Plantae cubenses Ekman. I 163 
sissima v. subcordata, antice rotundata v. subtruncata, 5—7 em. longa, 
3,5—4,5 cm. lata, ramealia pluries minora, nervo medio supra erasse 
prominente, sub apice evanescente, lateralibus utroque latere er. 9 sub 
angulo er. 70° abeuntibus, utrinque parum prominentibus, non ana- 
stomosantibus, margine anguste recurvo integra, supra minute granu- 
lata, subtus laevia, crasse coriacea. Calyeis fructiferi lobi 17 mm. longi, 
6—7 mm. lati, in sieco flavo-rubri. Fructus 3,5 mm. longus, apice 
intra calycem convexus et in medio (loco styli deeidui) eoncavus. Semen 
3 mm. longum; testa irregulariter punctato-Jineolata. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Cristal prope ecacumen 1200 — 1300 m. 
alt., m. Mart. fruct.: n. 6816. 
Chioeocea eubensis Urb. (spec. nov.). — C. nitida Griseb.! Pl. 
Wright. in Mem. Amer. Acad. n. ser. VII. 2 (1862) p. 508 et Cat. eub. 
p- 134 (non Benth.). — Frutex scandens glaber. Rami homotini sub 
nodis plus minus compressi, apice et ad nodos resinam exsudantes, 
vetustiores teretes. Stipulae eircumeirca annulari-connatae, supra inter- 
stitias petiolorum vix apiceulatae. Folia 7—20 mm. longe petiolata, 
ovata usque oblonga, basi plerumque acuta v. paullo in petiolum pro- 
tracta, raro obtusiuscula, apice obtusa v. acuminata, 6—11 cm. longa, 
2,5—6,5 em. lata, nervo medio supra in suleo levi bene prominente, 
lateralibus utroque latere 5—7 supra plus minus impressis, subtus 
tenuiter prominentibus, non v. obsoletissime anastomosantibus, 2—3 mm. 
ante marginem arcuato-conjunctis, supra nitida, chartacea v. pergamacea. 
Infloreseentiae axillares 6— 15 mm. longe pedunculatae ob ramulos binos 
infimos evolutos panniculatae, usque 5 cm. longae; bracteae lanceolatae 
v. triangulares, 1—0,5 mm. longae; pedicelli 1,5— 2 mm. longi. Calyeis 
tubus anguste obovatus; limbus obsolete undulato-denticulatus. Corolla 
flava, striis quatuor purpureis ornata (ex Exw.), 10—11 mm. longa; 
tubus superne subeylindraceus in statu compresso 3 mm. latus, inferne 
sensim attenuatus; lobi 4 breviter ovati obtusi, tubo 4-plo breviores. 
Filamenta basi corollae adnata, supra basin inter sese coalita, sub medio 
pubescentia 4 mm. longa; antherae lineares 3,5 mm. longae. Stylus 
11 mm. longus, apice paullo inerassatus, obsolete bilobus. Fructus obo- 
vati 7 mm. longi, 4 mm. lati, carnosi. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe ad Rio Piedra in charrascales 200 m. 
alt., m. Oct. fl. et fr.: n. 9996 (typus), ibidem ad Rio Piloto in manacales, 
m. Aug. fruct.: n. 2548, prope Baracoa in Lomas de Cuaba in pinetis, 
m. Jan. fruct.: n. 4233, prope Monteverde in pinetis: Wright n. 1290. 
Obs. C. nitida Benth. {e Guyana et Brasilia sept.) foliis 3— 8 mm. 
longe petiolatis, dentibus calycinis triangularibus, corolla 8 mm, longa sub- 
eampannlata, ad faucem 5 mm. lata, lobis triangnlaribns tubo 21/,-plo bre- 
vioribus bene differt. 
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