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latter its species bear great general resemblance in being small trees 

 bare of leaves except at the apices of the young branches and in bearing 

 its glandular appendix on the outer wall of the involucre. 

 Type species: Pedilanthus linearifolius Griseb. 



Bracteoles glabrous; branchlets slender . i. linearifolius 



Bracteoles hairy; branchlets thick and stubby 2. Brittoni 



C. linearifolius (Griseb.) Millsp. comb. nov. 



Pedilanthus linearifolius Griseb. Wright Cub., in Mem. Am. Acad., 

 1860: 161. 



Leaves elongate, linear, attenuate at the base, acuminate, the mid- 

 rib keeled throughout. Cymes terminal, 2-several cephalic, umbellulo- 

 corymbose, shorter than the leaves, the peduncles jointed and bearing 

 two ovate, acute, leafy bracts nearly equaling the involucre. Styles 

 connate to the apex. 



A shrub or small tree appearing much like a Euphorbiodendron or 

 Thevetia neriifolia. Branches smaller than a goose quill, the younger 

 ones leafy or leaf-scarred throughout. Leaves 2.5-10 cm. long, 2-3 mm. 

 wide, margin sub-revolute, the midrib whitish and keeled beneath, 

 glabrous. Branchlets 3-5 mm. thick (pi. sice.}, bark reddish-brown, 

 striate. Appendage more or less scutellaeform, sessile, ovate, the margin 

 corrugate. Male flowers numerous, subincluded, pedicels gla- 

 brous, bracteoles numerous, glabrous; female pedicel long exserted, 

 strictly erect; capsule 6 mm. long, transversely anastomose-wrinkled ; 

 calycle small, acutely 3-lobed, lobes minutely deltoid, acuminate; seeds 

 cylindro-lenticular, buff, hilum dark brown, 4.2 x 3.7 mm. Peduncles 

 in fruit 2 cm. long. Involucres 5.1 mm. 



CUBA: Farallones, N. Sophie, Wright No. 1677, Nov. 12, 1859. 

 Type (visa) in Herbarium Gray, Cambridge, U. S. A., type photograph 

 in Herb. Field Museum. Pitajones, Province of Santa Clara, Shafer 

 No. 12.194, 12.200, February 28, 1912. 



C. Brittoni Millsp. sp. nov. 



Leaves . . . Branches and branchlets thick (pi. sice.} short and 

 stubby; leaf scars crowded at the apex only; bark yellow or coppery, 

 smooth. Peduncles in fruit i cm. long; involucres 6.1 mm. long; appen- 

 dix more or less rectangular, thickened and glandular below; bracteoles 

 hairy. Ripe capsules 4 mm. long; seeds globose-lenticular, olivaceous, 

 hilum yellowish, 4 x 3.8 mm. 



The species as so far known is without leaves, young involucres and 

 leafy bracts, it is, however, strongly differentiated from the preceding 



