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ferrugineis, posterius albescentibus, sub microscopic e pilij 

 pluribus subulatis pedi commuiii insidentibus compositis 

 Folia er. 2 cm longe petiolata, ovato-oblonga, basi obtus« 

 superne sensim acuminata, apice acuto, 10 — 15 cm longa 

 3,5 — 6 cm lata, e basi v. perpaullum supra basin 5-nervia 

 nervis 2 exterioribus margini .oontiguis, 2 intermediis 4—', 

 mm a margine remotis usque ad apicem productis, sicul 

 medio supra impressis, secundariis numerosis 2 — 4 mm intei 

 sese distantibus subhorizontalibus supra leviter impressis 

 subtus bene prominentibus et reticulato-corjunctis, margin* 

 fere ad basin eximie dentata, dentibus obtusis sursum cur 

 vatis, minoribus saepe interjectis, coriaoea, supra viridis 

 glabra minute et densissime punctata, subtus pallide ferru 

 ginea et floccis miiiutis sub microscopic pilos numerosos in 

 aequilongos basi cohaerentes quaquaversus directos praeben 

 tibus adspersa. Inflorescentiae terminales paniculatae 5 — ' 

 cm longae, in fructibus tantum cognitae; bracteae deciduae 

 pedicelli 4 — 7 mm longi, paullo sub fructu articulati, Florei 

 albi (ex Ekman). Sepala 5 sublibera, anguste triangularig 

 apice obtusa 3 mm longa, dorso appendice triangulari-lanceo 

 lata crassiuscula inferne calyci adnata superne libera 1,5 

 mm longa aucta. Fructus (immaturi) globulosi cr. 6 mrr 

 diametro, pills minutis multiradiatis pulverulent! 5-loculare 

 mesocarpio caeruleo. — Morne de la Hotte in declivibus sept, 

 orient, in sylvis montanis frequens, m. Jun.: n. 206. 



Obs. Habitu praesertim foliorum M. Sintenisii Cogn 

 similis et fortasse etiam ex ejus affinitate. Haecce differ 

 ramis hornotinis ad apicem breviter ferrugineo-floccosis moj 

 glabrescentibus, foliis basi truncatis v. subcordatis margine 

 integris v. minute denticulatis, e basi ipsa 5-nervibus, calyci; 

 lobis breviter et late triangularibus. 



Mecranium haitieiise Urb. (spec. nov.). Frutex. Ram 

 juniores teretes glabri purpureo-nigrescentes, internodiis 1 — i 

 cm longis. Folia 5 — 10 mm longe petiolata, ovato-elliptic£ 

 V. elliptica, basi acuta et paullum in petioles protracta 

 antice acuminata, 4 — 8 cm longa, 1,7 — 3 cm lata, 5-nervia 

 nervis 2 exterioribus e basi prodeuntibus margini valde 

 approximatis tenuibus, 2 intermediis 1 — 3 mm supra basin ( 

 medio abeuntibus 3 — 6 mm a margine distantibus, medic 

 supra prominulo, caeteris supra applanatis v. obsolete im 



