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pubescent; leaf-blades obovate, varying to oval or ovate, mostly 

 1.5-4 cm - l n g> rounded or retuse and mucronulate at the apex, 

 entire, slightly revolute and reticulate in age, bright green above, 

 paler beneath, somewhat shining, minutely pubescent, especially 

 on the midrib and veins beneath, short-petioled ; flowers several 

 in each cluster, short-pedicelled, the pedicels densely pubescent; 

 sepals triangular-ovate, about 1 mm. long, green, acutish, copiously 

 pubescent; petals ovate or oval, concave, cymbiform, 3.5-4 mm. 

 long, red, sparingly pubescent on the back; filaments subulate, 

 nearly 2 mm. long, villous- tomentose; anthers slightly longer than 

 the filaments, oblong, or nearly so; drupes flat, fully 1.5 cm. long, 

 nearly as wide, about 6 mm. thick, bright-red, the flesh thin, with 

 a fibrous-reticulate network which is impressed into the putamen. 

 Limestone hills, vicinity of Sumidero, Pinar del Rio (Shafer 



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This shrub is related to Castelaria jacquinifolia. It differs 



from that species in the pubescent leaves, the triangular-ovate 



sepals, the pubescent petals, and the narrower and longer anthers. 



Stenostomum obovatum sp. nov. 



A straggling tree, the slender twigs glabrous. Leaves cori- 

 aceous, obovate, 6 cm. long or less, rounded at the apex, narrowed 

 at the base, revolute-margined, faintly shining, the midvein im- 

 pressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral venation slender 

 and obscure, the stout petioles 3-5 mm. long; inflorescence 

 terminal; fruits in pairs, sessile, oblong, black, fleshy, 10-12 mm. 

 long, 5-7 mm. thick. 



Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente (Shafer 8i6g). 



Stenostomum aristatum sp. nov. 



A rough-barked tree about 6 m. high, with widely spreading 

 branches, the slender young twigs resinous. Stipules broadly 

 ovate, obtuse, 3 mm. long, caducous; leaves elliptic or ovate- 

 elliptic, coriaceous, 2.5 cm. long or less, acute and aristate at 

 the apex, mostly obtuse at the base, shining and strongly reticulate- 

 veined on both surfaces, especially above, the margins slightly 

 revolute, the petioles 1-2 mm. long; peduncles solitary in the up- 

 permost axils, about one-half as long as the leaves, 1- to 3-flowered 

 at the apex; flowers fragrant; calyx narrowly campanulate, 5 mm. 

 long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong or oblong-obovate, 1.5-2 mm. 

 long, rounded; corolla white, its tube narrowly cylindric, about 

 2 cm. long, 1 mm. thick, its limb spreading, 5-lobed, about I cm. 



