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5. Comarostaphylis microcarpa Small, sp. nov. 
A shrub with minutely tomentulose twigs; leaf-blades linear to linear-oblanceolate, 3-7 
em. long, acute or mucronulate, entire, thickish, slightly revolute, glabrous, minutely reticulate 
and somewhat shining above, minutely tomentulose and reticulate beneath, short-petioled; 
panicles loosely flowered, the rachis and pedicels minutely glandular-pubescent; calyx 3-4 
mim. wide, the lobes ovate, abruptly pointed, obscurely ciliolate; corolla not seen; drupes 
globular or somewhat depressed, about 3 mm. in diameter. 
Type collected in the Sierra Madre, Territorio de Tepic, Mexico, August 13, 1897, J. N. Rose 
3466 (U.S. Nat. Herb.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Tepic. 
6. Comarostaphylis mucronata Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 76. 1851. 
Comarosiaphylis mucronata brevifolia Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 76. 1851. 
Comarostaphylis mucronata angustata Klotzsch, Linnaea 24: 76. 1851. 
Arctostaphylos mucronata Hems}. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 279. 1881, 
A shrub with cinereous-canescent twigs; leaf-blades oblong, often narrowly so, 3-8.5 cm. 
long, thinnish, mucronate, deep-green and minutely pubescent above, cinereous-canescent 
beneath, entire or merely undulate, short-petioled; panicles rather loosely flowered, the rachis 
and pedicels cinereous-canescent; calyx 4-4.5 mm. wide, the lobes ovate to deltoid-ovate, 
acute or abruptly pointed, finely pubescent; corolla 6-7 mm. long; stamens about 2.5 mm. long, 
the filaments villous; drupes 2~3 mm. in diameter. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Mexico. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mexico. 
7. Comarostaphylis Caeciliana (Loesener) Small. 
Arctostaphylos Caeciliana Loesener, Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: 553, 1894. 
A shrub with tomentulose twigs; leaf-blades broadly lanceolate to oblong, orsometime 
oval, 3-6 cm. long, obtuse or abruptly sharp-pointed, entire, thickish, somewhat revolute and 
undulate, glabrous above, more or less tomentulose-lanate beneath, short-petioled; panicles 
rather loosely flowered, the rachis and pedicels glandular-pubescent; calyx 4—4.5 mm., wide, 
the lobes ovate, acute or acutish, ciliolate; corolla about 5 mm. long; stamens about 3 mm. 
long, the filaments villous; drupes globular, 4-5 mm. in diameter. 
Type LocaLiry: Near Huitzo, Oaxaca, 
DisTRIBUTION: Oaxaca. : 
ILLUSTRATION: Bull. Herb. Boiss. 2: pl. 20, f. 14. 
8. Comarostaphylis arbutoides Lindl. Bot. Reg. 29: #1. 30. 1843. 
Arctostaphylos arbutoides Hemsl. Biol. Centr. Am. Bot. 2: 278, 1881. 
A shrub with finely reddish-tomentulose twigs; leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, or sometimes 
broadest above the middle, 5-9 cm. long, thick, acute or mucronate, glabrous above, at least 
in age, thinly reddish-tomentulose beneath, gradually or abruptly narrowed at the base, short- 
petioled; panicles loosely flowered, the rachis and pedicels red-tomentulose; calyx 4-5 mm. 
wide, the lobes triangular-ovate to triangular-lanceolate, acute or slightly acuminate, finely 
tomentulose; corolla 6-7 mm. long; stamens about 3 mm. long, the filaments copiously villous; 
drupes not seen. 
‘Tyre LOCALITY: Quezalte ango, Guatemala, grown from seeds in garden of Horticultural 
Society, London. 
DistRIBUTION: Guatemala and Panama. 
ILLUSTRATION: Bot. Reg. 29: pil. 30. 
9. Comarostaphylis lanata Small, sp. nov. 
A shrub with densely glandular-hirsutulous twigs; leaf-blades oblong or elliptic, some- 
times rather narrowly so, especially on account of the revolute margins, 4—6.5 cm. long, acute 
or mucronate, entire, thickish, sparingly fine-pubescent, light-green, and somewhat shining 
above, densely lanate and pale beneath, short-petioled; panicles closely flowered, the rachis 
and pedicels glandular-hirsutulous; calyx 5.5-6.5 mm. wide, the lobes ovate to oblong-ovate, 
acute, ciliate; corolla about 6 mm. long, glabrous or nearly so; stamens about 3 mm. long, the 
