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16. Xolisma latifolia (A. Rich.) Small. 
Leucothoe latifolia A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: 74, 1850. 
Lyonia latifolia Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 51, in part. 1866. 
Andromeda latifolia C. Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 6: 250. 1870. 
A rigidly branched shrub mostly 2 m. tall or less, with red-scurfy twigs; leaves not crowded, 
deep-green, the blades broadly oval or suborbicular, ors ometimes obovate, mostly 4-8 mun. 
long, rounded or retuse at the apex, smooth and shining above, or coarsely reticulate in age, 
dull and reticulate beneath, entire, revolute, short-petioled; calyx 5-6 mm. wide, the lobes 
orbicular-ovate to broadly ovate, actite or acutish; corolla ovoid-urceolate, pinkish, 4.5-5.5 
mim. long, the lobes very short; filaments about 3 mm. long, slender above the much dilated 
bases, puberulent; anthers 1.5 mm. long; capsules ovoid, 5-6 mm. long. 
TYPE LocALIry: Near Santiago, Cuba. 
DisTRIBUTION: Eastern Cuba. 
ILLUSTRATION: Sagra, Hist, Cub. 11: 91. 52. 
17. Xolisma macrophylla Britton, sp. nov. 
A rigidly branched shrub or small tree, with reddish- or pale-scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, 
bright-green, the blades oblong or oval, varying to broadest above or below the middle, mostly 
3-6 cm. long, rounded at the apex, reticulate on both sides, shining above, dull and paler 
beneath, entire, short-petioled; panicles cluster-like, few-flowered, the pedicels rather short 
and stout; calyx 5.5-6.5 mm. wide, the lobes deltoid to triangular-lanceolate, acute; corolla 
white, 6-8 mm. long, conic-urceolate, the lobes very short; filaments 4—4.5 mm. long, very 
slender above the slightly dilated bases, minutely pubescent; anthers 1.5 mm. long; capsules 
ovoid, 5.5-6.5 mm. long. ; 
Type collected in the pinelands southeast of Paso Estancia, Oriente, Cuba, Shafer 1680 (herb. 
N. YV. Bot. Gard.). 
DistR1BuTION: Oriente, Cuba. 
18. Xolisma truncata (Urban) Small. 
Lyonia truncata Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 318, 1912. 
A much-branched shrub or small tree, with brownish-scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, 
bright-green, the blades oval or elliptic, suborbicular, or obovate, 1-4.5 cm. long, mostly 
truncate at the apex, irregularly crenate or crenulate, sometimes slightly reticulate at maturity, 
shining above, dull beneath, short-petioled; panicles cluster-like, few-flowered, the pedicels 
short; calyx 3.5-4 mm. wide, the lobes 5, deltoid-ovate, abruptly pointed; corolla 5-6 mm. 
long, ovoid-urceolate, the lobes broad, much shorter than the tube; filaments 3.5—-4 mm. long, 
slender above the slightly dilated bases, granular-puberulent; anthers less than 1.5 mm. Jong; 
capsules broadly ovoid or oval, 4-5 mm. long. 
Type Locality: Barahona, Santo Domingo. 
DIstTRIBUTION: Hispaniola. 
19. Xolisma tinensis (Urban) Small. 
Lyonia tinensis Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 533.» 1913, 
A much-branched shrub with dark-brown scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, bright-green, 
except the brown scurf on the younger ones, the blades elliptic-ovate, oblong-ovate, or 
oblong, 2-3.5 cm. long, obtuse or truncate at the apex, thick-leathery, crenate, somewhat 
revolute, rather coarsely but not very prominently reticulate beneath, nearly smooth and 
dull or slightly shining above, short-petioled; panicles cluster-like, few-flowered, the pedicels 
short; calyx about 3 mm. wide, the lobes 4 or 5, deltoid-ovate, reniform-ovate, ar some- 
what pentagonal, acute or abruptly pointed; corolla 5-6 mm. long, cylindric-urceolate, the 
lobes triangular, much shorter than the tube; filaments about 3 mm. long, slender above 
the slightly dilated bases, glabrous or nearly so; anthers scarcely 1 mm. long; capsules not 
seen. 
Type Locatrry: Placer de la Tina, Azua, Santo Domingo. 
DIistRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
