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the under surface dull and pale, the petioles 1-3 mm. long; inflores- 

 cence axillary, puberulent, short-stalked, much shorter than the 

 leaves; bracts ovate, acute, about 0.5 mm. long; pedicels of the 

 staminate flowers rather stout, 2-3 mm. long; staminate flowers 

 about 1.5 mm. long; capsule subglobose, densely puberulent, 

 about 4 mm. in diameter, the separated persistent styles about 

 2 mm. long. 



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Wet mountains of northern Oriente. Type collected between 

 Camp Toa and Camp La Barga, 400-450 m. alt. (Shafer 4167). 



12. Tricera vaccinioides sp. nov. 



A low, glabrous, much-branched shrub, 3-6 dm. high, the 

 branches stout, the twigs erect-ascending, densely leafy, the inter- 

 nodes 3-6 mm. long. Leaves oblong to oblong-obovate, 5-8 mm. 

 long, about twice as long as wide, coriaceous, faintly 3-veined, the 

 secondary venation almost wholly obscure, the apex acute and 

 mucronate, the base narrowed, the stout petioles scarcely 1 mm. 

 long; inflorescence terminal, glabrous, few-several-flowered; pedi- 

 cels of the staminate flowers rather stout, rigid, about 2 mm. long; 

 bracts lanceolate; staminate flowers about 1 mm. long; capsule 

 globose-ovoid, glabrous, dull, about 6 mm. long, about three times 

 as long as the persistent styles. 



Stony pass, between Camp La Barga and Camp San Benito, 

 mountains of northern Oriente, Cuba, about 1000 m. alt. (Shafer 

 4122) . 



13. Tricera glomerata Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 157. 



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Buxus glomerata Muell. Arg. in DC. Prodr. 16 1 : 17. 1869. 



Type locality : Cuba. 



Distribution: Dry rocky hillsides, Oriente; Santa Clara. 

 This is a shrub up to 3 m. high, abundant near the mouth of 

 Cienfuegos Bay; I am indebted to Professor Fernald for a com- 

 parison of a specimen collected there, at Castillo de Jagua (Britton, 

 Wilson & Earle 4597), with the specimen of C. Wright in the 

 Gray Herbarium; he pronounced it "a perfect match." 



14. Tricera bahamensis (Baker) Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. 



Gard. 4: 139. 1906 

 Buxus bahamensis Baker in Hook. Ic. PI. pi. 1806. 1889. 

 Type locality: Long Cay, Bahamas. 



