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8. Portlandia pendula C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 126. 



1866 



Pendent on limestone cliffs, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 



A beautiful species, the pendent habit unusual, the branches 

 sometimes drooping to a length of 2 meters or more; the flowers 

 are fragrant. 



9. Portlandia coccinea Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 1: 384. 1797 



P. coriacea Sw. ; Spreng. Syst. 1: 708. 1825. 



Thickets and hillsides at lower elevations in dry districts, 

 southern side of Jamaica. 



10. Portlandia Lindeniana (A. Rich.) Britton, nom. nov. 



Gonianthes Lindeniana A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11 : 10. pi. 49 



bis. 1850. 

 Portlandia gypsophila Macf. Fl. Jam. 2: 216; Griseb. Fl. Br. W. I. 



324. 1861. 



A tree, up to 8 meters high. Leaves chartaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, pinnately veined, sharply acuminate at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, 12-20 cm. long, the petioles about 8 mm. 

 long; flowers solitary in the axils; peduncles about 2 cm. long; 

 calyx-teeth narrowly linear, 2.5-3.5 cm - l n g; corolla white, 2-2.5 

 dm. long, the narrowly campanulate limb much longer than the 

 nearly cylindric tube; capsule oblong-obovoid, 4-5 cm. long, 

 15-18 mm. thick, smooth, not angled. 



Wooded river and stream-banks at lower elevations, province 



of Oriente, Cuba; Jamaica? Cultivated in Martinique. 



11. Portlandia daphnoides R. Graham, Edinb. N. Phil. Jour. 



1840-41: 206 



Gonianthes Sagraeana A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: II. 1850. 

 Portlandia longiflora Meisn.; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 126. 1866. 



A shrub, about 1.3 meters high. Leaves thin, oblong, narrowed 

 at both ends, rather dull green, pinnately veined, 7-13 cm. long, 

 the petioles 1 cm. long or less; flowers solitary in the axils; 

 peduncles 1-3 cm. long; calyx-lobes linear, 1.5-2 cm. long; corolla 

 yellowish, about 2 dm. long, the campanulate limb about as long 

 as the slender tube; capsule obpyriform, angled, truncate, 2.5-3 

 cm. long, slender-peduncled. 



