312 Ian. Urban: 
minutis, sessilibus, congestis; calyce campanulato, minute 5-dentato; 
petalis utrinque glabris. 
Rami simplices, satis graciles, stricti, teretiusculi. Petiolus robus- 
tinsculus, 3—7 mm. longus; folia patula vel patenti-reflexa, rigidiuscula, 
plana, supra nitidula atroviridia, subtus fulva, 8S—10 cm. longa, 5— 61/, cm. 
lata; nervis robustiusculis, supra vix impressis, subtus valde prominentibus ; 
nervulis transversalibus numerosis, paulo flexuosis, subtus satis prominen- 
tibus. Paniculae strietae, 10—16 cm. longae, ramis brevibus vel bre- 
vissimis, erecto-patulis, simplieibus vel inferioribus paulo ramulosis; brac- 
teae ovatae, apiculatae, saepius vix 1 mm. longae. Calyx basi obtusus, 
2!/, mm. longus, apice 2 mm. latus. Petala alba, patula, obovata, obtusa, 
21/,—3 mm. longa.. Antherae anguste lineares, subrectae, 3 mm. longae. 
Stylus filiformis, superne leviter arcuatus, 6—7 mm. longus, stigmate 
punctiformi. 
Hab. in Trinidad in sylvarum margine ad Caroni et prope Cap 
de Ville, m. Nov. fl.: Eggers n. 1105, B. Othmer n. 334. 
Obs. A premiere vue, cette espöce rappelle le M, rubiginosa DC., 
mais ses feuilles non acumindes et ä 7 nervures au lieu de 5, l’en distin- 
guent nettement. Elle doit plutöt se ranger dans le voisinage du M. velu- 
tina Triana, 
Miconia Shaferii Cogn. (n. sp.) (sect. Oremanium): glaberrima; 
ramis gracilibus, acute 4-gonis, junioribus vix furfuraceis; foliis parvis, 
breviter petiolatis, crassiuscule coriaceis, elliptico-obovatis, basi apice- 
que obtusis vel subrotundatis, integerrimis, trinerviis; paniculis minu- 
tis, congestis, paucifloris, foliis paulo longioribus; floribus 5-meris, 
brevissime pedicellatis, ebracteatis; calyce campanulato, lobis satis 
parvis, late triangularibus, dorso denticulo crasso triangulari-subu- 
lato instructis. 
Rami satis graciles, sordide cinerei, 2-—-3-chotome ramulosi, ramis 
patulis, dense foliosis. Foliorum petiolus 1-—-3 mm. longus; limbus 
patulus, rigidus, margine leviter revolntus, utrinqgue flavo-viridis, 15 — 
24 mm. longus, 9—14 mm. latus, "nervo mediano supra profundiuseule 
canaliculato, subtus valde prominente, nervis lateralibus tennissimis margini 
proximis, nervulis transversalibus indistinetis. Paniculae erectae, 2—3 em. 
longae; pedicelli 1/,—1 mm. longi. Calycis tubus (in alabastro) 2!/, mm. 
longus, apice totidem latus; lobi erecto-patuli, 1!/, mm. longi. Antherae 
obovoideae, ?/, mm. longae. 
Hab. in Cuba orient. in Camp La Gloria, prope Sierra Moa: 
Shafer n. 8199. 
Obs. Affinis M. buxifoliae Naud. 
Miconia calyeina Cogn. (n. sp.) (sect. Chaenopleura) glaberrima; 
ramis robustiusculis, obscure tetragonis, superne alternatim satis com- 
pressis; foliis breviuscule petiolatis, coriaceis, ovato-oblongis, basi 
rotundatis, apice subabrupte breviterque acuminatis, margine remo- 
tiuscule minuteque undulato-dentieulatis, 5-nerviis; panieulis sub- 
