480 Ign- TJrban: 



2 G nun. longc petiolalis, oblonge- v. obverse lanccolatis, in ^-i Vo ''^^^ 

 latissimis, inferne longo ot sensim in petiokim angustatis, apice obtusis 

 V. acutatis, 4 9 cm. longis, 1 2,5 cm. latis, superne v. antico inciso- 

 dentatis, chartaceis; peduncnlis 2 3,5 cm. longis, rectis v. vix curvatis, 



2 O-floris; calycis lobis 1,5 2 mm. longis, triangularibus v. e basi 

 triangnlari acuminatis; corolla colore?, glabra, 9 mm. longa, e basi liori- 

 zontaliter curvata, supra medium 3,5 mm. diametro, lobis reflexis brevi- 

 bus vix semiorbicularibus; antheris os corollae attingentibus; Capsula 

 obovata, basi obtusa v. rotiindata, 5 6 mm. longa, 4 4,5 mm. crassa, 

 10 -Costa ta. 



Conradia humilis DC.Prodr. VIL 2 (1839) 2^.526 (p.p.); .Eich. 

 in Sagra Cuh.XIp). 71 (p.p.); Griseb.f ]). p. Cat. p. 200, non Mart. 



Pentaraphia humilis Haust.! in Linnaea XXXIV (1865 66) 



p. 2 94 (p.p.). 



Gaules 7 15 cm. longi, inferne lignescentes usque 3 mm. crassi, 

 simplices v. ramosi, cortice cinereo- v. obscure brunneo obtecti et cicatrici- 

 bus foliorum delapsorum crebris notati, pube articulata. Folia in sicco 

 sujira obscure, subtus pallide viridia, margine glabra, utrinque brevissimc 

 (subtus praesertim ad nervs) pilosula v. demum glabrescentia , nervo medio 

 panmi v. vix i^rominente, lateralibus sub angulo 40 45^ abeuntibus, reti- 

 culato-anastomosantibus, dentibus grossis parcis apiculatis, iterum denticulatis 

 V. denticulis interjectis. Pedunculi ex axillis folioram fere omnium pro- 

 deuntes, 0,5 0,7 mm. crassi, inferne plus minus pilosuli, superne glabri 

 V. subgiabri, fructiferi subrecti; bracteae lanceolatae v. lanceolato- lineares, 



3 4 mm. longae, ca. 1 mm. latae, integrae; pedicelli inaequaliter evoluti 

 10 14 mm. longi glabri v. subgiabri. Calycis tubus turbinatus 2 mm. 

 longus glaber; lobi supra basin 1 1,3 mm. lati glabri. Corolla tubulosa 

 utrinque glabra; lobi tubo 4 5-plo breviores, glandulis parvis adspersi. 

 Stamina corollae imae adhaerentia; filamenta glabra subsigmoideo- curvata, 

 corollae tubum subaequantia ; antherae effoetae subquadratae. Staminodium 

 vix 2 mm. lougum, superne curvatum, apice antico antlieram cassam gerens. 

 Stylus inferne curvatus, filamentis paullo brevior glaber; stigma subbilol)um. 

 Discus annularis brevis. Grlandula in corolla ad basin circumcirca obvia 

 ampla 4-lobata brevissime j)ilosa. 



Hab. in Cuba in rupibus fluminum: Poeppig, Sagra. 



Obs. Gesneria humilis Linn. Spec. pl. ed. I p. Gl 2 (Plum. ed. Burm. 

 p. 125 t. 133 f. 2) ex Haiti a speciebus binis praecedentib\is foliis inferne 

 parum angustatis, basi lata sessilibus, margine toto undulato-crenatis, co-- 

 rollae tubo deorsum verso sine dubio specifice recedit et certe non statum 

 monstrosum praebet, ut cl. Hanstein suspicatus est. 



Moriiida Kucliii rb. (n. sp.) ramis teretibus, pilis minutis scabrius- 

 culis; foliis subsessilibus, linearibus, basi obtusis, superne longe et sensim 

 angustatis, 6 12 cm. longis, 0,151 cm. latis, crassiuscule cbartaceis, 

 supra scabridis, subtus breviter pubescentibus; inflorescentiis in apice ra- 

 morum 4 .8 subumbellatim dispositis, 0,4 0,7 mm. longe pedunculatis, 



