504 Britton: Studies of West Indian plants 



i. Plumiera filifolia Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 519. 



1862 



River cliffs, foothills of the Sierra Maestra, Nouvelle Sophie 

 and Ensenada de Mora, Oriente. Endemic. 



2. Plumiera sericifolia C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 171. 



1866 



P. emarginata sericifolia Maza, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 



273. 1894. 



Coastal thickets, Oriente; Matanzas; Havana; Pinar del Rio: 

 Inagua. 



Perhaps, as suggested by Professor Gomez de la Maza, a 

 pubescent race of P. emarginata Griseb., which has a similar dis- 

 tribution in western Cuba, although I have not seen the two 

 growing in close proximity. 



3. Plumiera lanata sp. nov. 



A shrub or small tree up to 3.3 m. high. Leaves broadly 

 elliptic to elliptic-obovate, firm in texture, 10-18 cm. long, 5-9 

 cm. wide, rounded, emarginate or subtruncate at the apex, 

 narrowed or subtruncate at the base, dark green and glabrous 

 above, densely white-lanate beneath, the midvein channeled 

 above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins widely spreading, 

 averaging 6 or 7 mm. apart, united close to the margin, the stout, 

 somewhat pubescent petioles 1-2.5 cm. long; peduncle 3-1 1 cm. 

 long, glabrous; cymes many-flowered, dense; pedicels 10 mm. 

 long or less, glabrous or pubescent; calyx subtruncate, 2-3 mm. 

 long; corolla-tube about 1.5 cm. long; corolla-lobes broadly 

 elliptic-obovate, white, rounded, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. wide; 

 follicles 8-10 cm. long, about I cm. thick, short-pointed. 



Coastal rocks, vicinity of Baracoa, Oriente {Underwood & 

 Earle 1442). 



4. Plumiera clusioides Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 171. 1866 



?P. obtnsa parvifolia Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 519. 1862. 

 ? P. clusioides parvifolia Maza, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23 : 



273. 1894. 



Rocky hillsides and palm-barrens, Oriente; Camaguey; Santa 

 Clara, Havana. Endemic. 



Fruiting specimens collected by Dr. Shafer in the gorge of the 



