ER Ios. Ungan 
vatae, stylo persistente mucronatae, 9 mm. longae, 6,5 mm. crassae, 
pericarpio er. 0,5 mm. crasso. Semen solitarium obovato-globosum; 
testa membranacea parce nigro-punctata; endospermium plane nullum. 
Embryo rectus obovato-globosus parum compressus; cotyledones valde 
convexae cellulas multas nigras foventes; radicula teres acuta cotyle- 
donibus 5-plo brevior, inferne bruneo-nigrescens. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra de Nipe inter Piedra Gorda et Woodfred 
in charrascales, m. Sept. fruct.: n. 15265. 
Rhamnidium pruinosum Urb. (spec. noy.). Frutex glaber. Sti- 
pulae intrapetiolares connatae ovato-lanceolatae apice truncatae, dorso 
binerves, nervis in apiculos excurrentibus, 1,5 mm. longae. Folia oppo- 
sita v. subopposita, 5—7 mm, longe petiolata, ovalia v. elliptica, basi 
obtusa v. rotundata, antice rotundata, non v. parum emarginata, 3,5— 
5,5 em. longa, 1,5—2,5 cm. lata, nervo medio supra impresso, subtus 
erassiuscule prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 8S—11 sub angulo 
40— 50° abeuntibus, omnibus parallelis, supra parum v. vix prominulis, 
subtus prominentibus purpurascentibus et tenuissime denseque anasto- 
mosanti-conjunctis, utringue sparsim punctata, punctis subtus minoribus 
et minus prominentibus, margine integro parum recurva, supra in sicco 
nigrescentia nitida, subtus opaca griseo-violaceo-pruinosa, pergamacea 
v. subcoriacea. Inflorescentiae axillares, pedunculo 2— 3,5 cm. long0, 
0,3 mm. crasso suffultae, ipsae 1—1,5 cm. longae, semel eymose divisae, 
deinde cineinnosae pauciflorae; pedicelli sub antbesi 3—4 mm., postremo 
usque 6 mm. longi et ad apicem incrassati. Flores 5-, raro 4-meri. 
Calyx 2,5 mm. longus; tubus breviter turbinatus; lobi triangulares 
1,5 mm. longi. Petala explanata superne breviter rhombea, apice non 
v. vix emarginata 1,2 mm. longa. Filamenta 1 mm. longa; antherae 
breviter ovatae brevissime apiculatae. Stylus vix 1 mm. longus; stigma 
minutum. Ovarium breviter globulosum biloculare; ovula in quoque 
loculo solitaria. Fructus calyce toto persistente suffulti, non plane ma- 
turi, breviter obovati nitidi 7 mm. longi, 6 mm. erassi, monospermi. — 
Fruta del bien Cub. 
Prov. Oriente prope Baracoa ad EI Yunque ad septentr. versus in 
collibus pineti, m. Nov. fl.: n. 3549. 
Rhamnidium suleinerve Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex glaber. Sti- 
pulae intrapetiolares connatae lanceolatae, dorso binerves, apice bidenti- 
culatae, 4—6 mm. longae. Folia opposita v. subopposita, 5—9 mm. 
longe petiolata, ovato-elliptica, elliptica usque elliptico-oblonga, basi 
rotundata v. subtruncata, superne plerumque magis angustata, apice 
rotundata v. obtusa, 4—7 cm. longa, 1,5—3 cm. lata, nervis lateralibus 
utroque latere 9—11 sub angulo 35—40° abeuntibus omnibus paral- 
