122 lex. UrBaxr 
Ossaea turquinensis Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Rami hornotini 
subteretes v. parum compressi, tuberculis inaequimagnis, majoribus sub- 
ovatis saepius acutiusculis flavo-viridibus, posterius pallide bruneis arcte 
stratiformi-adpressis densissime obtecti, caeterum glabri, vetustiores ob- 
tusissime quadranguli. Folia 6— 12 mm. longe petiolata, ovalia, obovata 
v. elliptica, basi acuta v. obtusa, apice obtusa v. vix acutata, 4—8 cm. 
longa, 2—4,5 cm. lata, 5-plinervia, nervis 2 exterioribus 1— 3 mm. ex 
medio supra ejus basin abeuntibus a margine cr. 1 mm. distantibus, 
intermediis 5— 10 mm. supra basin prodeuntibus 3—7 mm. a margine 
remotis, omnibus supra leviter impressis v. superne applanatis, subtus 
crassiuscule, marginalibus tenuiter prominentibus, nervis secundariis sub 
angulo cr. 70° currentibus subtus vix v. obsolete anastomosantibus, supra 
non v. vix conspicuis, supra tuberculis orbicularibus valde inaequimagnis 
satis laxe adspersa, subtus ad nervum medium tuberculis sicut rami, 
in facie orbicularibus parum prominulis obsita, margine subintegra v. 
denticellis obtusis instructa, plana, subcoriacea, supra viridi-flavicantia 
opaca, subtus griseo-viridia. Flores fructusque ignoti. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra ad Pico Turquino in fangales in 
jugo sept. montium er. 1750 m.: n. 5303 (typus), ibidem ad La Bayamesa 
in fangales inter Rio Oro et Rio Yao er. 1300 m. alt.: n. 7082. 
Obs. Affinis O. Krugianae Cogn. (e Portorico), quae tuberculis ramorum 
lanceolato-linearibus, foliis ovatis, basi rotundatis v. subtruncatis, antice bene 
acuminatis discrepat. 
Ossaea sealpta (Vent.) P. DC. Prodr. III (1828) p. 168; Cogn. Mon. 
p. 1056; Urb. Symb. ant. VIII p. 503. — Maieta scalpta Vent. Choix 
(1803) t. 33. : 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra ad Loma del Gato in fruticetis densis 
prope Reuniön 650 m. alt.: n. 7017. — Haiti: Buch n. 1576, Picarda 
n. 817, Poiteau, L. ©. Richard; Sto. Domingo: Fuertes n. 1644”, 1654. 
Obs. Species in Cuba nondum collecta erat. 
Ossaea pilifera Urb. (spec. nov.). Rami teretes, pilis brevissi- 
mis apice radiatim ramulosis et aliis longiusculis simplieibus patentibus 
obsiti. Folia 3—5 mm. longe petiolata, ovata v. anguste ovata, basi 
rotundata v. levissime excisa, apice obtusa v. sensim acuminata, 2— 
4,5 cm. longa, 1—2 cm. lata, 3-pli- v. sub-5-plinervia, nervis 2 ex- 
terioribus e basi prodeuntibus margini arcte approximatis et superne 
evanescentibus, intermediis 1—2 mm. supra basin e medio abeuntibus 
2—3,5 mm. a margine distantibus usque ad apicem productis, secun- 
dariis subhorizontalibus, omnibus supra solemniter sulcato-impressis, 
quam ob rem supra rectangulari-areolata, supra brevissime et parce, 
subtus praesertim ad nervos longitrorsos sicut ad marginem pilosa, in 
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