372 I& n - Urban. 



in Cuba prov. Oriente prope Holguin in Cerro de fraile: Ekman 

 no. 3249. 



Obs. Inter omnes species antillanas foliis et foliolis biformibus insignia. 



365. Gesneria heteroclada Urb. (spec, no v.). Rami teretes glabri 

 heterocladi, alii internodiis elongatis 2.5 — 5 cm longis, 2 — 3 mm crassis 

 gibberoso-tuberculatis, alii internodiis nullis basibus petiolorum per- 

 sistentibus quasi incrustati 4 — 4.5 mm crassi apice foliosi et hinc illinc 

 resinam exsudantes. Folia 1 — 3 mm longe petiolata, obovato-cuneata, 

 in 2 / 3 alt. latissima, abhinc sensim in petiolum angustata, antice rotundata 

 v. subtruncata, 2,5 — 3^5 cm longa, 1,5 — 2 cm lata, nervo medio supra 

 inferne impresso, superne prominulo v. evanescente, lateralibus utroque 

 latere cr. 5 initio prominulis, posterius supra non conspicuis, subtus ap- 

 planatis, margine piano antico crenis cr. 5 latis et depressis notata, per- 

 gamacea v. subcoriacea, supra flavo-viridia, subtus pallide biunescentia 

 et nitida. Inflorescentiae axillares 1 — 2 cm longe pedunculatae 1-florae; 

 bracteae nullae. Calycis tubus turbinatus; lobi 5 e basi anguste lanceolata 

 lineares apice obtusi 3 — 4,5 mm longi. Corolla 27 mm longa; tubus 

 cylindraceus, e basi paullum obliqua rectus, in statu compresso ad medium 

 4 mm latus, superne parum ampliatus, extrinsecus obsolete papilloso- 

 granulatus, intus glaber, ore obliquo; lobi triangulares v. breviter orbi- 

 culati obtusi 2—2,5 mm longi, tubo cr. 12-plo breviores. Stamina (perfecta 

 non visa) basi imae corollae adhaerentia; filamenta applanata glabra 

 3,5 cm longa, corollam 9 mm superantia; antherae non visae; stamincdium 



3 mm longum, superne valde angustatum, apice ipso incrassatum. Stylus 

 non observatus. Ovarium vertice breviter et dense pilosum. — Hab. in 

 Santo Domingo in peninsula Samara ad caput Samana 100 m alt., 

 m. Mart, flor.: Abbott no. 1173. 



Obs. Affinis G. verrucoses (Dene.) 0. Ktze. (e Cuba), quae ramis 

 abbreviatis minus dense foliigeris, non incrustatis, foliis brevissime acu- 

 minatis, margine supero denticulatis (v. subintegris), nervis lateralibus 

 numerosioribus manifest is, utrinque praesertim subtus reticulatis, calycis 

 lobis setaceo-acuminatis, corollis brevioribus supra basin magis curvatis 

 et staminibus ut videtur parum exsertis diversa est, 



366. Guettarda Abbotiii Urb. (spec, no v.). Rami teretes, novelli ad 

 apicem pilis plus minus patulis initio ferrugineis, posterius pallescentibus 

 hirsuti, internodiis ad ramulos 2 — 5 mm longis. Stipulae initio gemmam 

 plane includentes corpus 4-angulum formantes, interpetiolares triangulares 



4 mm longae valde deciduae. Folia 6 — 12 mm longe petiolata, ovali- 

 elliptica, raro ovata v. anguste obovata, basi obtusa v. rotundata, non 

 in petiolum producta, apice acuta v. obtusa, 4 — 7 cm longa, 2 — 3 cm lata, 

 nervis omnibus supra impressis, subtus stramineis et bene prominent ibus, 

 lateralibus utroque latere 6 — 8 sub angulo 40 — 50° abeuntibus, supra im- 

 presso-, subtus prominenti-reticulata, areolis reticuli transversim sub- 

 rectangularibus, supra parce pubescentia v. glabrescentia, subtus ad 

 nervos mediocriter, ad nervulos breviter et dense pilosa, coriacea, margine 

 angustissime recurva, Inflorescentiae axillares breviter ferrugineo-villosae, 



