424 Ign". Urban: 



Obs. I. Affine E. parviflorimi L. Gl. Rieh, in H. ctB. Pl.Equin.I. p. 132; 

 A. Ricli. in Sagra Cuba XI p. 6; Urb. in Ber. Deutsch, bot. Ges. XV. 1897. 

 p. 261 = E. Valenxuelae in Sagra Gub. t. 48! = Solenandra ixorioides Hook, 

 f. in Hook. Ic. XII (187G) p. 45 t. 1150! (Guba: Valenznela, Wright n. 1260) 

 differt a nostra j^lanta ramis junioribus niinute pnlverulento-pilosis, foliis bre- 

 viter ovatis 3 5 cm. longis vix dimidio longioribns quam latioribus, coiiaceis, 

 nervis supra manifeste impressis, pedicellis ca. 1 mm. longis, corolla tota 

 10 12 mm. longa, in ^a alt. coalita, staminibus in specim. orig. in 1/4 Vs 

 alt., in Wright. n. 1260 vix in Y5 alt. coalitis, antheris 2,5 mm. longis. 



Obs. II. In hanc affinitatem pertinet etiam planta fructifera a cl. Eggers 

 in Guba prope El Palenquito sub n. 4809 collecta; sed floribus deficientibus 

 de valore specifico nil certi dici potest. 



Exostema Wriglitii Kr. et Urb. (n. sp.) ramis junioribus brevis- 

 sime patenti-pilosis; foliis 6 7 mm. longe petiolatis, ovatis v. ovalibus, 

 basi obtusissima v. rotundata non v. vix in petiolum protractis, apice 

 acutis V. breviter acuminatis, 3 4 cm. (v. ultra?) longis, 1,5 2 cm. 

 latis, duplo longioribus quam latioribus; inflorescentiis corymbosis densi- 

 floris terminalibus et ex axillis foliorum supremorum lateralibus, pedi- 

 cellis ca. 0,5 mm. longis; floribus 4-meris; calyce toto 1,5 mm. longo, 

 tubo obovato lobis triangulari-lanceolatis v. lanceolatis obtusiusculis 

 duplo longiore; corolla 7 mm. longa, in 3/4 alt. in tubum 0,5 0,6 mm. 

 crassum coalita, lobis ovalibus apice rotundatis vix 1 mm. latis; stamini- 

 bus inter sese liberis v. basi plus minus cohaerentibus, basi ima con- 

 natis et corollae parum adnatis; ovulis in quoque loculo 3 6. 



Exostemma parviflorum var. Griseb. Cat. (1866) p. 125; Sauv. 

 Cuh. n. 980 p. 61 (p. p.) , ?ion L. C. Rieh. 



Rami teretes brunnescentes lenticellis parvis pallide flavidis adspersi, 

 internodiis 1,5 0,6 cm. longis. Stipulae intrapetiolares, inter petiolos 

 breviter triangulres apiculatae. Eolia margine plana chartaceo - coriacea, 

 nervis supra impressis, supra obscure viridia nitida, subtus pallidiora ad 

 angulos parce pilosa (domatiata), caeterum glabra. Inflorescentiae minute 

 patenti-pilosae. Calycis tubus a latere vix compressus minute pilosus. 

 GoroUa glabra minute et parce pilosula; tubus anguste cylindraceus , supra 

 basin paullo attenuatus intus giaber; lobi in aestivatione imbricati, sub 

 anthesi patentes. Filamenta filiformia, lobos corollinos superantia; antherae 

 basi affixae oblonge -lineares, 1,3 mm. longae. Stylus filiformis giaber, ad 

 apicem longitudine antherarum incrassatus angulatus; stigma breviter capi- 

 tatum basin antherarum vix attingens. Discus circa styli basin bene con- 

 spicuus. Ovarium 2-loculare; ovula placentae crassiusculae suborbiculari 

 in 3/4 alt. e septo dependenti subcollateraliter affixa, oblonga v. triangulari- 

 oblonga pendula. 



Hab. in Cuba: Wright n. 2672. 



Obs. I. Inter omnes Exostematis species floribus 4-meris insigne. 

 E. parviflorum L. G. Rieh, differt foliis breviter ovatis, floribus 5-meris, 

 corolla tota 10 12 mm. longa, lobis oblongis, staminibus inferne connatis, 

 antheris longioribus 2,5 mm. longis, ovulis in quoque loculo 6 8. 



