382 Ign. Urbn: 



Conradia scabra Mart! Nov. Gen. III (1829) p. 38; DO. Prodr. 

 VII iJ. 526; Griseh.! Flor. 46 L 



Pentarhaphia? scabra Haust.! in Linnaea XXXIV (1865) p). 308. 



Inflorescentia semel bis 3 4-furcata, i. e. e ramis 2 et pedicellis 

 1 2 in quaque furca composita. Calycis lobi oblongi v. ovato- oblong], 

 in flore 3,5 mm., in fruci usqiie 8 mm. longi. Corollae subcylindraceae, 

 16 mm. longae, inferne in statu compresso 5 mm. latae, superne paullo atte- 

 nnatae, nltimae minores, 9 10 mm. longae, 2,5 mm. crassae, pilis brevi- 

 bus ai'ticulatis patentibus clensissime obtectae. Discus breviter annularis 

 ixndulatus. 



Hab. in Jamaica occidentali in rupibus calcareis montium: Swartz 



in herb. Holm, et Willd. n. 11255, in districtu Hanover locis calcareis 



saxosis summi niontis Dolphin's Peak: Purdie (mus. Gottiug.). 



Obs. Planta a cl. Euphrasen St. Barth, p. 207 sub hoc nomine insulae 

 St. Kitts adscripta certe non huc spectat, planta a cl. Sprengel ex Hispaniola 

 iudicata est Rhyiidophyllmn Berteroanum Mart. 



73. Gesneria riipiiicola Urb. ramis dense foliosis, pube articu- 

 lata initio plerumque pallide purpurea, dein sordide albida longiuscula 

 villosis; foliis 5 12 mm. longe petiolatis, obovato-oblongis usque ob- 

 longe -lanceolatis, basi et apice acutis, 5 12 cm. longis, 2 5,5 cm. 

 latis, margine inaequaliter serratis, membranaceis v. chartaceis, ntrinque 

 breviter et dense pilosis; pedanculis axillaribus 5 7 cm. longis, in- 

 florescentiis laxe cymosis, bis ter trichotomis, rubentibus; calycis lobis 

 anguste lanceolatis 3 4 mm. longis; corolla 20 24 mm. longa, in Vg 

 inferiore subcylindracea, dein infracta, in ^/^ superiore fere 3-plo latiore 

 cylindracea, lobis subaeqiialibus brevissimis; Capsula globosa, 4 5 mm. 

 crassa. 



Rhytidophyllurn peiiolai^e Griseb.f Cat. (1866) p. 198 (p-jj), 

 non DC. 



Heppiella riipincola C. Wright in Sauv. Cub. (1870) n.l445 p. 92 



(nomen niidum) . 



Eami liguescentes teretes infex^ne cicatricibus foliorum delapsorum 

 densis notati, internodiis brevissimis. Folia alterna conferta saepius in- 

 aequilatera, inferne paullo magis angustata, nervis 6 7 supra non v. vix 

 conspicuis, subtus prominulis, non v. vix anastomosantibus, supra postremo 

 rugulosa, pilis brevibus creberrimis scabrida, subtus pallidiora. Inflores- 

 centiae pilis articulatis indutae, cyma postremo usque 10 cm. longa; pro- 

 phylla linearia, primaria usque 4 mm. longa, sequentia breviora; pedicelli 

 10 20 mm. longi. Calycis tubus breviter turbinatus, pube densa initio 

 plerumque purpurascente vestitus; lobi tubo paullo longiores, sub anthesi 

 erecti. Corolla pilis articulatis pubescens, verisimiliter rubra, inferne 3 mm., 

 superne 6,5 7,5 mm. in statu compresso lata, basi aequalis; lobi 1,5 2 mm. 

 longi semiorbiculares. Filamenta corollae ca. 1,3 mm. longe adnata, supra 

 basin villosa, caeterum glabra; antherae subquadratae cohaerentes, ad os co- 

 rollae sitae V. perpaullo exsertae. Staminodium 6 mm. longum, antheram 



