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Frutex 1,3 3,3 m. altus. Rami teretes laeves non lenticellosi, 

 inferne nudi, snperne folia gerentes. Folia supra medium latissima, nervis 

 lateralibus 9 12, supra non v. parum, subtus elevatim prominentibus, 

 ad marginem arcuatis, reticulato-anastomosantibus. Pedunculi axillares 

 6 12 cm. longi, ca. 1 mm. crassi; prophylla primaria 1 1,5 cm. longa, 

 2 3 mm. lata, superiora angnstiora et breviora; pedicelli in diciiotomia 

 primaria plerumque bini, 10 15 mm. longi, fructiferi recurvati. Calyx 

 turbiuatus; lobi carnosuli, niedio ca. 1 mm. lati, apice obtusi, in fructu erecti 

 V. conniventes. Corolla rubra (ex 8mith) v. sanguinea (ex Egg.), leviter 

 incurva, glabra, lobis margine brevissime ciliatis, plerumque erectis, inferio- 

 ribus 2 mm. longis, antico suborbiculari , lateralibus semiorbiculari-triangula- 

 ribus, posticis altius conuatis, intus glabra. Filamenta inter sese libera, 

 basi ima corollae brevissime adnata, glabra, corollam 5 10 mm. superantia; 

 antlierae ovatae, inter sese cohaerentes. Staminodium 6 mm. longum, 

 antheram deformatam gerens. Discus brevis annularis, obsolete 5-lobus, 

 carnosus. Stylus breviter et tenuiter patenti-pilosus; stignia dilatatum bre- 

 viter bilobum. Capsula 6 7 mm. longa, superne 5 6 mm. crassa, in- 

 tra lobos catycinos dehiscens. Semina oblonga v. lanceolata, utrinque api- 

 culata V. acuminata, brunea, 0,5 0,8 mm. longa. 



Hab. in St. Vincent satis frequens in sylvis ad fluvios 160 660 m. 

 alt., m. April. Jul. flor.: Smith n.55, in sylvis montanis ad St. Andrews 

 400 m. alt, m. Dec. fl. et fr.: Eggers n. 6662. 



Obs. Species insignis, foliis plerisque oppositis et inflorescentiis cymose 

 evolutis a Pentarhaphia longiflora Lindl. statim dignoscenda. 



^ 43. Gesiieria Wriglitii Urb. 



Pentarhaphia iriflora Griseb.f Cat. (1866) p. 199; Saiiv. Cub. 

 n. 1452 p. 93, non Gesneria triflora Mart. et Gal. (1842) nee Hook. 

 Hab. in Ciiba or. prope S. Andre: "Wright n. 3072. 



'' 44. Gesneria ferniginea Urb. 



Pentarhaphia ferniginea C. Wright/ in Sauv. Cub. (1870) n.l454 

 p. 93. 



Hab. in Cuba in districtu Bahia-Honda ad ripas amniuni in pi- 



netis ad pedem Loma de Cajarbana: Wright n. 3643. 



^ 45. Gresneria glaiidiilosa Urb. 



Pentarhaphia gkmdnlosa Griseb.! Cat. (1866) p. 199; Sauv. Cub. 

 n. 1456 p. 94. 



Hab. in Cuba or. prope Baracoa: "Wright n. 3075. 



46. Gesneria saHcifolia Urb. 



Pentarhaphia salicifolia Griseb.! Cat. (1866) p. 199; Sauv. Cub. 

 n. 1455 p. 93. 



Hab. in Cuba or.: Wriglit n. 3074. 



47. Gesneria cubensis 0. Ktze. Rev. II (1891) p. 473. 

 Pentarhaphia cubensi.s Dcne.f in Ann. Sc. nat. III ser. vol. VI 



(1846) p. 108; Walp. Rep. VI p. 736; Dene. in Flor, des Serr. III 



