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12. Xolisma octandra (Sw.) Small. 
Andromeda octandra Sw. Prodr. 73. 1788. 
Lyonia octandra Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 142. 1859. 
A much-branched shrub or small tree, with sparingly scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, 
bright-green, the blades thickish, oblong to oblong-elliptic, or slightly broadest above the 
middle, mostly 3-6 cm. long, obtuse, entire, sometimes undulate, nearly smooth and shining 
above, slightly paler and sometimes obscurely reticulate beneath, short-petioled; panicles 
cluster-like, several-flowered, the pedicels short; calyx about 4 mm. wide, the lobes usually 4, 
deltoid to ovate-deltoid, abruptly pointed; corolla not seen; capsules ovoid or oval, 3.5—4 mm. 
long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica. 
DisTRIBUTION: Jamaica, 
13. Xolisma fasciculata (Sw.) Small. 
Andromeda fasciculata Sw. Prodr. 73. 1788. 
Andromeda jamaicensis Sw. Prodr. 73. 1788. 
Lyonia fasciculata G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 831. 1834. 
Lyonia jamaicensis D. Don, Edinb. New Phil. Jour. 17: 159. 1834. 
A branching shrub mostly 3 m. tall or less, with pale- or reddish-scurfy twigs; leaves 
numerous, bright-green, the blades thick, elliptic, sometimes narrowly so, to oblong, varying 
to broadest above or below the middle, mostly 2-7 cm. long, obtuse, reticulate on both sides, 
shining above, dull and slightly paler beneath, entire, short-petioled; panicles short; calyx 
4-5 mm. wide, the lobes usyally 5, reniform-ovate to ovate, acute; corolla white or 
nearly so, conic-urceolate, 6.5-7.5 mm. long, the lobes broad, much shorter than the tube; 
filaments 4—5 mm. long, very slender above the dilated bases, nearly glabrous; anthers about 
1 mm. long; capsules ovoid, 5-6 mm. long, the ribs very prominent. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamiaca. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica. 
ILLUSTRATION: Bot. Mag. $l. 4273. 
14. Xolisma affinis (A. Rich.) Small. 
Leucothoe afinis A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: 74. 1850. 
A much-branched shrub mostly 2 m. tall or less, with pale scurfy-canescent twigs; 
leaves rather numerous, pale-green, the blades elliptic to oblong, varying to broadest above 
or below the middle, 3-9 cm. long, obtuse or acutish, slightly reticulate, shining above, dull 
and pale, sometimes glaucescent beneath, entire, short-petioled; panicles short; calyx 5-5.5 
mm. wide, the lobes 5, lanceolate to triangular, acute or slightly acuminate; corolla 7-8 
mm. long, the lobes broad, much shorter than the tube; filaments 4-5 mm. long, very 
slender above the much dilated bases, glabrous or very sparingly villous; anthers 1.5 mm. 
long; capsules ovoid, 4.5-5.5 mm. long, the ribs prominent. 
TYPE LOCALIty: Santiago, Cuba, 
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Cuba. 
15. Xolisma obtusa (Griseb.) Small. 
Lyonia obtusa Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 51. 1866. 
Andromeda obtusa C. Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 6: 250. 1870. 
A rigidly branched shrub mostly less than 2 m. tall, with red-scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, 
bright-green, the blades oblong, oval, or suborbicular, varying to broadest above or below 
the middle, 1.5-4 cm. long, rounded or emarginate at the apex, smooth and shining above, or 
slightly reticulate in age, dull and pale beneath, entire, more or less revolute, short-petioled; 
panicles cluster-like, few-flowered, the pedicels stout; calyx 7-9 mm. wide, the lobes 5, déltoid 
to triangular-lanceolate, acute or acuminate; corolla not seen; capsules oval to ovoid, 6-8 mm. 
long. 
Tye# LocaLity: Eastern Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Eastern Cuba. 
