28 ARKIV FÖR BOTANIK. BAND 17. N:0 7. 



cr. 60 cm longus, inferne 4 — 4,5 mm crassus teres, supern« 

 angulatus, glaber, inferne plumbeo-coloratus et parre v. ob 

 solete, superne crebre ferrugineo-lepidotus, internodiis 8 — 1' 

 cm longis. Stipulae anguste ovatae v. ovato-oblongae obtu 

 siusculae v. acutae, 10 — 12 mm longae, cystolithis brevitei 

 linearibus densissime obsitac, chartaceae, longe persistentes 

 Folia 12 — 20 mm longe petiolata, suborbicularia, rhombeo 

 rotundata v. semiovalia, ad basim parum v. vix producta 

 basi ima plerumque minute emarginata, antice rotundata v 

 truncata, 3,5 — 5 cm longa et lata, nervis lateralibus utroqiK 

 latere binis crassioribus snb ^jh longitudinis folii e medi' 

 prodeuntibus et supra sicut medio bene impressis, parun 

 ramosis, caeteris parcis multo tenuioribus et subhorizontali 

 bus, margine toto irregulariter denticulata, cystolithis supr; 

 linearibus quaquaversus directis, subtus valde abbreviati? 

 fere punctiformibus densissime obsita coriacea glabra, subtu.- 

 impresso-punctata. Pedimculus (solitarius masculus tantuii 

 visus) 6,5 cm longus cr. 1 mm crassus dense cystolithiger; 

 inflorescentia e capitulis dense aggregatis composita cr. 1,; 

 cm diametro; pedicelli deflorati 1 — 1,5 mm longi. Perian 

 thium cr. 1,5 mm longum; lobi acuminati. — Morne de In 

 Hotte in declivibus saxosis sept. -orient, in sylvis mtontani;- 

 cr. 800 m, m. Jun. flor.: n. 182. 



Obs. Species peculiaris nulli alii arctius affinis. 



Pilea Norliiidii Urb. (spec. nov.). Verisimiliter fruti- 

 culosa dioeca erecta. Rami annotini fistulosi lignescentes 

 sordide albidi teretes, hornotini pilis brevissimis patentibus 

 articulatis dense vestiti et cystolithis linearibus obsiti, inter- 

 nodiis 1 — 5 cm longis. Stipulae obovatae v. rotundatae, 2 — 4 

 mm longae cystolithigerae. Folia in eodem pari plerumque 

 valde inaequilonge petiolata et inaequimagna, petiolis 3 — 30 

 mm longis brevissime pilosis, majora elliptica v. elliptico- 

 lanceolata, basi obtusiuscula v. obtusa, antice subsensim acu- 

 minata, 2,5 — 6 cm longa, 1,2 — 2,6 cm lata, minora ovali-rhom- 

 boidea v. rhombea, usque ad 1 cm long, decrescentia, nervis 

 e basi v. paullo supra basin 3, lateralibus in ^/s—'^/i long, 

 productis, supra postremo impressis, subtus bene prominen- 

 tibus et tenuiter anastomosanti-conjunctis, margine fere usque 

 ad basin serrata, supra glabra et cystolithis linearibus bene 

 conspicuis quaquaversus directis et aliis punctiformibus dense 



