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acuminatis, medio v. paiillo supra medium latissimis, 7 12 cm. longis, 

 3 5 cm. latis, snpra pilis brevissimis basi inflatis scabriusculis v. sub- 

 glabris, subtus praesertim ad nervs brevissime pilosis et minute glan- 

 duloso-impressis, reticiilo nervorum subtus valde prominente; inflores- 

 centiis terminalibus et interdum quoque ex axillis foliorum summorum 

 axillaribus panniculam densara usque 4 cm. longam formantibus; pedi- 

 cellis 2 5 mm. longis; calyce inferne subcylindraceo, dein late turbinato 

 V. subcampanulato, breviter v. brevissime adpresse piloso, 3,5 4 mm. 

 longo, apice 4-lobo, lobis semiorbicularibus antice rotundatis, tubo ca. 

 3-plo brevioribus; corolla (evoluta non visa) glaberrima, tubo caljcem 

 triplo (v. ultra?) superante. 



AegipJdIa elata Siv.! Prodr. (1788) p. 31 et Flor. I p.2o4 (p.p.). 



Eami vetustiores subteretes briuiescentes , hornotini teretes v. inferne 

 obtase quadranguli, piibe pallide v. sordide flava, longo persistente. Folia 

 petiolis brevissime et dense pubescentibus, nervo medio supra solemniter 

 prominente, lateralibus utroque latere 6 8, sub angulo 50 60 abevmti- 

 bus arcuatis, supra tenuiter, subtus crassiuseule prorainentibus, utrinque 

 dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, reticulo subtus multo magis prominente, 

 margine integra, utrinque nitida, supra in sicco obscure viridia, subtus 

 pallidiora, chartacea v. chartaceo-coriacea, orbiculis glandulosis subtus ad 

 basin nidlis. Pedunculi nunc breves, nunc usque 6 cm. longi, brevissime 

 tomentosulo-pilosi; bracteae lanceolatae usque lineares, supra saepe ox^biculis 

 inaequimagnis (glandulosis?) prominulis notatae; prophylla 3 1 mm. longa 

 filiformia; pedicelli inferne ca. 0,3 mm., sub calyce 0,7 0,8 mm. crassi. 

 Calyx chartaceo-coriaceus, lobis antice non v. vix apiculatis, fructifer 

 seraigiobosus v. semiovalis, 5 6 mm. longus, 6 8 mm. diametro, in sicco 

 brunescens. 



' Hab. in Jamaica: Swartz (mus. Holm.); Haiti circa Payan, 800 m. 



alt: Picarda n. 171, prope Petionville circa Fessard ad pedem Morne 

 de l'Hopital: Picarda n. 1418. 



Obs. e. elata Sw. ! (p. p. , Grriseb.! Flor. p. 500, e Jamaica, Cuba, 

 Hispaniola) bene discrepat foliis longius petiolatis, majoribus, ad basin versus 

 latissimis, subtus giabris subglabrisve, nervis tertii ordinis subtus multo 

 minus prominulis, inflorescentiis lateralibus et terminalibus, amplioribus et 

 multo laxioiibus, pedicellis 4^ 8 mm. longis (an etiam corolla genitali- 

 busque?). 



^Z Clerodeiulroii Picardae Urb. (n. sp.) ramis junioribus brevissime 

 patenti-pilosis et tuberculis plus minus prominentibus obsessis; foliis ad 

 apicem ramorum confertis, alternis v. oppositis, 7 3 mm. longe petio- 

 latis, obovato-oWongis usque oblonge -lanceolatis, in ^j^ ^5 long, latis- 

 simis, inferne sensim et longe angustatis, basi ipsa obtusiuscula v. ob- 

 tusa in petiolum contractis, apice breviter v. mediocriter acuminatis, 

 5 15 cm. longis, 1,5 4 cm. latis, margine integris v. ad basin imam 

 utroque margine dentes 1 3 spinescentes gerentibus; inflorescentiis 



