Plantae cubenses Ekman. I 93 
peduneuli usque 10 mm. longi; pedicelli nulli. Fructus limbo calyeis 
brevissime tubiformi margine recurvo coronati, globosi v. dispermi late 
globosi et leviter bisulcati, adpresse plus minus pilosi, 5—7 mm. dia- 
metro. Semina si solitaria globosa, si bina semiglobosa, 4—4,5 mm. 
diametro; testa nitidissima bruneo-marmorata, cartilagine.. Embryo 
ambitu orbicularis; radicula 3/, eireuitus cingens cotyledoni alteri im- 
pressa; cotyledones contortuplicatae. 
Prov. Oriente inter Taco et Nibujon in charrascales-pinales in 
regione humili, m. Dec. fruct.: n. 3726. 
Obs. Juxta ©. mierantham Ch. Wright inserenda, quae foliorum forma, 
inflorescentiis longe pedunculatis capitatim multifloris etc. longe recedit. 
Calyptranthes eubensis Berg in Linnaea XXIX (1858) p. 215. 
Frutex cum aliis fruticeta densa locis expositis formans. Baccae 
sphaeroideae, dense granulato-punctatae, usque 9 mm. diametro, majores 
leviter 4-sulcatae et 4-spermae. Semina ambitu breviter ovalia, dorso 
convexa, ventre carinata, cr. 6 mm. longa, 4,5 mm. lata; testa nitida 
laevis, in sicco bruneo-nigrescens, cartilaginea. Radicula subsigmoidea 
3/, embryonis cingens, cotyledoni alteri impressa; cotyledones contor- 
tuplicatae. a 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra prope Manacal in siccis mana- 
cales 800— 900 m., m. Jul. flor.: n. 9336, ad Pico Turquino in cacu- 
mine Loma Joaquin in umbrosis er. 1800 m., m. April. fruct.: n. 5427, 
ibidem in cacumine montis Loma de Regino 1725 m. alt., m. April. 
fruct.: n. 5290. 
Calyptranthes leptoclada Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor parva glabra 
v. frutex. Rami hornotini tenues cr. 0,5 mm. lati, elevatim bistriati. 
Folia er. 1 mm. longe petiolata, oblongo-lanceolata v. lanceolata, basi 
obtusiuscula v. acuta, antice longe acuminata, apice ipso obtusa, 2-3 cm. 
longa, 3,5— 8 mm. lata, nervo medio supra inferne leviter, superne non 
impresso, lateralibus numerosis, supra vix, subtus tenuiter prominulis, 
vix anastomosantibus, ante marginem conjunctis, punctis glandulosis 
non conspicuis, coriacea v. subcoriacea, supra nitidula. Inflorescentiae 
1— 1,5 mm. supra basin ramulorum binorum apicalium abeuntes, bracteis 
nullis v. deciduis, pedunculis 7 — 10 mm. longis filiformibus vix 0,2 mm 
crassis, 3-florae; bracteolae minutae tenuissimae; pedicelli laterales 
0,5—1,2 mm., apicales usque 3 mm. longi. Alabastra globosa, 1,3 mm. 
crassa, glanduloso-punctata, apieulo eylindraceo praedita. Antherae sub- 
didymae, loculis ad medium ope connectivi cohaerentibus. Stigma stylo 
paullo latius applanatum, margine obsolete denticellatum. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra prope Manacal in montibus Sevilla 
dictis in manacales siccis 800— 900 m. alt., m. Jul. flor.: n. 9344 (typus), 
prope La Bayamesa in montibus inter Rio Oro et Rio Yao in fangales 
