502 Ign. Urban: 



4 mm. diam., usque ad medium stipitata, glabra, 4-sperma. Semiua 

 plaua, 4 mm. longa, er. 3 mm. lata, muriculata. Jaculatores hamati, 

 3 mm. longi. 



Hab. in Jamaica in Holly Mount pvope Ewarton, 800 m. alt., 

 ra. Febr. fl.: Harris n. S8S8, et ad Mount Diablo, 800-840 m. alt., 

 m. Aug. fl.: Harris n. 8968, prope Troy ad Tyre 660 m. alt, m. April, 

 fl. et fr.: Harris n. 9362. 



Obs. Tertia generis species, cuius alterae in Andibus vigeiit. Differt 

 a P. grandifJom, specie peruviana, foliorum forma, floribus majoribus, coeru- 

 leis etc., a P. Eggcrsii^ specie aequatoricnsi, foliis, iuflorescentiis nee non 

 floribus majoribus. 



Rubiaceae. 



ßoiideletia amplexicaiüis Urb. (u. sp.) ramis glabris; foliis 

 — 5 mm. longe petiolatis, obovatis nsque ellipticis, saepius subinaequi- 

 lateris, basi truncata v. cordata plus minus amplexicaulibus, ad apicem 

 acuminatis, 15-30 cm. longis, 7— 15 cm. latis, 2— 3-plo longioribus 

 quam latioiibus, margine plauis v. recurvis, glabris, chartaceo-coriaceis 

 V. coriaceis; iuflorescentiis axillaribns panniculatis v. corymbosis, folio 

 aequilongis v. duplo brevioribus, floribus — ^4 mm. longe pedicellatis; 

 calycis lobis lineari-subulatis, tubo globuloso aequilongis v. pauUo 

 longioribns; corollae tubo cylindraceo (fl. dolichost.) v. in Ys superiore 

 sensim dilatato (fl. bracbyst.), extrinsecns glabro siibglabrove, 9 — 12 mm. 

 longo, lobis 3 — 5-plo brevioribus, obovato-rotundatis v. orbicularibus, 

 intus pulverulento-pilosulis; antheris inclusis, 1,5—2 mm. longis, fila- 

 mentis brevibus; capsulis 5 — 7 mm. latis; seminibus alatis, ala irre- 

 gulariter denticulata. 



Frutex 4 — 5 m. altus pulcherrimus (ex Harr.). Rami qui suppetunt 

 0,G — 1,2 cm. crassi, obtusanguli , intra stipulas strigoso-pilosi, caetcrum 

 glabri, cortice cincrascente longitrorsuni rimoso. Stipulae interpetiolares 

 trianguläres subulato-acuminatae, extrinsecns glabrae, intus dense albido- 

 strigosae. Folia nervo medio latiusculo supra concavo, lateralibus ntroque 

 latere 10 — 12 supra snlcatis, utrinque tenuiter anastomosantibus, supra 

 obscure viridia, subtus i^allidiora. Inflorcscentiae pedunculo G — 10 cm. 

 longo biconvexo; bracteae 2 v. 4 inferiores euphylloideae ovato-oblongae 

 7 — 4 cm. longae, caeterae v. onines lineari-subulatae, margine pilosulae; 

 rami compressi, ad bractearum insertionem pilosuli caetcrum glabri. Flores 

 in cyraula terminales plerumque sessiles, laterales pedicellati, 5-meri, certe 

 dimorphi. Calycis tubus glaber v. plus minus pulverulento-pilosus; lobi 

 1,5 — 2 mm. longi. Corollae tubus inferne 1,5 mm., ad apicem in fl. doli- 

 chost. 2,5 mm. crassus, intus glaber; lobi apice rotundati. Filamenta 

 4 mm. sub ore corollae inserta, 1 mm. longa; antherae sub Yg alt. affixae, 

 oblongo-lineares, ab ore 2 mm. remotae. Stylus ad basin breviter patenti- 

 pilosus, brevior 5 mm. longus, usque supra medium bifidus, lobis lineari- 

 subulatis, longior 10 mm. longus, apice bifidus, lobis 1,5 mm. longis anguste 

 ovatis. Capsulae transversim ovales v. breviter ovales, 4 — 5 mm. longae, 



