Plantae eubenses Ekman. II 221 
lelis, supra sicut medio solemniter sulcato-impressis, subtus prominen- 
tibus, utrinque minute v. obsolete reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra 
parce prominenti-punctata, punctis subtus minoribus sparsis nigrescenti- 
bus, margine integro anguste recurvata v. revoluta, supra in sicco nitida 
nigrescentia, subtus opaca brunescentia non pruinosa, coriacea. Inflores- 
centiae axillares, pedunculo 5—7 mm. longo 0,5 mm. crasso suflultae, 
fasciculato-pauciflorae; pedicelli fructiferi 2—3 mm.longi. Flores non visi. 
Calyecis lobi triangulares. Fructus calyce toto persistente suffulti globulosi 
7—8 mm. diametro, laeves indehiscentes; pericarpium crustaceum 0,2 mm. 
cerassum. Semen solitarium obovato-globulosum, 6 mm. longum, 4,5 mm. 
latum laeve pallide bruneum; testa cocta sieut endopleura crassiuscule 
nigro-punctata; endospermium nullum. Embryo fere seminis magni- 
tudine atque forma; cotyledones suborbieulares dorso valde convexae 
carnosae sectione transversa minute nigro-glandulosae; radicula intra 
sinum cotyledonum basalem fere tota retracta, iis sexies brevior, basi 
truncata et dilatata. 
Prov. Oriente in cacumine montis Loma Mensura cr. 1000 m. alt., 
m. Oct. fruct.: n. 3177 (typus), in Sierra de Nipe ad Rio Brazo Dolores 
(in Rio Piloto affluens) er. 750 m. alt.: n. 3113 (sterilis, foliis angusti- 
oribus, oblongo-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis 1— 1,5 cm. latis). 
Obs. I. A praecedente, cui sine dubio affine est, stipulis pluries lon- 
gioribus, nervis foliorum lateralibus supra impressis, pruina foliis subtus 
deficiente, inflorescentiis abbreviatis, pedicellis multo brevioribus recedens. 
Obs. II. Specimen in Sierra de Cristal ad Rio Lebisa in manacales 
650 m. alt. sub n. 15888 lectum sterile foliis usque 1 cm. longe petiolatis 
subtus sordide albescentibus, plerisque superne sensim acuminatis satis certe 
hue spectat. 
Auerodendron Urb. 
(genus nov.) 
Flores hermaphroditi 5-meri. Calycis tubus hemisphaericus; 
lobi in aestivatione (saltem inferne) valvati, triangulares usque lanceo- 
lato-acuminati. Petala complicata, arte explanata superne semiorbi- 
cularia apice emarginata, inferne late unguiculata. Stamina sub 
sinubus disci inserta, in aestivatione erecta; filamenta subulata; antherae 
ovatae v. globoso-ovatae, intus lateraliter dehiscentes. Discus calycis 
tubum investiens.. Ovarium superum liberum globulosum specie 
2-loculare, placenta unica tantum evoluta, paene ad parietem contra- 
rium producta et hoc loco margine paullo incrassata et saepe longi- 
trorsum sulcata; ovula in ovario 2 erecta; stylus apice subinteger. 
Drupa calyce persistente toto v. tubo tantum suffulta, stylo coronata, 
bilocularis. Semen (junius in A. eubensi tantum visum) compressum; 
testa tenuis nigro-punctata; endospermium testae adhaerens mediocre 
