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from which it differs in leaf-venation and pubescence; it also 

 differs from our 12538 by shorter, broader and obtuse leaves, 

 but is otherwise similar; when flowers are obtained it may, 

 perhaps, be shown that they are distinct species. 



9. Guettarda sciaphila Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 409. 1912 

 Type locality : Near the base of Loma Mensura, Oriente. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



10. Guettarda densiflora Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 407. 1912 

 Type locality: Pine-lands near Paso Estancia, Oriente. 

 Distribution: Pine-lands, hillsides and savannas, northern 



Oriente. 



Dr. Shafer's 3794, collected on Loma Mensura, shows its fruit 

 to be subglobose, puberulent, and about 12 mm. in diameter. 



11. Guettarda macrocarpa Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 507. 



1862 



Type locality: Near Monte Verde, Oriente. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



12. Guettarda ferruginea Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 131. 1866 

 G. calyptrata ferruginea C. \\ right; Sauvalle, Anales Acad. Habana 



6: 123. 1869. 



Type locality: Pine-lands near Mayari, western Cuba. 



Distribution : Type locality, and in the mountains of northern 

 Oriente. Endemic. 



13. Guettarda lanuginosa Urban & Britton; Urban, Symb. 



Ant. 7: 407. 1912 



Type locality: Cayo Romano, Camaguey. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



14. Guettarda crassipes sp. nov. 



A shrub 1-1.6 m. high, with stout twigs, the young ones 

 densely appressed-pubescent. Stipules ovate, densely pubescent, 

 about 7 mm. long, deciduous; leaves ovate to ovate-elliptic, 6-9 

 cm. long, 4-7 cm. wide, coriaceous, shining, glabrous and with 

 impressed primary venation above, dull, with elevated primary 

 venation, and very finely reticulate-veined beneath, sparingly 



