Plantae eubenses Man: II 241 
dorso in !/, alt. affixae, sagittatae, cruribus basalibus sublinearibus, 
superne sensim et longe acuminatae, dorso breviter hispidae, acumine 
supero et cruribus polline carentibus. Discus ab ovario liber glaber 
e squamis 5 plus minus alte connatis antice truncatis v. leviter emar- 
ginatis compositus- Ovarium superum breviter ovatum v. breviter ob- 
conicum; carpella 2 distineta, apice cohaerentia, discum parum v. vix 
superantia; ovula in quoque carpello 15—20. Stylus filiformis v. eras- 
siuscule filiformis superne plus minus incrassatus, sub stigmate capitato 
chlamyde adnata v. plus minus libera erecta circumdatus. Follieuli 
in quovis calyce plerumque singulares lineares elongati teretes striati. 
Semina linearia v. lineari-oblonga non rostrata, dorso convexa pluri- 
striata, ventre concava, eoma decidua ornata; endospermium mediocre. 
Embryo rectus; cotyledones oblongae planae; radicula teres obtusis- 
sima. — Arbores parvae v. frutices erecti, Cubam et insulas Baha- 
menses incolentes, pube si adest brevi simplice. Folia opposita bre- 
viter petiolata |penninervia. Inflorescentiae terminales, sed ramulo 
ex axilla folii alterius supremi excrescente saepius pseudolaterales, ses- 
siles umbelliformes 1—4-florae v. breviter pedunculatae multiflorae 
cymose divisae et in cincinnos abeuntes; pedicelli evoluti. Flores 
albi v. rubescentes, satis magni. 
Obs. I. Diagnosin genericam accuratiorem proposui, quia cl. Brırrox 
in descriptione sua characteres plurimos essentiales neglexit v. praetervidit. 
Obs. II. Affines Echites et Mandevilla corollae tubo cylindraceo v. 
ovoideo, staminibus tubo ad medium v. altius affixis et praesertim modo 
erescendi (herbae v. frutices volubiles), Rhabdadenia praeter alias notas se- 
ininibus ad rostrum plumoso-pilosis recedunt. 
Obs. II. Stylus N. Valenzuelanae in specimine Wright n. 399 chla- 
mydem antice in lobulos 5 reversos excrescentem mihi praebuit, quos in 
aliis exemplaribus hujus speciei et in N. bahamensi frustra quaesivi. 
Neobracea bahamensis Britton in Britt. et Millsp. Bahama Flor. 
(1920) p. 335. — Bracea bahamensis Britton in Bull. N. York Bot. Gard. 
IIT (1905) p. 448. 
Frutex floribus albido-roseis. 
Prov. Oriente prope Santiago de Cuba ad Playa Siboney in collibus 
calcareis, m. Jun., Nov. flor., m. Jun. fruct.: 8721, 9233. — Bahama. 
Neobracea Valenzuelana (A. Rich.) Urb. (comb. nov.). — Echites 
Valenzuelana A. Rich. in Sagra Cuba XI (1850) p. 93. — Rhabdadenia 
Wrightiana Müll. Arg. in Linnaea XXX (1859) p. 438. — Mandevilla 
Wrightiana Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Plant. II (1876) p. 727; Ind. Kew. 
p- 700 et 1291. — Angadenia Valenzuelana Miers Apoc. S. Amer. (1878) 
p- 181. — Adde ad descriptionem: Arbor parva. Inflorescentiae termi- 
nales sessiles 1—4-florae umbelliformes. Flores albido-rosei. Follieuli 
teretes valde remote moniliformes longitrorsum dense multistriati 14— 
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