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2.53.5 cm - wide, sessile, subcordate at the base, acuminate at 

 the apex, dark green above, paler beneath, the midvein rather 

 prominent on both sides, the veins about 10 on each side of the 

 midvein, diverging from it nearly at right angles, curving upward 

 and united 2 or 3 mm. from the margins; stipules apparently 

 distinct, deciduous; cyme sessile, 3 -rayed, the rays slender, 

 glabrous, 2.5-3 cm - l n g> the- 2 or 3 raylets 1 1.5 cm. long; fruiting 

 pedicels 2-5 mm. long; fruit globose-oblong, red, nearly 1 cm. 

 long; pyrenae oblong, 8 mm. long, 4 mm. wide, strongly 3-crested 

 longitudinally, with two shallow grooves on the nearly flat com- 

 missural side. 



Woodlands, eastern slopes of the John Crow Mountains at 

 520 m. altitude {Britton 4144). Related to the Cuban P. auric- 

 ulata C. Wright. 



Lobelia grandifolia sp. nov. 



Stem stout, somewhat pubescent, about 9 dm. high. Leaves 

 flaccid, large, about 3 dm. long, 10-12 cm. wide, abruptly acu- 

 minate at the apex, cuneate at the base, crenulate all around, 

 glabrous and dull green above, rather bright green beneath and 

 pubescent on the veins, the broad flat midvein prominent, the 

 numerous lateral veins arching upward; peduncles stout, pubes- 

 cent, about 1.5 dm. long; raceme densely many-flowered, 1-1.5 

 dm. long; bracts linear-lanceolate, acuminate, glandular-serrate, 

 nearly as long as the pedicels; pedicels about 2 cm. long; hypan- 

 thium campanulate, glabrous, 1 cm. long; sepals linear-lanceolate, 

 glandular-serrate, 12-15 mm. l n g> 2 mm. wide; corolla yellowish 

 white, greenish yellow, or brownish, glabrous, strongly curved, 

 about 2.5 cm. long; androecium stout, pubescent, 1.5-2 cm. long; 

 anthers 9 mm. long, loosely pubescent, two of them bearded at 

 the tip. 



Woodlands, eastern slopes of the John Crow Mountains at 

 about 400 meters elevation {Britton 4194, type; 4197; Harris 

 & Britton 10,725). Related to L. Fawcettii Urban, in which the 

 leaf-blade is decurrent on the petiole nearly or quite to the base, 

 the sepals narrower and longer, the foliage glabrous or very 

 nearly so. 



Bidens Shrevei sp. nov. 



Glabrous; stems woody, diffusely branched, reclining or 

 straggling, 3-6 dm. long, the twigs striate. Leaves simple, ovate 

 to lanceolate, 5-10 cm. long, acuminate at the apex, obtuse or 

 subtruncate at the base, sharply serrulate, the slender petioles 



