﻿Plate 1516. 



BEAVAISIA TUBIFLORA, Hemsl. 



B. tubiflora, Hemsl. (sp. nov.) ; foliis parvis subcoriaceia venis in- 

 conapicuia, floribua aubsesailibua birsntis, corolla supra calycem in tubo 

 stricte cylindrico subite oonstricta. 



Hab. Cozumel Island, Yucatan, Gaumer. 



Arbor 25-pedalia (Gaumer), ramulis ultimis floriferis brevibua 

 gracilibus minute pubcrulia. Folia petiolata, subcoriacea, ovali-ellipl ica 

 vel oblongo-lanceolata, usque ad 3 poll, longa et 1^ poll, lata, superiora 

 gradatim minora, cum bracteia obovato-spathulata, omnia cito glabres- 

 centia, margine leviter incrassata, apice rotundata vel obtuse acumi- 

 nata, basi cuneata, venis primariis utrinque 2-5 inconspicuis fere 

 obsoletis. Flores albo-purpurei (Gaumer), circiter 1 poll, longi, in 

 axillis foliorum solitarii, eajpius sessiles, bibracteati,bracteis spathulatia 

 dimidio brevioribus. Calycis tegmenta persistentia, fere ajqualia, 

 obtusissima vel rotundata, ciliolata, circiter 3 lineas longa. Corolla 

 subcampanulata, primum extus dense birsuta, intus minus hirsuta, 

 demum fere glabrescens, supra calycem in tubo stricte cylindrico 

 subito constricta ; limbi lobis contortis brevibus subajqualibus rotun- 

 datis. Stamina 4, didynama, ad apicem tubi constricti inserta, 

 filamentia parce pilosis; antberse loculis basi breviter caudatis. 

 Ovarium glabrnm, loculis biovulatis, ovulis adscendentibus, stylo 

 gracilbmo. Capsula ovoidea, Crustacea, nitida : semina matura non 

 visa.— W. B. Hemslet. 



^ F^g. L A bud^ 2. Two of the stamens, showing the attachment to the corolla. 



