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lanceolata, inferne sensim in petiolum angustata, antice acu- 

 minata, apice ipso acuta, ad medium latissima, 7 — ]1 cm 

 longa, 2,5 — 4 cm lata, nervo medio supra ad basin versus 

 sulcato V. impresso, superne prominente, lateralibus utroque 

 latere 7 — 10 arcuato-ascendentibus, utrinque praesertim sub- 

 tus prominulis, subtus obsolete et tenuissime reticulata, 

 glabra, margine plana v. angustissime recurvata, chartacea. 

 Inflorescentiae axillares 1 — 3 mm longe pedunculatae, axibus 

 quam petioli brevioribus glabris v. minute pilosulis simpli- 

 cibus, dense 3 — 6-florae; bracteae lineares 2 — 3 mm longae 

 deciduae; pedicelli 1,5 — mm longi. Calyx tubulosus 4,5 — 5 

 mm longus; lobi triangulares tubo cr. 3-plo breviores. Co- 

 rolla 16 mm longa; tubus inferne lineari-cylindraceus in 

 statu compresso 1,5 mm latus, superne sensim ampliatus, 

 sub lobis 3 mm latus, intus glaber; lobi tubo 3-plo breviores 

 4 mm longi, erecti, marginibus inflexis extrinsecus breviter 

 albido-pilosis, explanati ovati apice rotundati 2,5 mm lati. 

 Stamina e tubo in ejus 7"' ^l^- abeuntia; filamenta quoad 

 libera 1 mm longa; antherae rotundatae. Stylus staminibus 

 aequilongus 12 mm longus; stigma stylo duplo latius. Ova- 

 rium cr. 12-ovulatum. Fructus (non plane maturi) ovales, 

 usque 10 mm longi, usque 6,5 mm crassi. — Morne de la 

 Hotte in declivibus sept.- orient, in sylvis montanis cr. 800 

 m alt.: n. 136 b, 169. 



Obs. Praecedenti valde affine. 



Bignoniaceae. 



Tabebuia deusifolia Urb. (spec. nov.). Arbor parva, 

 ramosissima. Rami vetustiores basibus petiolorum delapsorum 

 dense tuberculati, internodiis cr. 1 mm longis, ad apicem 

 sordide albidi. Folia 1 — 1,5 mm longe petiolata, simplicia, 

 anguste oblonga v. oblongo-lanceolata, basi obtusiuscula, 

 apice obtusiuscula v. acuta, 8 — 16 mm longa, supra medium 

 latissima, 3 — 4 mm lata, nervo medio supra in sulco vix 

 prominulo, lateralibus supra vix v. non conspicuis, subtus 

 utroque latere 3 — 5 prominentibus subhorizontalibus, ante 

 marginem recurvis, dense reticulato-anastomosantibus, cori- 

 acea rigida, minute lepidota sordide albeseentia. Pedunculi 

 7 — 10 mm longi, ad medium prophylla bina subalterna subu- 



