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ex apice ramorum prodeuntia, petiolis 4 — 9 cm longis, 2—3 

 mm crassis suffulta; foliola 3 v. 5, terminalia 25 — 35 mm, 

 intermedia 20—25 mm, basalia 3—4 mm longe petiolulata, 

 superiora orbiculari-ovalia v. late obovata, basi leviter ex- 

 cisa, antice rotundata v. obsolete acuminata, 10 — 13 cm 

 longa, 6 — 9 cm lata, basalia fere orbicuiaria, 4 — 5,5 cm 

 longa, 3,5 — 4,5 cm lata, plerumque supra medium latissima, 

 nervo medio supra profunde impresso, lateralibus utroque 

 latere 8 — 10 supra sulcato-impressis et grosse impresso-ana- 

 stomosantibus, subtus prominentibus et grosse anastomosanti- 

 conjunctis, in pagina inferiore minute reticulata, supra par- 

 cissime, subtus creberrime lepidota, margine plana, crasse 

 coriacea, subtus multo pallidiora. Flores fructusque ignoti. 

 — Morne de la Hotte in montibus occid. Ma Blanche cr. 

 1,400 m: n. 600. 



Gesneriaceae. 



Oesneria Ekmauii Urb, (spec. nov.). Verosimiliter fru- 

 ticosa. Rami qui adsunt superne 6 — 8 mm crassi, granulati, 

 caeterum glabri, apice parce resinosi. Folia 5 — 10 mm longe 

 petiolata, obovato-oblonga v. oblonga, inferne sensim in 

 petiolum angustata, apice breviter v. brevissime acuminata, 

 8 — 20 cm longa, 2,5 — 7 cm lata, in Vs — Vi longitudinis latis- 

 sima, nervo medio supra applanato v. parum impresso, late- 

 ralibus utroque latere 8 — 15 sub angulo 50° — 60° abeuntibus, 

 supra tenuiter prominulis, subtus crasse prominentibus et 

 subgrosse reticulato-anastomosantibus, margine toto iriaequa- 

 liter et dense dentata v. superne interdum sublobulata, supra 

 pilis fere semper ad bulbillos reductis scabrida, subtus multo 

 pallidiora laevia, plus minus coriacea. Inflorescentiae axil- 

 lares, pedunculo 16—18 cm longo, 2 — 2,5 mm lato granulate 

 superne plus minus compresso, ipsae 3 — 6 cm longae, semel 

 cymose divisae, dein cincinnosae, 7 — 9-florae; prophylla lan- 

 ceolato-linearia v. linearia integra, ramulis cincinni plus 

 minus sursum adnata, 12—6 mm longa; pedicelli 3 — 5 mm 

 long!. Flores evoluti mihi non visi, valde pallide bruneo- 

 rubri (ex Ekm.). Calycis lobi supra fructum lanceolato-line- 

 ares v. sublineares usque 14 mm longi, supra basin usque 

 3 mm lati crasse coriacei rigidi integri. Capsula turbinata 



