408 Ien. URBAN 
pauciflorae; pedicelli 1—2 mm. longi. Flores pallide flavi, 5,5 mm. 
longi, extrinsecus glabri laeves, masculi tantum visi. Calycis tubus 
infundibuliformis; lobi anguste triangulares acuti, tubo duplo breviores. 
Antherae subquadratae, 1 mm. longae, oppositisepalae ad os, alterni- 
sepalae ad faucem insertae, subsessiles. Ovarium minutum stylo aequi- 
longum, squamis 4 linearibus calyci supra basin insertis cr. 0,7 mm. 
longis circumdatum. 
Prov. Oriente in Sierra Maestra inter Rio Yara et Rio Plata in 
monte Frio cr. 900 m. alt., m. Jul. flor.: n. 14214 (typus), ibidem in 
declivibus montosis cr. 600 m. alt., sterilis: idem n. 5613. 
Obs. Nulli alii aretius affınis, punctatione ramorum insignis. 
Theophrastaceae 
Jacquinia obovata Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Rami adpresse lepi- 
doti, in sicco brunei v. nigrescentes dichotome ramosi, ramis inaequi- 
crassis, ad internodia squamas nonnullas inter sese distantes triangulares 
v. lanceolato-subulatas cr. 0,5 mm. longas gerentes. Folia in apice 
ramorum 3—5-natim plus minus verticillata, 1— 1,5 mm. longe petio- 
lata, obovata v. breviter obovata, rarius obtriangularia, inferne sensim 
v. subsensim in petiolum angustata, in 2/;,—3/, longit. latissima, antice 
rotundata v. plerumque subtruncata, raro leviter emarginata, omnino 
mutica, 0,8—1,2 cm. longa, 0,6—1 cm. lata, nervo medio supra non 
conspicuo v. obsolete prominulo, subtus inferne parum prominente 
superne evanido, supra tenuiter et densissime longitrorsum venulosa, 
venulis ratione brevibus undulatis, subtus venis pluries paucioribus laxe 
dispositis prominentibus undulatis parum anastomosantibus praedita, 
supra non, subtus satis parce lepidota, margine incrassato recurva, crasse 
rigideque coriacea. Flores fructusque ignoti. 
Prov. Oriente prope Baracoa ad Rio Maravi in pinetis: n. 4029. 
Obs. Ex affinitate J. Berterüi Spreng., quae foliorum forma et nerva- 
tura diversa est. 
Jacquinia yunquensis Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Rami adpresse 
lepidoti, in sicco ferruginei, di- v. trichotome ramosi, ramis subaequi- 
crassis, inferne squamas nonnullas inter sese distantes triangulares v. 
lanceolatas usque 1 mm. longas gerentes. Folia ad apicem ramorum 
approximata v. conferta, 1—2,5 mm. longe petiolata, anguste obovata 
v. obovato-oblonga, inferne sensim in petiolum angustata, basi acuta, 
in 2/; —®/, longit. latissima, antice rotundata, omnino mutica, 1,5— 
2,2 cm. longa, 0,6—1,2 cm. lata, nervo medio supra obsolete prominulo, 
subtus inferne v. ad basin tantum prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 
solitariis margini parallelis supra plus minus conspicuis, supra tenuiter 
et densissime longitrorsum venulosa, venulis ratione brevibus undulatis, 
