43 FIELD COLUMBIAN MUSEUM BOTANY, VOL. i. 



HIPPOCRATEACE.E. 



Salacia Blainii sp. nov. 



Shrubby, branches virgate, puberulous at the tips. Leaves 

 petiolate, glabrous, finely and prominently venulate, whitish 

 beneath, obovate, acute, narrowed at the base or somewhat rounded, 

 shallowly crenate-dentate, the teeth glandular. Inflorescence in 

 axillary, long peduncled trichotomous cymes about two-thirds the 

 length of the leaves; calyx lobes ovate-deltoid, ciliate on the margin, 

 about one-fourth the length of the ligulate, acute, pulverent petals; 

 stamens 3, attached to the summit of the receptacle near the base of 

 the style; filaments ligulate, curved, anther oval, the cells confluent, 

 transversely dehiscent. Disk large, conical, crenate below; ovary 

 3-celled, imbedded in the apex of the disk, cells 4-ovuled; style long, 

 stigma capitate, 3-lobed. Fruit unknown. 



Leaves 5-7. 5x2. 5-3 cm. , petioles 6-8 mm. , internodes about 4 cm. 



(176). 



STAPHYLEACE.E. 

 Huertea Cubensis Griseb. Cat. Fl. Cub., 66. 



(115, 169). "Rangel." 



TILIACE^. 

 Belotia grewiaefolia A. Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub., 209. 



MALVACEAE. 

 Sida hederaefolia Cav. Diss., 1:8. 



(40. 

 Sida cordifolia Linn. Sp. PI., 684. 



(102). November. 

 Pavonia racemosa Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ., 2:1215. 



(87). June. " Majaquillo de Corte. " 



STERCULIACE.E. 



Melochia hirsuta Cav. Diss., 6:323. 



(14). June. 



THEACE.E. 

 Haemocharis Curtyana (Rich.) comb. nov. 



(22). Laplacea Rich. Ess. Fl. Cub., 225. "Almendro." 



GUTTIFERACE/E. 



Hypericum galioides Cubensis Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub., 39. 

 (129, 150). May. 



