386 Ion. Urban: 



culus axillaris, parcius et breviiis pubescens, flavo-nibescens; prophylla 

 7 4 mm. longa, ramulis plus minus sursum adnata. Calycis tubus bre- 

 viter turbinatiis, obsolete costatus, palcnti-pilosus; lobi crecti. Corollae 

 tubus G mm. crassus; lobi in aestivatione imbricati, margine integre breviter 

 ciliati, 4 mm. longi, postici altius inter sese connati. Stamina corollae 

 6 7 mm. longo adnata, subsigmoideo-curvata, sub medio ad arcum pauUo 

 dilatata et villosula, caeterum giabra; antlierae in alabastro liberae, sub- 

 juadratae, sub anthesi paullo exsertae. Staminodium quoad liberum 4 mm. 

 longum villosulum, antlierae rudimentum gerens. Discus crasse carnosus 

 aunularis. Stylus giaber; stigma obsolete bilobum. Capsula obovata, basi 

 acutiuscula, 7 mm. longa, superne 5 mm. crassa, plus minus manifeste 10- 

 costata, i^iu-purascens , pilis brevibus patentibus et longioribus glanduliferis 

 dense vestita. 



Hab. in Cuba orient: Wrightn.356 (p.p., nempe collect. 1859 60). 



79. liytidophyllum carilbaeum Urb. (n. sp.) caule pilis paten- 

 tibus articulatis longiusculis obsito; stipulis nullis; foliis 20 5 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, ellipticis v. oblongis, acuminatis, inferne magis et sensim an- 

 gustatis, 15 50 cm. longis, 5 13 cm. latis, supra scaberrimis, subtus 

 praesertim ad nervs pilosis, margine inaequaliter v. subduplicato-ser- 

 ratis; inflorescentiis 15 35 cm, longe pedunculatis folium aequantibus 

 V. superantibus , laxe et plerumqiie ter furcatis, prophyllis linearibus, 

 pedicellis 3 1 cm. longis; calycis lobis oblongis v. lanceolatis, 4 7 mm. 

 longis, inter sese liberis; corolla 15 20 mm. longa, inferne cylindracea, 

 superne cyathiformi-ampliata, flava et purpurea (ex Egg.), pilis brevibus 

 glanduliferis patentibus dense obsita. 



Frutex metralis (ex Egg.); rami pube articulata flaccida 8 4 mm. 

 longa vestiti. Folia petiolis dense pubescentibus, recta v. plus minus fal- 

 cata, nervis utriiique 14 17 supra parum conspicuis, subtus prominentibus, 

 membranacea v. chartacea, pilis supra valde inaequilongis , brevibus v. ad 

 tuberculos reductis scaberrima, pube subtus albido-rufescente, ad nervs lon- 

 giore, inter nervs brevissima. Pedunculi axillares, rubri, 2 3 mm. crassi, 

 pilis brevibus plerisque glanduliferis obsiti; prophylla primaria 0,5 1,8 cm. 

 longa, 1 1,5 mm. lata; pedicelli primarii saepius bini. Calycis tubus 

 turbinatus, breviter patenti-pilosus; lobi acuminati v. acutiu&cii. Corolla 

 intus giabra; tubus inferne 4 5 mm. crassus, ad medium vix attenuatus, 

 sub lobis usque 8 mm. ampliatus; lobi semiorbiculares 3,5 4 mm. longi, 

 4 5 mm. lati. Stamina tubo coroUino vix 3 mm. longo adnata, dein 

 pubescentia, superne giabra; antberae breviter exsertae per j^ares aggiuti- 

 natae, demum solutae, ovatae, dorso in 1/3 ^It. affixae. Staminodium 

 8 10 mm. longum superne paullo dilatatum et pubescens dein iterum atte- 

 nuatum, giabrum, apice membranaceo- dilatatum. Discus crassus annularis. 

 Stylus 18 20 mm. longus, giaber, ad apicem sensim incrassatus; lobi stig- 

 matis breviter triangulres. Capsula obovato-turbinata basi acuta, 7 8 mm. 

 longa, 5 6 mm. crassa, breviter patenti-pilosa, leviter striata et bisulcata. 

 Semina lineari-lanceolata, utrinque breviter acuminata, brunea, 0,5 mm. 

 longa. 



