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2-4 cm. long, the others oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 cm. 

 long; panicles very slender, as long as the leaves or longer; 

 flowers minute; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse; petals twice as long 

 as the sepals, oval-orbicular, rounded; stamens a little shorter 

 than the petals. 



Woodlands, Dolphin Head Mountain, Jamaica (Britton 2473, 



March, 1908, type; Harris 10,267). 



6. Comocladia CORDATA N. L. Britton, Torreya 7: 6. 1907 

 Type locality: Troy, Jamaica. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



B. Pubescent species. 



a. Lateral leaflets distinctly stalked. 



7. Comocladia pubescens Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 1: 420. 1881 



Type locality: Jamaica. 



Distribution: Jamaica, in woodlands at lower and middle 

 elevations in relatively moist districts. 



8. Comocladia jamaicensis sp. now 



Low, about 2 meters high. Leaves 3-4.5 dm. long, the rachis 

 loosely pilose; leaflets about 21, thin in texture, distinctly peti- 

 oluled, obtuse or subtruncate at the base, acute to acuminate 

 at the apex, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent on the veins 

 beneath, undulate-dentate or some of them nearly entire; lateral 

 petiolules 2-3 mm. long; lower two or three pairs of leaflets <>\ ate, 

 3-5 cm. long, the others lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 

 5-10 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm - ^"ide; inflorescence puberulent, shorter 

 than the leaves, about 3 dm. long, its branches short and slender; 

 sepals and petals obtuse; young stamens with filaments not longer 

 thanthe anthers. 



On dry rocky hill, Green Island, Jamaica {Britton & Hollick 

 2132, March, 1908, type; Harris 10,250). 



b. Lateral leaflets sessile or subsessile. 



9. Comocladia velutina X. L. Britton, Torreya 7: 6. 1907 



Type locality: Great Goat Island, Jamaica. 



Distribution: Jamaica, on very dry rocky hillsides and sand 

 dunes near the southern coast, Healthshire Hills to Great Pedro 

 Bay. 



