Nova orener.i et sperios TT. 371 



margine fimbriato-laceris plus minus floccoso-indutis; foliis 15 — 5 mm. 

 longe petiolatis, ovalibiis usque oblonge -lanceolatis, basi obtusis v. acu- 

 tiusculis, apice brevissime v. obsolete et obtuse acuminatis, 8 — 15 cm. 

 longis, 2,5 — 5,5 cm. latis; inflorescentiis axillaribus brevissime peduncu- 

 latis V. sessilibus 2 — 3-floris, pedicellis 5 — 12 mm. longis; calyce cyliu- 

 draceo, 11 — 13 mm. longo, lobis 3, raro 4 — 5, tubo 6 — 7-plo bre- 

 vioribus; corollae tubo e calyce breviter prominente, inferne anguste 

 cylindraceo, in % ^It. usque ad os anguste turbinato; fructu oblonge 

 exsucco, a calyce plane incluso. 



Frutex 2,5 m. altns, ramis dependeiitibus (ex Egg.). Ramuli vetu- 

 stiores teretes cinerascentes glabrati, liornotini subangulati, pube üavo-gi-isea. 

 Folia nervo medio supra impresso, sed in suico iterum plus minus pro- 

 minento, lateralibus 7 — 10 sub angulo ca. 70^ abeuntibus ad marginem 

 arcuatis, supra prominulis et tenuissime reticulato-anastomosantibus, supra 

 glabra nitida, subtus paullo pallidiora, demuni subglabrescentia , margine 

 anguste recurva. Pedunculus nullus v. usque 5 mm. longus; bracteae 

 calliformes (v. deciduae?). Calyx cj^lindraceus , superne parum ampliatus, 



2 — 2,5 mm. crassus, fructifer anguste oblongus et plus minus manifeste 

 10-nervis; lobi trianguläres obtusiusculi ca. 1,5 mm. longi. Corollae tubus 

 IG mm. longus, inferne 1 mm., sub apice 3 mm. crassus, extrinsecus glaber, 

 intus ad filamenta adnata brevissime albido-pilosulus; lobi 5 reflexi, 7 mm. 

 longi, tubo plus quam duplo breviores, ovato- v. oblongo-lanceolati, obtusius- 

 culi, nunc obsolete apiculati, 3 mm. lati, extrinsecus tomentosuli, margine 

 involuti. Stamina 5 (raro 4), quoad libera 5 mm. longa glabra, ad inser- 

 tionem intus squamulosa; antherae breviter ovatae, dorso sub medio affixae, 

 os tubi coroUini attiugentes. Discus cupuliformis, chartaceus, margine 

 erosulus. Ovarium ovatum glabrum; ovula medio dissopimenti longitrorsum 

 affixa. Stylus 15 mm. longus, inferne glaber, superne l)revissime scabrius- 

 culus; Stigma stylo ca. 3-plo crassius, crasse peltatum. Fructus a calyce 



3 mm. longe superatns, 9 mm. longus, 3 mm. crassus, glaber sublaevis; 

 pericarpium coriaceum oxsuccum. Semina iu quoque fructu 10 — 13, ple- 

 raque oblonga angnlata, 3 mm. longa, 1 mm. lata, suprema et infima bre- 

 viora et latiora, omuia bruneo-nigrescentia, obsolete rugulosa; endospermium 

 amplum carnosum. Embryo subrectus; cotyledones ovali-orbiculares com- 

 pressae, radicula parte tertia breviores. 



Hab. in Haiti: Nectoux; Sto. Domingo in sylvis Sierra de Palo 

 Quemado 810 m. alt, m. Majo fruct.: Eggers n. 1871 ^ 



Obs. Nulli alii arctius affine, inter omnes Indiae occidentalis species 

 et alias quas vidi, fructu a calyce superato et obtecto, insignis et sectionem 

 novam: Pseudocestrum sistens. 



Bruiifelsia Faweettii Urb. (n. sp.) ramis foliisque glabris; foliis 

 6 — 10 mm. longe petiolatis, elliptico-oblongis v. oblonge -lanceolatis, 

 inferne subsensim angustatis, basi ima acutis v. obtusiusculis, antice 

 solemniter et satis longe acuminatis, apice ipso acute v. acutiusculo, 

 11—7 cm. longis, 4 — 2 cm. latis, 27., — 3-ple longioribus quam latio- 

 ribus, planis; fleribus in apice ramerum et praeterea ramulorum valde 



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