.901 



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lique obovatis v. breviter obovatis, obtusis v. brevissime acuminatis, 

 4 11 cm. longis, supra pilis manifeste articulatis longiusculis crebris 

 vestitis; pedicellis 3 10 mm. longis; calyce pilis palentibus articulatis 

 hirsuto, inferne ut yidetnr colorato. 



Columnea kispida Oriseh.! Flor. (1861) p. 465 (p. p.), non Siv. 



Columnea hirsuta Haust.! in Linnaea XXXIV (1865) p. 413 

 (p. P-), non Siv. 



"^ Form. b. Haiiseiiii Urb. caulibus ad apicem pilis parcis erecto- 

 patentibus brevibus articulatis obsessis; foliis 4 8 mm. longe petiolatis, 

 ovatis V. ovato-ellipticis, breviter acuminatis, 6 12cm. longis, supra 

 pilis parcis brevibus adspersis; pedicellis 10 15 mm. longis; calyce 

 parce et subadpresse piloso, supra basin colorato, caeterum viridi. 



"^ Form. c. Harris Urb. caulibus ad apicem pilis brevibus patulis 

 obsolete v. vix articulatis vestitis; foliis 5 8 mm. longe petiolatis ob- 

 lique ovatis V. ovato-ellipticis, basi oblique rotundatis, apice breviter 

 acuminatis, 5 12 cm. longis, supra brevissime et crebro pilosis; pedi- 

 cellis ca. 12 mm. longis; calyce dense et adpresse sericeo-strigoso, in- 

 ferne colorato, superne viridi; corolla aurantiaca lineis pallide flavis (ex 

 Harr.). 



Hab. in Jamaica form, a prope Manchester in saxis umbrosis 

 montanis: Wullschlaegel n. 959; form, b in montibus: Hansen; form, c 

 in districtu Hanover ad Belvedere 160 ra. alt., in arboribus m. Jan. flor.: 

 Harris n. 7522. 



^ Var. . Fawcettii Urb. caulibus ad apicem pilis brevibus sub- 

 erectis initio pallide purpureis, posterius albescentibus pauci- v. vix 

 articulatis vestitis; foliis 6 10 mm. longe petiolatis ovatis usque ellip- 

 tico-oblongis, breviter acuminatis, 5 8 cm. longis, supra brevissime et 

 subparce pilosis; pedicellis 5 7 mm. longis; sepalis lanceolato-lineari- 

 bus acuminatis 18 20 mm. longis, inferne 3 4 mm. latis, purpureis, 

 utrinque dentibus ca. 5 linearibus obsessis, pilis densissimis purpureis 

 articulatis patentibus hirsutis; corolla ex sicco rubra striis flavis. 



Hab. in Jamaica ad Inferior Read prope Browns Town, m. Febr.: 

 Fawcett n. 6587 (Herb. Bot. Dep. Jam. sicut Krug et Urb.). 



Obs. Ex Haiti hanc speciem non vidi; planta dominicana a cl. Grise- 

 BACH indicata, sed mihi ignota certe non huc speetat; specimina desunt in 

 herb. Gotting. 



28. Colmnnea nitilaiis Sw. ! Prodr. (1788) p. 94 et Flor. Tip. 1083; 



Lim. Jam.Ip. 4; DC. Prodr. VII p. 542; Griseb.f Flor. 1^.465; Haust 



in Linnaea XXXIV p. 415. 



Gaules apice pube erecta subadpressa plus minus purpurascente po- 

 sterius albescente brevi sed densa induti. Folia ovato-oblonga, breviter 



