386 Ign. Ueban: 



ciüus axillaris, parcius et brevius pubescens, flavo-rubescens; prophylla 

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

 viter turbinatus, obsolete costatus, patenti-pilosus; lobi erecti. Corollae 

 tubus 6 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 paullo 

 dilatata et villosula, caeterum glabra; antherae in alabastro liberae, sub- 

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

 longum villosulum, antherae rudimentum gerens. Discus crasse carnosus 

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

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

 costata, purpurascens, pilis brevibus patentibus et longioribus glanduliferis 

 dense vestita. 



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



79. ßhytidophylluDi caribaeum Urb. (n. sp.) caule pilis paten- 

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

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

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

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

 ratis; inflorescentiis 15 — 35 cm. longe pedunculatis folium aequantibiis 

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

 pedicellis 3 — 1 cm. longis; calycis lobis oblongis v. lauceolatis, 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 3 — 4 mm. 

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

 cata, nervis utrinque 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 nervös lon- 

 giore, inter nervös 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. acutiusciüi. Corolla 

 intus glabra; tubus inferne 4 — 5 mm. crassus, ad mechum vix attenuatus, 

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

 4 — 5 mm. lati. Stamina tubo corollino vix 3 mm. longe adnata, dein 

 pubescentia, superne glabra; antherae breviter exsertae per pares aggluti- 

 natae, demum solutac, ovatae, dorso in 1/3 alt. affixae. Staminodium 

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

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

 Stylus 18 — 20 mm. longus, glaber, ad apicem sensim incrassatus; lobi Stig- 

 ma tis breviter trianguläres. Capsula obovato-turbinata basi acuta, 7 — 8 mm. 

 longa, 5 — G mm. crassa, breviter i^atenti-pilosa, loviter striata et bisulcata. 

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

 longa. 



