302 TciN. Urban: 



3 6 tenuibus, alterum sterile, altermn fertile. Capitula 4 mm. diametvo 

 densitlora; rhaehis intei- flores vix evoluta villosula; bivacteae ovatae vix 

 2 mm. longae, l-ncrvcs, dorso supero ])ilosae, margine lata hyaliiio-mom- 

 branaceae; propliylla ovato-oblonga navicnlariformia, dorso medio caiinata, 

 pilosa, inaequilatera, lata mcmbranaceo-mavginata. Flores dorso convexi, 

 ventre plani. Sepala exteriora ovato-lanceolata, nsq\ie ad acumeii deusc 

 pilosa, ventrale oblougo-lanceolatuin obtnsinscium et brevissime mucro- 

 natum, satis brevius, interiora lineari-laiiceolata praecedente vix breviora 

 plicato-coneava, late membranacea. Filamenta in Y3 -/s ^^^- C'oalita, 

 quoad libera e basi latiore linearia; antherao lineares; staminodia filamentis 

 aequilonga v. paullo longiora, apice in lacinias ca. 5 dissecta. Ovarin m 

 globnlosnm, stylum subaequans; stigma capitatum, 



Hab. in Portorico prope Juana Diaz ad vias et inter Coamo et 

 Aybonito ad vias prope pontem fluminis Coamo: Sintenis n. 1974, Stahl 

 n. 1053. 



Obs. Arcte affinis T. Martinicensi Jloq. , qnae foliis plnries minoribns 



0,G 1 cm. longis, sepalis exterioribns lanceolatis, ventrali et lateralibns 



sensim acnminatis, filamentis in 1/4 ^1*- coalitis, ovario sensini in stylnm 



attenuato discrepat. 

 t 



Telantliera (lolicliocepliaLa Urb. (n. sp.) caulibus procumbentibus 

 usque metralibus ramosis subcompressis striatis ad apicem pube suberecta 

 V. patiila vestitis, cito glabrescentibns; foliis 15 5 mm. lnge petiolatis 

 ovato-rotundatis v. suborbicularibus, basi plus minus in petiolum pro- 

 tractis, apice rotundatis et brevissime mucronulatis, inferioribus 3,51,5 cm. 

 longis et latis, superioribus valde decrescentibus, integerrimis, utrinque 

 breviter, supra parcius, subtus crebro pilosis, utrinque viridibus; capi- 

 tulis subsessillbus v. plerisque usque 15 mm. longe pedunculatis ovatis 

 V. cylindraceis usque 15 mm. longis; bracteis et prophyllis angustissime 

 acuminatis; calyce dimidio longiore 3,5 4 mm. longo, sepalis exteriori- 

 bns brunnescentibus, margine et apice albidis acuminatis, sub-5-nervi- 

 bus, inferne pilosis, pilis spinuligeris et hinc inde ramulosis, interiori- 

 bus obtusiusculis, brevissime mucronulatis. 



Eadix annua? Eamuli sub capitulo seriales non raro obvii, ab- 

 breviati v. elongati. Capitula plus minus laxiflora; rhaehis inter flores evo- 

 Inta. Caetera nt in specie praecedente. 



Hab. in Portorico prope Yauco et prope Guanica in iitoralibus 

 inter Opuntias: Garber n. 4, Sintenis n. 3427. 



Obs. An praecedentis varietas, observationes in loco natali demon- 

 strabunt. 



^ Telantliera olivaeea Urb. (u. sp.) perennis v. fruticulosa, caulibus 

 procumbentibus usque pedalibus superne herbaceis, ramosis teretibus 

 obsolete striatis, superne subadpresse pubescentibus, inferne glabres- 

 centibus; foliis 3 4 mm. longe petiolatis, anguste ovatis v. ovato-ob- 

 longis, basi rotundata v. obtusissima paullo in petiolum protractis, superne 



