476 Ign. Ukban: -- 



visa. Calyx in alabastris juvenilibus clausus cylindraceus aequicrassus ; tubus 



4 — 4,5 mm. crassus, i^ilis brevibus ferrugineis, posterius pallcscentibus hori- 

 zontaliter patcntibus laevibus v. obsolete scabriusculis clense vestitus, pube 

 alia brevissima laevi curvula intermixta; lobi lanceolati obtusi 2 — 3 mm. 

 longi. C Groll a obscure rubra, glalierrima; tubus medio 2 — 3 mm. crassus; 

 lobi 10 — 12 mm. longi, apice rotundati. Filamcnta 7 — 8 mm. sub ore 

 corollae inserta, G — 7 mm. longa; antherae ex ore corollae paullo exsertae, 

 oblongo- lineares, in Y^ alt. affixae. Stylus glaber. 



Hab. in Haiti prope Gonaives ad Ennery, m. April, fl.: Buch 

 n. 141. 



Obs. Ex affinitate G. Sehestcnae Jacq., quae foliis et pube calycis omnino 

 discrepat. 



Cordia eiisifolia Urb. (n. sp.) ramis hornotiuis brevissime et ad- 

 presse setuloso-pilosis; foliis 7 — ^10 mm. longo petiolatis, oblongo -lineari- 

 bus, basi obtusis v. rotundatis, ad apicem sensim acuminatis, 15 — 24 cm. 

 longis, 2,5 — 4 cm. latis, margine integris v. obsolete undulato-crenatis, 

 subglabris coriaceis; inflorescentiis terminalibus pedunciüatis paiicifloris; 

 calyce cylindraceo, 11 mm. et ultra longo, enervi, parcissime piloso, in 

 sicco nigrescente, apice brevissime et irregiilariter lobato; corollae tubo 

 35 mm. longo, inferne cylindraceo, superne sensim ampliato, ad apicem 

 turbinato-dilatato et elevatim multistriato, lobis 6 — 7 breviter rhombeo- 

 ovatis tubo 5 — 6-plo brevioribus; drupa breviter ovata, 16 mm. longa, 

 13 mm. crassa, calyce arcte circumdata eoque ca. 8 mm. longo producto 

 rostrata. 



Rami vetustiores cinerei glabrati teretes, hornotini brunnei, lenticcllis 

 ellipticis notati, pube satis parca. Folia petiolis supra siücatis pilosulis, 



5 — 8-plo longiora quam latiora, nervo medio plus minus impresso v. in 

 sulco paullo prominulo, lateralibus 14 — 20, sub angulo 70 — 80^ abeunti- 

 bus subhorizontalibus v. arcuato-curvatis, supra tenuiter subtus crasse pro- 

 minentibus, utriaque dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, utrinque nitida in 

 sicco brunnca, margine plana, subtus ad nervum medium parce pilosula, 

 caeterum glabra. Pedunculus parce et ad presse pilosulus; bracteae nullae; 

 pedicelli 6 — 12 mm. longi. Calyx in alabastris juvenilibus fere clausus, 

 cylindraceus, superne paullo crassior, apice apiculis 5 curvatis ca. 0,5 mm. 

 longis notatus; tubus ca. 3 mm. crassus, pilis pallidis parcissimis perbrevibns 

 obsitus et granulis minutissimis sub microscopio ovatis v. oblongis brunneo- 

 nigrcscentibus densissime adspersus; lobi breviter trianguläres apiculati. Co- 

 rollae tubus inferne glaber 2 mm. crassus, superne praescrtim sub lobis et 

 extrinsccus ad lobos brevissime pilosus; lobi 7 — 8 mm. longi apice rotundati. 

 Filamcnta ca. 10 mm. sub ore corollae inserta, 8 mm. longa; antherae 

 inclusae lineares 4,5 mm. longae, in '-^/t ^^t. affixae. Stylus non visus. 

 Fructus V. potius calyx fructiger glaber. 



Hab. in Haiti in litoralibus prope Anse ä Veau, m. ejul. fl. et fruct.: 

 Picarda n. 1274. 



Obs. Species pulchcrrima ex affinitate C. Sehestcnae Jacq., quae foliis 

 toto coelo diversa est. 



