48 ARKIV FÖPw BOTA.NIK. BAND 17. N:0 7. 



Obs. Affinis M. puberulo Cogn., quod pilis ramulosi- 

 brunescentibus brevissimis ad ramos, petiolos et pedunculo- 

 obviis, foliis planis, denticellis eorum setuloso-productis sta- 

 tim discernendum est. 



Ekmaniocharis Ueu. 



(Genus novum.) 



Calj'cis glabri tubus obovato-globosus, intus sub limbo 

 linea prominente minute denticellata circumcirca notatus; 

 limbus merabranaceus, in aestivatione juvenili alabastrum 

 clausum petala includens subsemiglobosum minute apicula 

 turn integrum formans, posterius irregulariter ruptus, dorse 

 ad basin denticulos 4 triangulares crassiusculos tubo adnatos 

 apice vix liberos gerens. Petala 4 in aestivatione contorta, 

 anguste obovata, antice suboblique truncata, non vel obso 

 lete emarginata, apice nuda. Stamina 8 subaequalia; fila 

 menta linearia; antherae oblongo-lineares, apice subtruncatae 

 rectae, loculis apice poro hiantibus, connectivo lineari basi 

 vix producto, cum filamento articulato inappendiculato 

 Ovarium tubo calycino usque ad medium adhaerens, vertice 

 circa styli basin in dentes plures subulatos membranaceo 

 excurrens. 4-loculare; stylus sübaequicrassus, stigmate minute 

 truncato quam st^'lus paullo angustiore. — Frutex haitiensis 

 glaber; rami teretes, ad apicem obsolete obtusanguli, apic( 

 sub petiolorum insertione eupulis brevibus coriaceis circum 

 circa annuliformi-cincti. Folia breviter petiolata, ovato-cor 

 data acuminata coriacea, praeter nervös marginales tenuej 

 trinervia, nervatura subtus crasse prominente, margine setoso 

 ciliata. Inflorescentiae axillares et ad nodos vetustiores ob- 

 viae, paniculatae, tenues. Flores pedicellati rubri parvi. 

 sub calyce bibracteolati. 



Obs. Grato animo dicavi hoc genus inter omnes Mela- 

 stomataceas cupulis ramealibus stipulas connatas simulantibiu 

 insigne, Mecranio affine clo. collectori Dr. E. L. Ekman. 



Ekmaniocharis crassinervi.s Urb. (spec. nov.). Rami hor 

 notini superne obtusissime quadranguli, inferne subteretes 

 internodia 1,5 — 2,5 cm longa, cupulis er. 1,5 mm altis. Folij 

 6—8 mm longe petiolata, ovata, raro suborbicularia, bas' 

 plus minus exciso-cordata, apice breviter v. mediocriter acu 

 minata, 5—8 cm longa, 3 — 4,5 cm lata, 5-nervia, nervis t 



