516 lan. UrBan 
patenti-pilosus; lobi 5 lineares v. oblongo-lineares 4—5 mm. longi, 
superne 1—1,5 mm. lati, inferne vix v. sensim usque duplo angustati. 
Corolla flavido-rubra, 15—17 mm. longa; tubus brevissime et plus 
minus patule pilosus, inferne cylindraceus cr. 1 mm. crassus, in 1, 
superiore fere duplo crassior; lobi obovato-orbiculares v. obtriangulares 
5 mm. longi. Stamina sub fauce abeuntia; filamenta brevia; antherae 
oblongo-lineares 2,5 mm. longae, apice 2 mm. ab ore corollae distantes. 
Stylus (an in flor. dolichostylis?) 12 mm. longus glaber; stigmata ovata 
1,8 mm. longa, os corollae attingentia. Capsulae valvae 5—-6 mm. 
longae. Semina non visa. 
Prov. Pinar del Rio prope San Juan y Martinez ad Lagunillas 
juxta Rio San Sebastian in saxis, m. Nov. flor.: n. 18049. 
Obs. Solummodo affınis R. mierophyllae Griseb., quae statura, foliis 
pluries minoribus, prophyllis sub v. paene sub calyce abeuntibus, calycis 
lobis duplo angustioribus, corollae tubo dimidio graciliore diversa est. 
Rondeletia ternifolia Urb. (spec. nov.). Verisimiliter fruticosa. 
Rami qui adsunt usque 5 mm. crassi, hornotini plus minus compressi 
breviter et patule albido-pilosi, vetustiores nigrescentes- plicato-striati 
et lenticellosi. Stipulae triangulares v. triangulari-lanceolatae acutae v. 
acuminatae 3—4 mm. longae. Folia ternatim verticillata 2—3 mm. 
longe petiolata, elliptica, raro obovato-elliptica v. ovalia, basi sensim v. 
abrupte in petiolum angustata, apice obtusa v. rotundata, raro acutius- 
cula, 3—7 cm. longa, 1,5—3 cm. lata, nervo medio supra leviter im- 
presso, lateralibus utroque latere 6—8 sub angulo 55 — 60° abeuntibus, 
supra subimpressis, subtus crassiuscule prominentibus et tenuiter reti- 
culato-conjunctis, margine plana v. angustissime recurva, supra in sicco 
brunescentia parce et brevissime pilosula, opaca, subtus pallide viridia 
ad nervos breviter et satis dense patenti-pilosa et in angulis nervorum 
bene domatiata, chartacea. Caetera ignota. 
Prov. Habana ia Lomas de las Yatas solo sicco: n. 876 (ster.). 
Obs. Quoad foliorum formam R. nipensi Urb. similis, sed verisimi- 
liter e serie Laurifoliarum Standl. 
Rondeletia rigida Griseb. Plant. Wright. in Mem. Amer. Acad. 
n. ser. VIII. 2 (1862) p. 505 et Cat. cub. p. 129. — Adde synonyma: 
Guettarda eryptantha Standley in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club 50 (1923) p. 48. 
— Rondeletia gaultherioides Standley 1. c. 53 (1926) p.465. 
Prov. Oriente prope villam La Madelina: Wright n. 1617, ibidem 
prope Santiago ad ripam Rio Cauto, m. Sept. flor.: Linden n. 2146, 
ibidem in Sierra Maestra in declivibus saxosis ad rivulum Santo Do- 
mingo, m. Aug. flor. et fruct.: Ekman n. 14886, ibidem in saxosis ad 
rivulum Bayajä in Rio EI Cristos influentem, m. Aug. flor.: n. 14759 
