillana, T. balsamifera (Sw.), foliis 2 — 4-jugis, 

 foliolis lateralibus 4 — 7 mm longe petiolulatis, inflorescentiis longe pe- 

 dunculatis, calyce optime cupuliformi, dentibus tubo pluries brevioribus, 

 petalis extrinsecus minute adpresseque pilosulis, drupis antice minute 

 v. vix apiculatis recedit. 



