422 Ign. Urban: 



coalitis, petalis basi inia parum adhaerentibus; ovulis in quoque loculo 

 numerosissimis; Capsula obovata y. obovato-oblonga, 5 — 8 mm. longa, 

 superne 3,5 — 4 mm. lata; seminibus circumcirca alatis. 



Exostema siibcordatum Kr. et Urh. in Ber. Deutsch, bot. Ges. XV 

 (1897) p. 262 (nomen). 



Frutex 2 — 3-metralis (ex Jacquemont). Rami teretes cinerascentes. 

 Stipiilae inter petiolos ovato- trianguläres, satis longe persistentes. Folia 

 niargine angustissime recurva v. revoluta crassiuscule chartacea, nervis supra 

 plus niinns impressis, snpra in sicco obscure brunnescentia, non v. vix ni- 

 tentia, subtus pallide brunnea minutissime et obsolete, ad nervös paiülo magis 

 conspicue pilosula, in axillis non v. minuto doniatiata. Inflorescentiae 

 minute pilosae; bracteae lineares v. subulatae. Flores 5-meri. Calycis 

 tubus a latere compressus, minutissime pilosus laevis; lobi intus sulcati. 

 Corolla glabra; tubus anguste cylindraceus ; lobi in aestivatione imbricati, 

 sub anthesi arcuato-recnrvi. Filamenta filiformia interdum basi ima intus 

 brevissime pilosula; antherae exsertae, lobis corollinis paullo breviores, basi 

 inter crura affixae, lineares 10 — 12 mm. longae. Stylus filiformis glaber 

 ca. 50 mm. longus; Stigma ovatum v. breviter ovatum a latere compressum, 

 antheras superans. Discus circa styli basin annularis crassiusculus. Ova- 

 rium 2-loculare; ovula placentae lanceolatae parieti fere ab apice usque fere 

 ad basin dorso medio aduatae ca. 12-seriatim affixa. Capsula supra caly- 

 cem non producta, valvis demum vix 2-fidis. Semina ca. 1 mm. longa plana, 

 ipsa suborbicularia tenuiter reticulata, ala apice excisa. 



Hab. in Haiti in fruticetis saxosis montiiim supra La Eiviere 

 froide, in montibus apricis La Coupe 160 m. alt., m. Dec, Jan. flor.: 

 Jacquemont, Jaeger n. 210, Picarda n. 892. 



Obs. Alia specimina a cl. Picarda sub n. 13 et 892*^ collecta foliis 

 3 — 5 mm. longe petiolatis, basi obtusis, pedicellis 12 — 15 mm. longis rece- 

 dunt, sed fructibus deficientibus dici non potest, an varietatem, an speciem 

 propriam praebeant. 



Exostema Picardae Kr. et Urb. (n. sp.) ramis juuioribus minu- 

 tissime pulverulento-pilosulis; foliis 1 — 2 mm. longe petiolatis ovato - 

 oblongis, basi obtusis v.rotundatis, apice mediocriteracuminatis, 4 — 6 cm. 

 longis, 1,5 — 2,5 cm. latis, 2 — 2Y2-plo longioribus quam latioribus; in- 

 florescentiis corymbosis terminalibus et ex axillis supremis lateralibus, 

 pedicellis 5 — 9 mm. longis; calyce toto 7 — 8 mm. longo, tubo oblonge 

 lobis Knearibus obtusis aequilongo; corolla 30 — 35 mm. longa, in 2/5 ^It. 

 in tubum medio 1,5 mm. crassum coalita, lobis anguste lanceolato- 

 linearibus 1,5 — 1,8 mm. latis obtusis; staminibus liberis; ovulis in quo- 

 que loculo perplurimis; Capsula oblongo-cylindracea 12 — 15 mm. longa, 

 superne 3,5 — 4 mm. lata; seminibus circumcirca, sed lateraliter an- 

 guste alatis. 



Rami teretes cinerascentes. Stipulae inter petiolos ovato -trianguläres. 

 Folia margine angustissime revoluta crassiuscule cbartacea, nervis supra plus 

 minus impressis, supra opaca, subtus praesertim ad nervös minutissime v. 



