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Ardisia cubana A.DC., Trans. Linn. Soc. 17: 124. 1834; Prodr. 8: 120. 1844. 
Parathesis corymbosa Hemsl., Biol. Centr. Amer. Bot. 2: 291. 1882. 
Tinus cubana (A.DC.) O. Ktze, Rev. Gen. 2: 974. 1891. 
Parathesis obovata Standl., Field Mus. Bot. 4: 250. 1929. 
Shrub or small tree up to 5 m. high, branchlets slender, at first ferruginous- 
tomentulose with fine sessile appressed stellate hairs; leaves with slender petioles 
0.5-2.2 em. long; leaf blades elliptic, obovate-elliptic or obovate, 3.5-16 cm. 
long, 2-7 cm. wide, apex obtuse to acutish, base acute, chartaceous or sometimes 
thinner, slightly paler beneath, at first pubescent on undersurface with fine 
appressed sessile stellate ferruginous hairs, glabrescent early, entire, the midvein 
elevated beneath, the primary lateral veins slender; inflorescences usually 
terminal and leafy below, rarely terminal and axillary on some branches, pyra- 
midal, paniculate, 1- or 2-branched, up to 20 cm. long, ferruginous-tomentulose 
with fine sessile stellate hairs; pedicels slender, 2-7, sometimes 10 mm. long; 
flowers corymbose, 5-parted or sometimes 6-parted, up to 7 mm. long at anthesis, 
the corolla pinkish, densely and minutely papillose-tomentulose on outer sur- 
face; sepals 0.7-1 mm. long, acutish, pellucid-punctate with orange glands; 
petals narrow, lanceolate-linear, 5-7 mm. long, densely papillose-tomentose over 
entire inner surface, orange-red punctate in lines; stamens 3-5 mm. long; fila- 
ments thick, 1-2 mm. long, orange-red punctate in lines; anthers erect, lanceo- 
late-linear, 2-3.4 mm. long, dorsifixed at base, the lobes small, sometimes vesti- 
gial, punctate dorsally with orange-red glands which sometimes dry blackish, 
dehiscent with apical pores; ovary ovoid, usually glabrous, sometimes short 
villous apically; style glabrous, or short villous at base, 3.5-5.5 mm. long; 
placenta depressed-ovoid, apiculate; ovules small, numerous, 12-16, partially 
biseriate, tardily exposed apically; fruits depressed-globose, drying up to 1 cm. 
in diam. 
CUBA.—Prnar beEL Roo: vicinity of Herradura, Aug. 26-30, 1910, N. L. Britton, E. G. 
Britton, F. S. Earle & O. S. Gager 6311 (NY), 6358 (NY), 6648 (NY); vicinity of Pinar del 
Rio, riverbank, Mar. 8-15, 1911, EZ. G. Britton 10033 (NY), buds pink; southern foot of Cajal- 
bana, Apr. 6, 1915, Bros. Leon & Charles 4954 (NY); vicinity of San Diego, Apr. 1915, Bro. 
Charles 4999 (NY); valley of “Las Yeguas” near 8. Diego de los Bafios, Aug. 18, 1914, Bros. 
Leon & Hioram 4369 (NY); Viiiales, rivulet, pinelands, Dec. 11, 1930, Bro. Leon & E. P. 
Killip 14704 (NY); without locality, June, 1911, Eugenio Cuesta s.n. (NY); source of Rio 
Taco-Taco, Sierra de los Organos, alt. 400-500 m., Nov. 18, 1941, C. V. Morton 4355 (US), 
small tree, flowers pink, fruits dark red; Herradura, Mar. 16, 1906, A. S. Hitchcock s.n. (F); 
El Sabalo, Finca Sabanalamar, near sea level, open woods, Dec. 22, 1937, E. P. Killip 32242 
(US), tree, 4 m. high, fls. pink; Pinar de Cajalbana, Mar. 10, 1930, E. L. Ekman 10466 (A, G, 
NY), frutex, flor. rubri; Parte Oeste de Artemisa, Sept. 14, 1904, F. S. Earle & P. Wilson 1534 
(NY); Herradura, Sept. 30, 1904, Bryant O. Baker 2150 (NY), 2158 (NY); without locality, 
Noy. 15, 1904, Bryant O. Baker & O’ Donovan 4073 (NY); Arroyo Galiano, June 20, 1905, 
O’ Donovan 5205 (NY); Luis Lago, July 7, 1905, O’ Donovan 5312 (NY, US); Consolacion del 
Sur, Nov. 1904, H. A. Van Hermann s.n. (NY); near Herradura, in wet savanna, Nov. 21, 
1904, H. A. Van Hermann 260 (F, NY), 269 (F, NY) erect 2-4 ft. bushy, fls. pink; near 
Herradura, rather common, Jan. 23, 1905, H. A. Van Hermann 593 (BM, F, LL, NY), anthers 
yellow; same locality, Aug. 24, 1905, H. A. Van Hermann 710 (NY); same locality, Sept. 7, 
1905, H. A. Van Hermann 808 (NY); Herradura, thicket near stream, Aug. 16, 1907, F. S. 
Earle 735 (F, NY, US); Zambumbia Hill, Rosario Range, July 7-12, 1941, Bro. Alain 9 (NY); 
banks of La Plata Rivulet, alt. 500 m., Jan. 1949, Bro. Alain 699 (NY); Cerro de Cabras, 
May 19, 1951, Bro. Alain 1834 (NY); La Palma, west of Cajalbana Mt., serpentine barrens, 
Apr. 3, 1954, Bro. Alain 3884 (NY); between Vifiales and Pan de Azucar, serpentine barren, 
