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Obs. Ob flores deficientes dubiae affinitatis , habitu ad P. serrcifoliam L. 

 et tnalacophyllMn Mast, accedens. 



Cupliea ureiis Koehne (n. sp.). Fruticulus humilis; caules rami- 

 que pro parte ascendentes pro parte erecti, 10 38 cm. lougi, graciles, 

 teretes, ima basi tantum ramulosi, hirtello-strigosi ac + setulosi, setulis 

 (ex W. Buch) urentibus. Folia decussata, internodiis circ. aeqiiilonga, 

 petiolis brevissimis v. ad 1,5 mm. longis iiisidentia, 7 12 mm. longa, 

 4 9 mm. lata v. floralia interdum 4 mm. tantum aeqiiantia, late cor- 

 dato-ovata v. -deltoidea, aciitiuscula, snpra scabriuscula, subtiis strigosa, 

 demum rigidiila; nervi utrinsecus circ. 4. Racemi simplices, foliati; pedi- 

 celli interpetiolares, 3 5 mm. longi, apice bracteolati, brevissime hir- 

 telli parceque glandulosi. Calyx 6 6,5 mm. longus, brevissime cal- 

 caratus, rectus, inde a medio dilatatus (sed fructifer ubiqne aeqiialis), 

 brevissime glanduloso-hispidulus; lobi aeqiiales, violacei; appendices bre- 

 vissimae. Petala violacea, dimidio calyce vix longiora, subrotundata, 

 ventralia 4 dorsalibus duobus vix angustiora ac vix longiora. Stamina 

 paullo supra tubi V2 i^serta, tiibum longo non aequantia, glaberrima. 

 Ovaritim glaberrimum; Stylus eodem subbrevior, demum lobos vix 

 aequans; discus semierectus, crassiusculus; ovula 5 6. Semina 2 mm. 

 longa, pallida, angustissime subalbicanti-marginata. 



Hab. in Haiti ad Marmelade prope Gonaives, in declivibus siccis 

 calcareis, 400 m. alt: Bucb n. 447. (E. Koekxe.) 



Oaultlieria domiiigeiisis Urb. (n. sp.) ramis horuotinis pilis lon- 

 giusculis bruneis vestitis; foliis 2 3 mm. longe petiolatis, ovatis, basi 

 rotundatis v. leviter cordatis, apice brevissime et acute acuminatis, 

 1,5 3 cm. longis, 1 2 cm. latis, margine plus minus recurvo integris 

 subintegrisve, utrinque et margine pilis setuliformibus bruneis adspersis; 

 inflorescentiis terminalibus et saepius ex axillis foliorum summorum 

 lateralibus, pedicellis 4 8 mm. longis; calycis lobis ovato- v. triangu- 

 lari-ianceolatis, 5 6 mm. longis, in statu fructifero vix accrescentibus; 

 corolla calycem parum v. vix superante, 6 7 mm. longa, pilis brevi- 

 bus erectis v. suberectis vestita, lobis ovatis v. breviter ovatis, ca. 1mm. 

 longis; antheris longitudinaliter dehiscentibus. 



Fruticulus 5 30cm. longus, repens et inferne radiculas emittens. 

 Rami vetuStiores teretes, bnmei, pube longe persistente, hornotini inferne 

 squamas plus minus numerosas, densas v. remotiusculas, ellipticas v. ob- 

 longas 2 7 mm. longas striatas coriaceas margine ciliatas gerentibus, pilis 

 densis setiformibiis patulis v. suberectis. Folia apice saepe glanduloso- 

 incrassata, nervo medio supra impresso, lateralibus utroque latere 2 3 

 arcuatis, supra non, subtus plus minus manifeste reticulato-anastomosanti- 

 bus, postremo crasse coriacea rigida, supra nitida olivacea, subtus brunes- 

 centia. Inflorescentiae racemosae v. eorjmibosae, pauci- v. pluriflorae, 

 pubescentes; bracteae et prophylla ovata usque lanceolata, dorso glabra, 



