Plantae eubenses Ekman. I 151 
vatione aperti, subaequales oblongo-lineares v..oblongi, basi brevissime 
coaliti, apice rotundati v. subtruncati, tubo vix longiores, 1 mm. longi, 
persistentes. Corolla 4 mm. longa, coriacea, extrinsecus brevissime pilosa, 
pilis sursum adpressis; tubus infundibuliformis, intus sub ore pilis ab- 
breviatis papilliformibus dense indutus, inferne glaber; lobi in aestiva- 
tione valde imbricati, tubo fere dimidio breviores v. in flor. dolichostylis 
dimidio longiores, orbiculares v. obovato-orbiculares, apice rotundati. 
Stamina inclusa, tubo corollino in flor. brachystylis in !/, alt., in dolicho- 
stylis supra basin affixa; filamenta 0,5 mm. longa glabra v. nulla; an- 
therae dorso in 1/, alt. affixae, oblongae, obsolete apiculatae, connectivo 
bruneo. Stylus in flor. brachystylis vix 1 mm., in dolichostylis 1,5 mm. 
longus, in 3/, resp. '/, superiore bifidus, ramis crassiusculis intus stig- 
matosis, apice obtusiusculis. Ovarium apice brevissime albido-pilosum, 
2-loculare; ovula in quoque loculo 6—8. Capsulae ovali-oblongae, 
2,5 mm. longae, vix supra 1 mm. crassae, loculicide dehiscentes. Semina 
plerumque solitaria, obovato-oblonga exalata, 1,5 mm. longa, 0,6—0,7 mm. 
lata, plano-convexa, pallide brunea. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe in charrascales ad Rio Piloto 
frequens, m. Majo, Jun. flor., m. Jul. fruct.: n. 2301, 2714, 5772, 5998, 
ibidem in Loma Colorado locis saxosis er. 700 m. alt: n. 9698. 
Obs. Characteres generici ob flores hujus et praecedentium specierum 
4- et 5-meros sicut propter inflorescentiam pauecifloram ovulaque 5—10 in 
quoque loculo emendandi sunt. 
Rondeletia pyenophylla Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Rami horno- 
tini glabri pefbreves, vetustiores qui adsunt 3—6 mm. crassi, cicatri- 
eibus foliorum delapsorum et stipulis persistentibus obsiti, internodiis 
1—3 mm. longis. Stipulae interpetiolares late triangulares acutae, intra 
petiolos vix conjunctae, 1,5 mm. longae. Folia in apice ramorum con- 
ferta, opposita, 4— 7 mm. longe petiolata, oblonga v. anguste obovato- 
oblonga, inferne sensim v. subsensim in petiolum angustata, antice 
acutata v. brevissime apiculata, in cr. ?/; long. latissima, 1,5 — 2,5 cm. 
longa, superne 0,5—-0,8 cm. lata, nervo medio supra impresso v. in 
sulco prominulo, lateralibus utroque latere 5—7 supra prominentibus 
et reticulato-conjunctis, subtus non conspicuis v. subimpressis, utrinque 
nitida, supra in sicco olivacea, subtus bruneo-flavida, margine late 
v. latiuscule recurvata, rigide coriacea. Inflorescentiae axillares folio 
breviores; pedunculi 6— 12 mm. longi, 0,3— 0,4 mm. lati, superne pro- 
phylla 2 linearia v. in dimidio superiore anguste lanceolato-dilatata 
3—4 mm. longa gerentes. Flores non visi. Calycis lobi fructigeri 5 in- 
ferne lineares, superne in limbum ellipticum acutum cr. 1,5 mm. latum 
dilatati, persistentes. Capsnla globulosa, bene evoluta 4,5 —5 mm, longa, 
loculicide dehiscens, Semina non visa, 
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