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diora. Inflorescentiae ad nodos vetustos solitariae 1-florae; pedunculi 
6—12 mm. longi; bracteae deciduae v. vix ullae; pedicelli 4—6 mm. 
longi. Calyx (defloratus) turbinatus, superne modice ampliatus, antice 
truncatus, obsoletissime 5-denticulatus, supra ovarium cr. 1,5 mm. longe 
productus, specie cr. 4 mm. longus (re vera pars inferior est pedicellus 
sensim et valde incrassatus); limbus coriaceus. Ovarium calyci totum 
adnatum, vertice paullo convexum, 2-loculare, loculis pauciovulatis. 
Prov. ÖOriente in Sierra de Nipe ad pedem Loma Mensura in mana- 
cales 725 m. alt., m. Oct. deflor.: n. 9902 (typus), ibidem prope Woodfred 
in sylvis et fruticetis 450 — 550 m. alt.: Shafer n. 3254 (sterilis). 
Obs. Inter omnes species antillanas nervo foliorum medio supra im- 
presso, subtus plano angustissime bialato et calyeis structura insignis. Flores 
et fructus demonstrabunt, an species re vera ad Mouririam pertineat. 
Acanthaceae 
Hygrophila bayatensis Urb. (spec. nov.). Annua. Caules basi 
ramosi v. simplices usque metrales et ultra, obtusanguli, superne bre- 
viter pilosi, 2—4 mm. crassi. Folia 6—10 mm. longe petiolata, ovata 
v. anguste ovata, basi subeuneatim in petiolum protracta, superne sensim 
angustata, apice obtusiuscula v. acuta, nervo medio supra prominente, 
lateralibus utroque latere 6— 7 supra non, subtus tenuissime anastomo- 
santibus, margine plus minus manifeste undulata, ad nervos brevissime 
pilosa, supra cystolithis tenuissimis obsita, membranacea. Inflorescentiae 
axillares fasciculatae, re vera panniculam valde contractam sistentes, 
rhachi cum pedunculo perbrevi usque 1 cm. longa, 3—10-florae; brac- 
teae euphylloideae obovatae 5— 10 mm. longae deciduae callum semi- 
lunarem relinquentes; pedicelli 0,5—-1,5 mm. longi; prophylla filiformia 
1—2 mm. longa. Calyx sub anthesi 9 mm., sub fructu 11 mm. longus, 
in ?/, alt. coalitus; lobi lanceolato-lineares longe setaceo-acuminati, mar- 
gine pilis 2—3-artieulatis obsessi. Corolla 11 mm. longa, extrinsecus 
superne brevissime pilosa; tubus subeylindraceus, superne sensim paullo 
(usque 1,5 mm.) ampliatus; limbus bilabiatus, labio anteriore fere usque 
ad basin 3-lobo, lobis rectangulari-oblongis 4 mm. longis, 1,3 mm. latis, 
posteriore paullo breviore usque ad medium 2-lobo, lobis eadem forma 
et latitudine. Stamina fertilia 4 fauci affıxa; filamenta 2—2,5 mm. longa 
glabra, per paria inferne connata, superne libera, antica perpaullo lon- 
giora, antice in tubo corollino decurrentia; antherae in !/, alt. affıxae, 
ovatae 1 mm. longae, loculis juxtapositis basi breviter mucronato-pro- 
ductis, longitrorsum dehiscentibus; pollinis granula ovalia longitrorsum 
plurisulcata, in aequatore 3-porosa; staminodium posticum vix l'mm. 
longum apice subincrassatum. Stylus 8 mm. longus fere usque ad apicem 
breviter pilosus, apice integer. Capsulae oblongo-lineares, crasse stipi- 
