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Brixton: Studies of West Indian plants 



Rachis of the raceme puherulent or pubescent 

 (or glabrous in C. Wrightii ?). 

 Raceme stout, S-20cm.long; leaves 8-17 cm. 

 long; flowers sessile. 

 Leaves loosely reticulate-veined; flowers 



white. 

 Leaves densely reticulate-veined; flowers 

 bright red. 

 Raceme slender, shorter; leaves smaller. 

 Leaves not reticulate-veined above. 

 Raceme geniculate. 

 Raceme not geniculate. 



Fruiting pedicels less than 0.5 mm. 



long. 

 Fruiting pedicels 1-2 mm. long. 

 Leaf-margins reflexed. 

 Leaf-margins not reflexed. 

 Leaves reticulate-veined above. 

 Leaves short-acuminate. 

 Leaves acute or obtuse. 



Pedicels 0.8 mm. long or less. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 5 cm. long or less. 

 Leaves chartaceous, ovate or 

 elliptic, larger. 

 Racemes as long as the 

 leaves or longer; petioles 

 5-10 mm. long. 

 Racemes shorter than the 

 leaves; petioles 3 mm. 

 long or less. 

 Fruiting pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long. 



13. C. coslala. 



14. C. Shaferi. 



15. C. geniculata. 



16. C. rufescens. 



17. C. reflexa. 



18. C. praecox. 



19. C. benitensis. 



20. C. pallida. 



21. C. diversifolia. 



22. C. brevipes. 



23. C. Wrighlii. 



I. C. armata C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 62, 283. 1866 



Type locality: Near San Marco. 



Distribution: Dry, rocky hills, Oriente, Santa Clara. En- 

 demic. 



The plant becomes much larger than the original description 

 indicates; on the Rio San Juan, Santa Clara, it forms a tree 6 m. 

 high, and on the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

 Oriente, trees up to 10 m. high were observed. 



2. C. microphylla C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 62. 1866 

 Type locality: Western Cuba. 



