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site or verticellate, 10 cm. long or less, 1.5-3 cm. wide, dark green, 

 shining above, dull beneath, obtuse or acute at the apex, cuneate 

 at the base, the midvein prominent, the lateral veins few, distant, 

 slender, the petioles 5-15 mm. long; inflorescence terminal and 

 in the upper axils, few-several-flowered; peduncles 1.5-5 cm - l n g; 

 pedicels short and stout; bracts triangular, minute; calyx 3-4 

 mm. long, its lobes foliaceous, ovate, obtuse, 1-1.5 mm. long; 

 corolla glabrous, about 4 mm. long (immature) ; capsule pyriform, 

 1-1.5 cm. long. 



Woods and on cliffs, Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, Oriente, 

 45 0- 55 m - a lt. Type, Shafer 3297. In foliage and capsules 

 similar to R. stellata, but that has minute calyx-lobes. 



13. Rondeletia calcicola Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 43: 467. 



1916 



Type locality: Coe's Camp, Ensenada de Siguanea, Isle of 

 Pines. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



14. Rondeletia yamuriensis sp. nov. 



A small tree, about 4 m. high, glabrous throughout. Leaves 

 coriaceous, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 6-9 cm. long, 1-2 cm. 

 wide, sessile, acute or obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 opposite or verticillate in 3's, the midvein rather prominent, 

 the lateral veins few and slender; inflorescence terminal and also 

 in the uppermost axils; peduncles rather slender, 6 cm. long or 

 less; fruiting pedicels 5-10 mm. long; capsule globose-pyriform, 

 about 1 cm. long. 



Between Yamuri Arriba and Bermejal, Oriente {Shafer 8439). 



15. Rondeletia correifolia Griseb. Cat. PL Cub. 129. 1866 



Type locality: Western Cuba. 



Distribution: Pine-lands and savannas, Pinar del Rio and 

 Isle of Pines. Endemic. A virgate shrub, up to 2 m. high, the 

 large white flowers fragrant. 



16. Rondeletia Lindeniana A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 



13. 1850 



Type locality: Mountains near Santiago [Oriente]. 



Distribution: Mountains of Oriente. Endemic. Recorded 

 by Grisebach as R. buxifolia Vahl, and, doubtfully, by Sauvalle, as 

 R. umbellulata Sw. 



