Plantae eubenses Ekman. II 207 
alterna, 5—10 mm. longe petiolata, elliptico-oblonga usque oblongo- 
lanceolata, utrinque subaequaliter v. superne paullo magis angustata, 
basi obtusiuscula in petiolum contracta, antice obtusiuscula v. obtusa, 
apice ipso recurva non emarginata, 5—9 cm. longa, 1,5-—3,5 cm. lata, 
nervo medio supra in sulco levi prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 
8—10 sub angulo 60— 70° abeuntibus, supra tenuiter, subtus paullo 
magis prominentibus 2—4 mm. ante marginem . arcuato-conjunctis, 
caeterum non anastomosantibus, margine anguste recurva, in sicco 
nigrescentia v. glauco-nigrescentia nitida sparsim lepidota v. praeter 
nervum medium nuda, subtus lepidibus densissimis faciem plane ob- 
tegentibus vestita brunescentia parum nitentia v. opaca, coriacea. In- 
volucra mascula tantum visa, in axillis solitaria, pedunculis 12—18 mm. 
longis er. 0,7 mm. crassis insidentia, prophyllis 2 triangularibus, altero 
usque 1,7 mm. longo, altero 3-plo breviore, suffulta, a ventre aperto 
visa suborbicularia v. breviter obovata, densissime lepidota, unisexualia. 
Flores masculi 3. Calyx breviter turbinatus margine irregulariter lacero- 
dentatus. Stamina 3—6; filamenta brevia usque ad apicem inter sese 
connata; antherae subquadratae. Flores feminei extrinsecus adjeeti 4—5 
in eodem flore plus minus rudimentarii. Ovaria densissime lepidota 
ovali-oblonga, stigmatibus subsessilibus orbiculatis v. oblongis basi plus 
minus connatis, nunc magis reducta oblongo-linearia, stigmate unico 
saepe tantum evoluto. Capsulae (specimini Wrightiano adjectae) 15 mm. 
longe pedunculatae, breviter obovatae, antice truncatae parce lepidotae 
11—12 mm. longae, 9—10 mm. superne latae; endocarpium fere 1 mm. 
erassum. — Jiqui Cub. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe ad Loma de Estrella in charras- 
cales, m. Jun. in alab.: n. 5948 (typus), ibidem ad marginem Rio Canapü 
in charrascales, m. April. in alab.: n. 9591, loco non adnotato: Wright 
n. 3710. 
Obs. I. Altera species sectionis Perulae. — Specimina tria laudata 
omnino congruunt. 
Obs. II. Species foliis subtus densissime et arctissime lepidotis sient 
involucris masculis in axillis solitariis ratione longe pedunculatis facile re- 
cognoscenda. 
Pera ovalifolia Urb. (spec. nov.). Rami juniores dense lepidoti 
pallide ferruginei, internodiis ad ramos 2—4 cm., ad ramulos 0,6—1 cm. 
longis. Folia alterna, 7—10 mm. longe petiolata, ovalia v. anguste 
ovalia, basi acuta v. obtusiuscula, antice rotundata et interdum emar- 
ginata, 4—7 cm. longa, 2,5—4 cm. lata, nervo medio supra plus minus 
prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 8—10 sub angulo 70—80° abe- 
untibus, utringue prominulis v. subtus vix conspicuis, supra nunc im- 
presso-anastomosantibus, margine anguste recurva, supra in sieco nigres- 
