140 * Ien. Urban 
lanceolata, basi obtusa v. acuta et in petiolum angustata, apice obtusius- 
cula v. acuta v. sensim acuminata, S—16 mm. longa, 2—5 mm. lata, 
nervo medio supra impresso, subtus prominente, sed ad apicem versus 
evanescente, lateralibus nullis, margine revoluta, supra nitida pilis per- 
brevibus scabriuscula, subtus multo pallidiora viridi-flavicantia v. bru- 
nescentia glabra, coriacea v. rigide coriacea. Flores in apice ramorum 
terminales solitarii sessiles v. subsessiles; bracteae 2 sub calyce v. ad 
calycis basin abeuntes lineari-subulatae, 3—7 mm. longae. Calyx bre- 
vissime patenti-pilosus; tubus turbinatus; lobi lineares, valde incurvati, 
apice obtusiusculi v. acuti 8—10 mm. longi. Corolla in alabastro sub- 
cylindracea, 5-angula, efflorata ex sicco rubra, 22 mm. longa, sub lobis 
in statu compresso 13 mm. lata; tubus infundibuliformis, extrinsecus 
ad nervos 5 principales minute pilosulus; lobi in aestivatione ad an- 
gulos imbricati, late triangulares cr. 3 mm. longi, 7 mm. lati. Capsulae 
obovatae v. breviter obovatae basi acutae laeves v. postremo subcari- 
natae, brevissime patenti-pilosae, 7”—9 mm. longae, 6—7 mm. latae, 
primo septicide, deinde plus minus profunde loculieide dehiscentes. Semina 
e placentis septo medio peltatim affixis prodeuntia, obovata exalata plana, 
bruneo-nigrescentia minute et elevatim reticulata, 2,5 —2,8 mm. longa, 
er. 2 mm. lata. Embryo parvus; cotyledones breviter orbiculares, radi- 
cula subcompressa duplo breviores. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe ad Rio Piloto in charrascales 
communis, flor. m. Oct., fruct. m. Aug.—Oct.: n. 2327, 2516, 2717, 3127, 
ibidem ad Rio Canapüi in charrascales, m. April. fruct.: n. 9595, ibidem 
ad Arroyo del Medio supra aquas cadentes inter saxa 450—550 m. alt., 
m. Jan. fruct.: Shafer n. 3230. 
Obs. Florem unicum obvium partim vermibus destructum quoad organa 
interiora examinare non potui. 
Sehmidtottia marmorata Urb. (spec.nova). Frutex. Rami juniores 
teretes v. superne parum compressi, in sicco elevatim plicato-striati, 
minute papilloso-pilosi, praesertim ad nodos summos resinam exsudantes, 
internodiis 5—1 cm. longis. Stipularum vagina antice truncata, vix 
l mm. longa. Folia opposita, 3—5 mm. longe petiolata, ovalia v. bre- 
viter ovalia, basi acuta et paullum in petiolos protracta, antice rotundata 
v. obtusissima, 1,5 — 3,5 em. longa, 1—2,5 cm. lata, nervo medio supra 
applanato v. inferne parum sulcato, superne evanido, subtus prominente, 
ad apicem versus evanescente, lateralibus utroque latere 3—4 supra 
obsoletis, subtus nullis, margine recurya, pergamacea, utrinque valde 
discolora, supra nitida in sicco obscure brunea et nigrescenti-marmorata, 
subtus flavida parum nitidula. Inflorescentiae terminales, flore unico 
interdum ex axilla folii supremi adjecto, raro 1-, plerumque pannicu- 
latim 3-florae et sessiles, minute patenti-pilosae; bracteae ad vaginam 
