506 Britton: Studies of West Indian plants 



8. Plumiera venosa sp. nov. 



A tree up to 6 m. high, glabrous throughout. Leaves oblong- 

 oblanceolate to narrowly obovate, 7-15 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or 

 less, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at 

 the base, the midvein impressed above, prominent beneath, the 

 lateral veins numerous, widely spreading, united near the margin, 

 2-3 mm. apart, prominent beneath; petioles slender, 2-3 cm. long; 

 cymes several-many-flowered; peduncles 6-10 cm. long; pedicels 

 8-15 mm. long, upwardly somewhat thickened; calyx about 3 

 mm. long, its teeth very broad and short; corolla-tube about 1.5 

 cm. long; corolla-lobes narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 2-2.7 cm - 

 long; follicles 10-15 cm. long, about 12 mm. thick; seed nearly 

 1 cm. long, its wing about 1.5 cm. long. 



Coastal cliffs and hillsides near the coast, southern Oriente. 

 Type collected in the basin of Rio Guama, Sevilla Estate near 

 Santiago {Taylor 03). 



Shoots from cut stumps bear nearly linear leaves up to 2 dm. 

 long, 10-15 mm. wide, as seen by me in a coastal thicket near the 

 mouth of Santiago Harbor {Britton & Cowell 12632). 



9. Plumiera trinitensis sp. nov. 



A tree 5 m. high. Leaves oblong to oblong-oblanceolate, 11 

 cm. long or less, 1.5-3.5 cm - wide, obtuse or emarginate at the 

 apex, gradually narrowed to the base, glabrous above, pubescent 

 on the veins beneath, the midvein broad, channeled above, 

 prominent beneath, the lateral veins rather widely spreading, 

 2-4 mm. apart, united near the revolute margins; petioles 1.5-2.5 

 cm. long; follicle slightly curved, pointed, 18 cm. long, about 

 1.5 cm. thick. 



Dry hillside, La Vigia, Trinidad, Santa Clara {Britton & Wilson 

 5514). Similar to P. jamaicensis Britton, which is a glabrous 

 species up to 10 m. high, with broader leaves. 



{Harris 9996) is not complete. In 1895, E. Campbell collected a Plumiera at Con- 

 stant Spring {5073), which may be P. obtusa. 



Growing with P. confusa on Great Goat Island there is a Plumiera which has 

 leaves over 3 dm. long, narrowly oblong to linear-oblong, some of them not more 

 than 3 cm. wide, and all long-acuminate at the apex (Britton 1870). It was not in 

 flower at the time of my visit, March 4, 1908, but I obtained its fruit, which is much 

 like that of P. confusa, and its leaf-venation resembles that of P. confusa also; it 

 may be that P. confusa is sufficiently heterophyllous to have these narrow, elongated, 

 long-pointed leaves. 



