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Cestrum pinetorum sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub, about I m. high, with slender branches. 

 Leaves narrowly oblong to oblong-lanceolate, 7 cm. long or less, 

 6-16 mm. wide, rather thin in texture, faintly shining, bluntly 

 acute at the apex, narrowed at the base, the midvein slender above, 

 prominent beneath, the lateral veins few, obscure, the slender peti- 

 oles 3-5 mm. long; clusters axillary, few- to several-flowered; fruit- 

 ing pedicels very short; fruiting calyx obconic-campanulate, about 

 5 mm. long, its triangular-ovate teeth acutish, about one third as 

 long as the tube; berry globose-ovoid, purplish, about 7 mm. long. 



Open pine-woods Sierra Nipe near Woodfred, Oriente, 500-650 

 m. alt. {Shafer 3031, type; 3591). 



Casasia parvifolia sp. nov. 



A much-branched shrub, about 2 m. high, the twigs slender, 

 puberulent when young. Stipules lanceolate, acute, about 3 mm. 

 long. Leaves glabrous, oblong-spatulate, 3 cm. long or less, 5-8 

 mm. wide, obtuse or acutish at the apex, narrowed or cuneate at the 

 base, coriaceous, clustered at the ends of the twigs, pinnately 

 few-veined, shining and with impressed midvein above, the mid- 

 vein very prominent beneath, the petioles about 1 mm. long; 

 fruit terminal, solitary, sessile, globose, warty, about 10 mm. in 

 diameter. 



Rocky river-banks, mountains of northern Oriente; type col- 

 lected between Camp La Barga and Camp San Benito, 450-900 nu 

 alt. {Shafer 4100). 



Baccharis Shaferi sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub, 6 dm. high or less, with slender ascending 

 branches, the twigs angled. Leaves triangular-cuneate, 6-12 mm. 

 long, 7 mm. wide or less at the truncate or sub truncate apex, 

 bright green and shining above, dull and whitish-papillose beneath, 

 the slender midvein slightly elevated on both sides, the lateral 

 veins 1-3 ; heads sessile, solitary or 2 or 3 together at the ends of 

 short twigs, or in the axils; young involucres about 4 mm. long, the 

 ovate, acute bracts imbricated in about 4 series. 



Dry pine woods, Arroyo del Medio above the falls, 450-550 m. 



alt., Oriente {Shafer 323/, type); specimens from Camp La 



Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente {Shafer 8213), have longer 



leaves than the type specimens. 



