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Finitex 1,3 — 3,3 ni. altus. Kami teretes laeves non lenticellosi, 

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

 lateralibns 9 — 12, supra non v. parum, subtus elevatim prominentibus, 

 ad marginem arcuatis, reticulato-anastomosantibus. Pcdunculi axillares 

 6 — 12 ein. long], ca. 1 mm. crassi; prophylla primaria 1 — 1,5 cm. longa, 

 2 — 3 mm. lata, superiora angustiora et breviora; pedicelli in dichotomia 

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

 turbinatus; lobi carnosuli, medio ca. 1 mm. lati, apice obtusi, in fructu erecti 

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

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

 ribus 2 mm. longis, antico suborbiculari , lateralibu.s 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 coliaerentes. Staminodium 6 mm. longum, 

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

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

 viter bilobum. Capsula G — 7 mm. longa, supeme 5 — 6 mm. crassa, in- 

 tra lobos calycinos 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 s^dvis 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. Gesiiei'ia TVrightii Urb. 



Pentarhaphia In'flora Gn'seb.f Cat. (1866) p. 199; Saiiv. Cub. 

 n. 1452 p. 93, — non Gesneria in'flora Mari, et Gal. (1842) nee Hook. 

 Hab. in Cuba or. prope S. Andre: Wright n. 3072. 



44. Gosiieria fernigiiiea Urb. 



Pentarliapliia ferruginea C. Wright! in Sauv. Cub. (1870) n. 1454 

 p. 93. 



Hab. in Cuba in districtii Bahia-Honda ad ripas amnium in pi- 



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



45. Gesneria glaiululosa Urb. 



Pentarhaphia glandulosa Griseb.f Cat. (1866) p. 199; Sanv. Cub. 

 n. 1456 p. 94. 



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



46. Gesiieria saHeifolia Urb. 



Pentarhaphia salici folia Griseb.f Cat. (1866) p. 199; Sauv. Cub. 

 77. 1455 p. 93. 



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



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

 Pentarhaphia cubensis Dcne.l in Ann. Sc. nat. III ser. vol. VI 



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



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