372 Ion. Urban: 



Hab. in Jamaica: de Ponthieii (herb. Deless.), Swartz (mus. Holm.); 



Haiti ex Griseb.; St. Eastache: Suringar; St. Kitts: Eggers ed. Rensch 



n. 469*^; Montserrat ex Swartz; Griiadeloupe c. gr. circa Bains jaunes, 



hauteurs de Trois-Ri vieres, Vieux-Fort, Vieux habitants, locis siccis 



saxosis, m. Jim., Jul. flor. : Beaupertuis, Bertero, Duss n. 2375, l'Her- 



minier, Perrottet n. 230; Dominica e. gr. ad Wallhouse: Duss, Eggers 



ed. Toepff. ii. 469, Hoskin, Imray n. 87, Ramage; Martinique e. gr. in 



regione superiore Pitons du Carbet, mornes des environs de l'Alma: 



Duss n. 330, Sieber n. 394; Sta. Lucia: Ramage; ?St. Yincent: Guil- 



ding ex Griseb. (an potius ad G. cymosam pertineat?). 



Obs. Specimina janiaicensia meliora, quam mihi suppeditant, cum iis 

 Antillarum minorum iterum accurate comparanda erunt. 



Yar. . ovata Urb. foliis ovatis, basi rotundatis v. obsolete cor- 

 datis, apice acuminatis, 6 8 cm. longis, 3 4 cm. latis; floribus ut in 

 typo, sed paullo brevioribus. 



Hab. in Saba in montibus:. Suringar. 



^ Var. /. obovata Urb. foliis obovatis brevissime acuminatis, basi 

 obtusis V. obtusiusculis, 5 9 cm. longis, 2,5 5 cm. latis, coriaceis; 

 corolla minus incurva, 20- 25 mm. longa, 5 6 mm. lata; antheris 

 2 4 mm. longe exsertis. Erecta, valde ramosa, 0,9 1,6 m. alta, 

 rarius altior (ex Duss). 



Pentarhaphia longifJora rar. Lindleyana Duss! Flor. Auf. fran^. 

 (1897) p. 430. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe ad Soufriere: Guyon; Martinique in mon- 

 tibus altissimis Mont Pelee, Plateau de Larcher, m. Sept. 11.: Duss n. 329, 

 4543, Hahn n. 362. 



^ 42. Gesiieria cymosa Urb. (n. sp.) glabra, ramis ad apicem resi- 

 nam exsudantibus, foliis in iisdem ramis oppositis et plus minus alter- 

 nis, 1 1,5 cm. longe petiolatis, obovatis usque elliptico-oblongis, basi 

 obtusis V. obtusiusculis, apice breviter v. satis longe acuminatis, 8 15 cm. 

 longis, 2,5 7,5 cm. latis, margine crenulatis v. dentatis, membranaceo- 

 chartaceis v. coriaceis; inflorescentiis folium plerumque superantibus, 

 pl.uri- v. multifloris, bis ter cymose divisis, prophyllis primariis lanceo- 

 lato-linearibus; calycis lobis e basi latiore linearibus, 7 18 mm. longis; 

 corolla rubra, subcurvata, supra basin imam annulari-dilatatam contracta, 

 dein usque ad medium sensim dilatata, superne aequicrassa cylindracea 

 7 9 mm. (in statu compresso) lata, 26 32 mm. longa, ore obliquo, 

 lobis brevibus suborbiculatis; stylo 7 10 mm. longe exserto; Capsula 

 obovato-turbinata, elevatim 5-costata. 



Pentarhaphia longiflora Bolfe! in Keiv Bull. n. 81 (1893) p. 267, 

 non Lindl. 



