Nova genera et species 11. 315 



Hab. in Florida austr.: Cabanis, in Key ins. e. gr. in Upper 

 Metacombe Key in sylvis solo corallino, m. Jim. flor. : Curtiss n. 462; 

 Baham. ins. Andros in Fresli Creek, ni. Jim. fl.: Northrop n. 611; 

 Jamaica ad Content Road 330 m. alt, ad Westphalia 1160 m. alt., in 

 Blue Mts. ad Tweedside, Jun., Jul. fruct.: Harris n. 5080, 5723, 5797; 

 Haiti prope Jeromie in Plaine in ripa paludis, m. Jan. fl.: Picarda 

 n. 1328; Sto. Domingo: Mayerhoff, prope Santiago ad Cnesta de piedra 

 in sylvis 300 m. alt. (arbor 13 m. alta), ad Llano Rafael in sylvis 300 m. 

 alt, ad Lopez 350 ni. alt, m. Majo, Jim. fl.: Eggers n. 1925, 1925'', 

 1925''; Portorico prope Bayamon in sylvis litoralibus, prope Luquillo 

 in fraticetis ad Masi, prope Fajardo in friiticetis litoralibns et in monte 

 Mnla, prope Penuelas in montibus calcareis ad Talla boa poniente, prope 

 Guanica in sylva inter La Rosa et Barinas ad mare versus, prope Que- 

 bradillas, prope Vega-baja in fraticetis litoralibus, m. Majo flor.: Gund- 

 lach n. 1440, Sintenis n. 1643, 184P, 3874, 4824, 7002, Stahl n. 77, 

 461, 586; St Thomas: Ehrenberg, Oersted ^(hb. Haun.), ad Flaghill 

 100 m. alt in sylvis et fruticetis, m. Majo fl. : Eggers ed. Toepff. n. 334; 

 St Croix ex Yahl; St Barthelemy ex Swartz; Guadeloupe: Bertero, 

 Perrottet, locis siccis saxosis parum frequens, m. April., Majo fl.: Duss 

 n. 3256; Dominica ex Griseb.; Martinique in collibus calcareis satis 

 frequens: Duss n. 166, 182; St Vincent: Smith u. 1845. 



cynosia Xortliropiaiia Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis minute 

 patenti-pilosulis; foliis 3 4 mm. longo petiolatis, ovali-ellipticis usque 

 elliptico-oblongis, basi obtusis, apice rotundatis v. subtruncatis et plus 

 minus emarginatis, 3 4,5 cm. longis, 1,2 1,8 cm. latis, nervo medio 

 supra solemniter impresso, apice in emarginaturam brevissime v. vix 

 producto non spinoso, lateralibus utroque latere 8 10 parum pronii- 

 nulis et dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, margine piano depresse v. 

 obsolete creuulatis, coriaceis; inflorescentiis 3 6 mm. longe peduncu- 

 latis, cymose umbelliformibus, pedicellis 2 3 mm. longis; calyce 2,5 mm:' 

 longo, tubo semigloboso; petalis superne semiorbicuiaribus, apice emar- 

 ginatis, inferne late triangularibus vix unguiculatis, 0,8 mm. longis. 



Rami vetustiores teretes brunei v. cinerascentes glabri, lenticellosi, 

 hornotini tenuiter striati, pulveruleuto-pilosuli. Stipulae intrapetiolares 

 inter sese connatae, nunc apice bifidae, triungiilari-lauceolatae v. anguste 

 lanceolatae, vix 2 mm. longae. Folia opposita decussata, petiolis teretibus 

 supra sulcatis, nervis lateralibus sub angnlo ca. 70*^ abenntibus, snbtus cum 

 reticio applanatis, crenis valdo depressis iuaequilongis, nuiig obsoletis, dorso 

 inter crenas saej)ius nigro-pimctata, supra nitida in sicco brunescentia, subtus 

 multo pallidiora. Inflorescentiae ad axillas solitariae, pedunculo com- 

 pressiusculo striato, initio dichotomao, Acre terminali ut videtur saepius de- 

 ficiente, ramis perbrevibus fasciculato-ciiununosis, 4 10-florae; prophylla 

 primaria lineari-subulata, 1,5 2 mm. longa, sequentia breviora. Alabastra 



