116 Ian. URBAN 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Cristal ad rivulum Lebisa in sylvis 
subsaxosis er. 700 m. alt., m. Mart. fruct.: n. 6852. 
Obs. Verisimiliter ex affinitate M. Shaferi Cogn., quae foliis 2—4 mm, 
longe petiolatis, 1,5 — 2,5 cm. longis, appendieibus calyeis triangulari-subu- 
latis, ovario 2-loculari omnino diversa est. — In honorem cli. PETERSoN, 
clo. Exman in itinere cubensi fautoris amicique, nominata. 
Miconia urceolata Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor humilis. Rami teretes, 
hornotini lepidibus arcte adpressis non v. vix denticellatis pallide bruneis 
dense obtecti. Folia 5—10 mm. longe petiolata, oblonga v. oblongo- 
lanceolata, basi obtusiuscula, antice breviter v. mediocriter acuminata, 
apice ipso obtuso v. acuto, 4—6,5 cm. longa, 1,5— 2,5 cm. lata, tripli- 
nervia, nervis 2 lateralibus 2—3 mm. e medio supra ejus basin prode- 
untibus, a margine 2,5 — 3,5 mm. distantibus usque ad apicem productis 
(marginalibus tenuibus saepius adjectis), medio supra leviter v. levissime 
impresso, lateralibus supra parum v. vix conspicuis, transversalibus supra 
non manifestis, subtus tenuissimis v. obsoletis, subtus ad nervos prin- 
cipales manifeste, caeterum minute lepidota, coriacea, margine integra, 
subtus multo pallidiora. Inflorescentiae terminales, 1—2 cm. longe 
pedunculatae, panniculatae v. subcorymbosae, ipsae cr. 2 cm. longae; 
bracteae persistentes triangulares acutae 2—1 mm. longae. Flores arcte 
sessiles, 4-meri. Calyx totus urceolatus plus minus manifeste costatus 
crassus lepidotus 4,5 mm. longus, ultra ovarium 2 mm. longe produc- 
tus; limbus intus glaber laevis; lobi 2 triangulares, 2 semiorbiculares, 
0,5—1 mm. longi, dorso gibberibus crassissimis obtusis er. 0,7 mm. 
longis aucti. Petala 4 pallide bruneo-vivlacea (ex Erı.), limbo calyeis 
supra medium inserta, oblique semiorbicularia, late et breviter stipitata, 
3,5 mm. longa, 4 mm. lata chartacea. Stamina 8 cum petalis inserta; 
filamenta glabra 2,5 mm. longa, apice geniculata non appendiculata; 
antherae basi affixae lanceolatae, basi rotundata non calcaratae, superne 
leviter recurvae, apice porosae, 2 mm. longae. Stylus 6,5 mm. longus; 
stigma minutum. Ovarium calyci infero totum adhaerens, 3-loculare. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra ad Manacal in sylvis subsiceis 
8— 900 m. alt., m. Jul. flor.: n. 9401. 
Obs. An sectioni Tamonea Cogn. attribuenda, anne re vera Miconia? 
Vix Tetraxygia. Affinitates arctiores ob fructus maturos deficientes frustra 
quaesivi. 
Miconia pterosepala Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor humilis. Rami hor- 
notini parum compressi, pilis sublinearibus praesertim antice et postice 
radiatis arcte adpressis tomentosuli, vetustiores teretes, in sicco multi- 
striati. Folia 5—15 mm. longe petiolata, ovato-elliptica usque elliptico- 
oblonga, basi cuneatim in petiolum protracta, antice sensim angustata 
apice obtuso, 5—9 cm. longa, 1,5—4 cm. lata, triplinervia, nervis 
