90 Ien. URBAN 
utrinque in sicco obscure viridia opaca. Inflorescentiae axillares pauci- 
florae; pedunculus subnullus v. usque 1 mm. longus; bracteae nullae; pedi- 
celli 1— 1,5 mm. longi; prophylla nulla. Calyx supra ovarium constric- 
tus et alabastrum globulosum apiceulatum plane clausun 2 mm. crassum 
formans, sub anthesi in lobos 4 inaequales triangulares v. ovatas usque 
ad constrietionem secedens et hoc loco post anthesin deeiduus; sepala 
ipsa subnulla. Petala evoluta, lobis calycinis sub apice unilateraliter 
insidentia, obovata, margine breviter et dense eiliata, 1 mm.longa. Stamina 
e tubo calyeino in altitudine varia usque fere ad apicem loborum abeuntia, 
numerosissima; antherae subquadratae, connectivo glanduliformi. Stylus 
4 mm. longus glaber; stigma minutum punctiforme. Ovarium vertice 
glabrum, 2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 2 collateralia e basi ascen- 
dentia. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe in pinetis, m. Sept. flor.: n. 2694 
(typus), ibidem ad Rio Piloto in charrascales 400 m. alt., m. Jul. flor.: 
n. 2334, ibidem ad Loma Mensura in manacales 725 m.: n. 9901. 
Obs. I. Specimen n. 9901 fructus juniores piriformes ictu insectorum 
deformatos praebuit. 
Obs. H. P. eubensis (Griseb.) Urb. differt ramis hornotinis manifeste 
pilosulis, foliis 1,5 —2 mm. longe petiolatis, basi obtusiusculis v. obtusis in 
petiolum contractis, apice acutis raro acuminatis v. obtusis, nervis lateralibus 
cereberrimis rectis quasi lineolatis, glandulis utringue non conspicuis, florum 
glomerulis in axillis arcte sessilibus, stylo inferne piloso. 
Plinia stenophylla Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor parva v. perparva, 
valde ramuiosa. Rami hornotini plus minus compressi, non carinati, 
minutissime et simpliciter patenti-pilosuli, rubescentes, glandulis bruneis 
adspersi, vetustiores albido-grisei. Folia 1,5— 3 mm. longe petiolata, 
latiuscule linearia, basi obtusiuscula v. obtusa, in ramulis inferiora apice 
obtusissima v. rotundata, superiora acuta v. breviter acuminata, utrinque 
aequaliter v. inferne paullo magis angustata, 1,7 —3 cm.longa, 2— 5 mm. 
lata, nervo medio supra anguste impresso, subtus inferne prominente, 
superne vix prominulo v. paullo impresso, lateralibus utrinque nullis, supra 
creberrime impresso-punctata, subtus parce nigro-punctata, rigide coria- 
cea, margine plus minus recurva. Inflorescentiae axillares basi bracteolas 
nonnullas triangulares cr. 0,7 mm. longas gerentes 1— 2-florae; pedun- 
culus genuinus nullus subnullusve, speciales 3— 4 mm. longi; prophylla 
triangularia 0,5 mm. longa. Flores non visi. Calyeis limbus in fructu 
plane deciduus, e vestigiis basi 0,5 mm. diametiens. Fructus globulosi, 
usque 7 mm. diametro; pericarpium crassiuscule membranaceum, glan- 
dulis satis amplis instructum, irregulariter plicatum. Semen solitarium 
reniformi-globosum; testa a pericarpio libera laevis subcoriacea. Embryo 
reniformis, minute et densissime glandulosus; eotyledones plane distine- 
tae parallelae plano-convexae, sed inaequicrassae; radicula extrinsecus 
