498 ioN. IJrban: 



V. breviter subacuminatis, 10 — 5 cm. longis, 3 — 1,5 cm. latis, margiue 

 siibirregulariter crenatis v. dentatis, coriaceis; inflorescentiis 1-floris, 

 pedunculo toto 2 — 5 cm. longo; calycis lobis lineari-filiformibus, 10 — 

 14 mm. longis; corolla siüfurea, cvliudracea, superne param ampliata, 

 vix curvata, er. 16 mm. longa, sub apice in statu compresso 4,5 mm. 

 lata, apice bilabiata, labio posteriore erecto, inferiore reflexo; anthcris 

 labiuni posterius vix superautibus; stylo ex ore corollae 5 mm. longe 

 exserto; Capsula turbinata v. late turbinata, subalato-5-costata. 



Frutex 1,3 — 1,6 m. altus. Rarai teretes, cicatricibus foliorum densis 

 obsiti, vetustiores in sicco brunescentes, ad apicem folia dense aggregata 

 gerentes. Folia petiolis supra anguste sulcatis, ad basiu paullo magis 

 augustata, nervo medio supra impresso, lateralibus 8 — 12, supra elevatim 

 et dense reticulato-anastoraosantibus, reticulo subtns parum conspicuo, supra 

 in sicco obscure olivacea, subtiis multo pallidiora. Pedunculi axillares, 

 er. 0,5 mm. crassi, in er. ^4 alt. propbylla lineari-filiforniia subalterna usque 

 iO mm. longa decidua gerentes, fructiferi patentes. Calyx turbinatus, saepius 

 resina indutus; lobi e basi triangulari-lanceolata filiformi - attenuati , intus 

 sulcati, in fnictu conniventes. Corolla utrinque glabra; labium snperius 

 4 — 5 mm. longum, nsque Ys bifidum. lobis semiovalibus, inferius usqne ad 

 basin 3-fidnra, lobis anguste triangularibus. Filamenta inter sese libera, 

 basi ima corollae brevissime adnata, glabra, corollae aequilonga; antherae 

 ovato-ellipticae, inter sese liberae. Staminodium 5 mm. longnm, antheram 

 deformatam minutam gerens. Discus brevis annularis carnosns. Stylus 

 glaber, ad apicem paullo recurvum subincrassatus; stigma stylo vix amplius 

 obsolete bilobnm. Capsula 4—5 mm. longa, superne 5 mm. crassa, inter 

 lobos cal3xinos deliiscens et hoc loco brevissime pilosa. Semina oblongo- 

 linearia, brunea, utrinque obtnse et pallidius apiculata, 1 mm. longa, 0,3 mm. lata. 



Hab. in Jamal ca prope Troy ad Glasgow in rupibus calcareis, 

 460—500 m. alt., m. April, et Xovembr. flor. et fruct.: Harris n. 8670, 

 9066. 



Obs. Ex affinitate G. veirucosae (Dcne.) 0. Ivtze. e Cuba, quae ramis 

 hornotinis verrucosis, foliis bis ter brevioribus obovatis v. obovato-oblongis 

 integris v. apice tantum denticulatis, lobis calycinis 4 — 7 mm. longis, corolla 

 23 mm. longa, supra basin curvata, lobis subaequalibus plane abhorret 



Oesiieria alpiiia Urb. (n. sp.) glabra; foliis 5 — 18 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, anguste ovatis, ovato-ellipticis v. ellipticis, basi rotimdatis 

 V. plerumque obtusis, apice breviter v. mediocriter acuminatis, acumine 

 ipso obtusiusculo v. obtuso, 5 — 10 cm. longis, 2,5 — 4 cm. latis, ad v. sub 

 medio latissimis, non raro subinaequilateris, margine basi excepta depresse 

 et saepe inaequaliter dentatis, subcoriaceis v. coriaceis; inflorescentiis 

 1-floris, pedunculo toto 4— 6 cm. longo, in '/^ — ^5 '^^^- bracteolas binas 

 lineares gereute; calycis lobis e basi anguste lauceolata linearibus 

 apice obtusis, inaeqiiilongis (saepe in eodem flore), 8 — 20 mm. longis, 

 corollam aequantibus v. paullo superautibus, integris; corolla sulfurea, 

 fere a basi ad apicem versus sensim usque duplo ampliata, tubo 15 — 



