380 Ign. Urbän: 



angustioribiis et longioribus, corolla diraidio majore facile separanda est. 

 G. Cliristii Urb. (ex Haiti) foliis 1 — 2 cm. longe petiolatis, pedunculis 

 1-floris, corolla recedit. 



Gesiieria Earlei Urb. et Britton (n. sp.) ramis hornotinis pilis 

 articulatis longitiidiue mediocribus villosiiisculis; foliis 4 — 8 mm. longe 

 petiolatis, lauceolatis v. oblongo-lauceolatis, basi acutis, obtusiusculis 

 V. inferne seusim in petiolum angustatis, medio latissimis, apice acutis, 

 4 — 6 cm. lougis, 1 — 2 cm. latis, margine basi excepta crenatis v. ser- 

 ratis, rigidiuscule chartaceis, snpra plauis setis brevissimis inferne in- 

 crassatis scabridis, subtus brevissime et subadpresse pilosis; inflores- 

 centiis 1-floris, pedunculo toto 2 — 3,5 cm. longo, ad v. supra medium 

 bibracteato; cal3'^cis lobis lanceolato-linearibus v. sublinearibus, 4 — 5 mm. 

 longis; corolla ex sicco rubra, urceolato-cyliudracea subrecta, 17 mm. 

 longa, medio in statu compresso 7 mm. lata, breviter pilosa, apice bre- 

 viter 5-loba, lobis er. 1 mm. longis erectis; antheris styloque omnino 

 inclusis; Capsula obovata, breviter et adpresse pilosa uon costata. 



Verisimiliter fruticulosa. Rami vetiistiores denudati teretes glabres- 

 centes, internodiis 3 — 5 mm. longis, hornotini foliosi v. rubescentes pube 

 patula V. suberecta. Folia petiolis subteretibus , nervo medio supra plus 

 minus impresso, lateralibus in quoque latere 6 — 7 supra impressis et paruni 

 eonspicuis, subtus prominentibus et reticulato-conjunctis, sujira in sicco 

 obscure viridia, subtus multo pallidiora. Pedunculi axillares er. 0,3 mm. 

 crassi; proi^hylla lanceolato-linearia v. linearia 2 — 4 mm. longa; pedicelli 

 fructiferi arcuato-curvati. Calyx breviter obconicus, basi acutus, breviter 

 et adpresse pilosus; lobi obtusiusculi , medio er. 0,8 mm. lati. Corollae 

 tubus urceolato-cylindraceus, intra calycis lobos attenuatus; lobi semiorbi- 

 culares subaequales. Capsula 7 mm. longa, 4 mm. crassa, intra calycis 

 lobos semigloboso- prominens. 



Hab. in Cuba prov. Santa Clara in scopulosis ad Eio San Juan, 

 m. Mart. flor. et fruct: Britton, Earle et Wilson n. 5965. 



Obs. Juxta G. acaulem L. (e Jamaica) et G. libanensem Morr. (e Cuba) 

 ponenda, quarum prior foliis superne latioribns, supra elevatim reticulatis, 

 pedunculis brevibus, calycis lobis elongatis longe subulato-acuminatis, corolla 

 25 — 30 mm. longa, fructu costato, ulterior foliis obovato-oblongis, margine 

 profundius et irregulariter serratis, supra bullatis, reticulo venarum supra 

 prominente, calj^cis lobis longe subulato-acuminatis, corolla er. 30 mm. longa 

 arcuata, fructu costato abhorrent. 



Acanthaceae. 



Dysclioriste diffusa (Nees) Urb. caulibus pilis patentibus v. sub- 

 reflexis articulatis dense obsitis; foliis 2 — 4 mm. longe petiolatis, sub- 

 orbicularibus v. breviter ovatis, utriuque brevissime et dense pilosis; 

 calycis laciniis inferne lineari-lanceolatis, in 1/3 superiore lineari- 

 acuminatis, dorso longiuscule patenti- pilosis, 6—7 mm. longis, inferne 



