350 Ign. Urban: 



vix prominulis v. meclio siibimpresso , lateralibus 8 — 12 subarcuatis, siipra 

 in sicco brunesceiitia, subtiis olivacea. Pedicelli ad axillas 1 — pauci, 

 inferne 0,5 mm. crassi, jmrce pilosuli, apice obconico-incrassati. Sepala 

 dorso brevissime et parce pilosula, chartacea, medio crassiora. Ovarium 

 jnnius ovatuni glabriim. 



Hab. in Trinidad: Sieber n. 193 (p. p.). 



Obs. A B. Sieheriana habitu simili, quacum confiisa est, sepalis liberis 

 margine ciliatis facile distinguenda. 



5. Besleria fllipes Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis pilis brevibus 

 patulis V. appressis parcissimis v. crebris simplicibus v. siibarticulatis 

 obsitis; foliis 5 — 1 cm. longe petiolatis, in quoque pari subaequalibus, 

 obovato-ellipticis iisque oblongis, ad basin sensim angustatis obtusis v. 

 acutis et interdiim in petiolum pauUo decurrentibus, apice breviter v. 

 longiuscule acuminatis, 10 — 25 cm. longis, 3 — 9 cm. latis, membrana- 

 ceis V. chartaceis, margine obsolete crenulatis v. manifeste serratis, supra 

 glabris v. breviter et subparce pilosis, subtus praesertim ad nervös parce 

 V. crebrius et brevissime setulosis; pedunculis nullis v. usque 3 mm. 

 longis 2 — 4-floris, pedicellis tenuibus 25 — 45 mm. longis; sepalis 

 basi brevissime inter sese coalitis, ovatis v. anguste ovatis, obtusis v. 

 obtusiusculis, 5 mm. longis; corolla glabra, sub medio subcurvata cylin- 

 dracea, 18 mm. longa, lobis erectis v. patentibus, anticis orbiculari- 

 bus V. breviter ovatis, tubo fere 3-plo brevioribus, posticis semiorbi- 

 cularibus. 



Besleria lutea Gnseb.f Flor. (1861) p.463 (p. p.); Diiss! Flor. Ant 

 fran^. p. 431 (p. p.), — non Linn. 



Annua v. suffrutescens, 0,3 — 1 m. alta, erecta. Caulis basi saepe radi- 

 cans, inferne teres, superne plus minus manifeste obtusangulus, 3 — 4 mm. 

 crassus, pube ad apicem initio subferruginea, dein pallescente v. albescente, 

 posterius evanescente, internodiis 2 — 5 cm. longis. Folia aequilatera recta 

 V, inaequilatera subfalcata, nervis supra vix v. non prominentibus , laterali- 

 bus utrinque 7 — 10 subarcuatis, in sicco supra obscure viridia, subtus pallide 

 olivacea v. griseo- viridia. Pedicelli inferne 0,5 — 0,6 mm. crassi, ad apicem 

 incrassati, subglabri v. parce et breviter pilosi. Sej)ala subcoriacea, mar- 

 gine tenuiore breviter ciliata, dorso parce pilosa v. subglabra. Corolla flava, 

 medio ca. 6 mm. crassa, ad faucem parum ampliata, intus ad faucein in- 

 feriorem subpulverulenta, caeterum utrinque glabra; lobi antici 5 mm. longi, 

 intermedius paullo angustior, postici paullo altius inter sese connati. Sta- 

 mina 4,5 mm. inter sese coalita et corollae adnata, e basi latiore linearia; 

 antherae inter sese conglutinatae, subdidymao, loculis confluentibus. S ta- 

 rn in odi um 3 mm. longe corollae adnatura, 5 mm. longum, antheram cassam 

 ovatam gerens. Discus annularis, 0,4 mm. altus coriaceus. Ovarium 

 ovato-oblongum glabrum, sensim in stylum 5 mm. longum crassum atte- 

 nuatum; Stigma bilobum. Bacca junior ovata v. elliptica. 



Hab. in Guadeloupe in sylvis humidis Trois-Ri vieres et Haut- 

 Matouba, alt. 680 — 900 m., fl. Mart. — Majo: Duss n. 2376, 3385, l'Her- 



