312 IwN. Urbän: 



minutis, sessilibus, congestis; calyce campanulato, minute S-dentato; 

 petalis iitriuque glabris. 



Rami simplices, satis graciles, stricti, teretiusculi. Petiolus robus- 

 tiusculus, 3 — 7 mm. longus; l'olia patula vel patenti-reflexa, rigidiuscula, 

 plana, supra nitidula atroviridia, subtus fnlva, 8 — 10 cm longa, 5 — GV? cm. 

 lata; nervis robustiuscnlis, supra vix impressis, subtus valde prominentibus ; 

 nervulis transversalibus numerosis, paulo flexuosis, subtus satis prominen- 

 tibus. Paniculae strictae, 10 — IG cm. longae, rarais brevibus vel bre- 

 vissimis, erecto-patulis, simplicibus vel inferioribus paulo ramulosis; brac- 

 teae ovatae, apiculatae, saepius vix 1 mm. longae. Calyx basi obtusus, 

 2^2 ^^^- longus, apice 2 mm. latus. Petala alba, patula, obovata, obtusa, 

 2^.2 — 3 mm. longa. Antherae anguste lineares, subrectae, 3 mm. longae. 

 Stylus filiformis, superne leviter arcuatus, G — 7 mm. longus, Stigmata 

 punctiformi. 



Hab. in Trinidad in sylvaruni margine ad Caroui et prope Cap 

 de Yille, m. Nov. fl.: Eggers n. 1105, B. Othmer n. 334. 



Obs. A premiere vue, cette espece rappeile le 31. rubiginosa DC, 

 mais ses feuilles non acuminees et ä 7 nervures au lieu de 5, Ten distin- 

 guent nettement. Elle doit plutot se ranger dans le voisinage du M. velii- 

 tina Triana. 



Micoiüa Sliaferii Cogn. (u. sp.) (sect. Cremanium): glaberrima; 

 rarais gracilibus, acute 4-gonis, junioribus vix furfiiraceis; foliis parvis, 

 breviter petiolatis, crassiuscule coriaceis, elliptico-obovatis, basi apice- 

 que obtusis vel subrotimdatis, integerriniis, trinerviis; paniculis rainu- 

 tis, congestis, paucifloris, foliis paulo longioribiis; floribus 5-meris, 

 brevissime pedicellatis, ebracteatis; calyce campanulato, lobis satis 

 parvis, late triangularibiis, dorso denticulo crasso triangulari-subu- 

 lato instructis. 



Bami satis graciles, sordide cinerei, 2 — 3-chotome ramulosi, ramis 

 patulis, dense foliosis. Foliorum petiolus 1 — 3 mm. longus; limbus 

 patulus, rigidus, margine leviter revolutus, utrinque flavo-viridis, 15 — 

 24 mm. longus, 9 — 14 mm. latus, nervo niediano supra profundiuscule 

 canaliculato, subtus valde prominente, nervis lateralibus tenuissimis margini 

 proxiniis, nervulis transversalibus indistinctis. Paniculae erectae, 2 — 3 cm. 

 longae; pedicelli ^/^ — 1 mm. longi. Calycis tubus (in alabastro) 2^1., mm. 

 longus, apice totidem latus; lobi erecto-patuli, 1^4 mm. longi. Antherae 

 obovoideae, ^j.^ mm. longae. 



Hab. in Cuba Orient, in Camp La Gloria, prope Sierra Moa: 

 Shafer n. 8199. 



Obs. Affinis M. huxifoliae Naud. 



Mieoiiia ealyeiiia Cogn. (n. sp.) (sect. Chacnopleura) glaberrima; 

 ramis robustiuscnlis, obscure tetragonis, superne alternatim satis com- 

 pressis; foliis breviuscnle petiolatis, coriaceis, ovato-oblongis, basi 

 rotundatis, apice subabrapte breviterque acuminatis, margine remo- 

 tiuscule minuteque undulato-denticulatis, 5-nerviis; paniculis sub- 



