390 Brixton: Studies of Wesi Indian plants 



long, 1-2.2 cm. broad, obtuse or acutish at the apex, cuneate at the 

 base, petioled, above clothed with scattered stellate hairs, beneath 

 velvety ferruginous with stellate hairs and reticulate-veined, the 

 midvein and lateral nerves obscure or impressed above, prominent 

 beneath; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 1.2-1.6 

 cm. long, 6-8 mm. broad, velvety-ferruginous; petals elliptic to 

 somewhat oblanceolate, 1.6-1.8 cm. long, 5-6 mm. broad, glandu- 

 lar-ciliate; filaments filiform, glabrous; anthers oblong-lanceo- 

 late; ovary narrowly ovoid, tomentose; styles filiform, 2.5-2.7 

 cm. long, glabrous; capsule velvety-ferruginous, the valves ovate; 

 seeds pyriform. 



Type collected along trail, Rio Yamaniguey to Camp Toa 



(400 m. alt.), Oriente, Cuba (Shafer 4190); also collected on the 



Sierra Nipe, Oriente {Shafer 3109). 



Rheedia Hessii sp. nov. 



Young branches angled, slender, the older ones terete. Leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous, clustered on short lateral twigs, narrowdy 

 lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide or less, narrowed at the 

 base into stout petioles 2-3 mm. long, spinulose-acuminate at the 

 apex, the midvein prominent beneath, very indistinct above, the 

 lateral venation wholly obscure, the margins thickened; staminate 

 flowers solitary in upper axils on pedicels about 4 mm. long; 

 sepals suborbicular, about 3 mm. broad; petals obovate-elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, 5 mm. long; stamens numerous, the stout 

 filaments 2-2.5 mm. long; anthers less than 0.5 mm. broad. 



Indiera Fria, near Maricao, Porto Rico (F. L. Stevens & W. E. 



Hess 3333). In habit and in leaf-form this somewhat resembles 



R. fruticosa C. Wright, of Cuba. 



Mayepea cubensis P. Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 6 m. tall, the young twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 6-9 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. broad, rounded and 

 often emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, petioled, 

 glabrous, impressed punctate, rigid ; midrib more or less impressed 

 above, prominent beneath, the primary veins few and rather 

 inconspicuous; panicles terminal, shorter than the leaves, the 

 branches glabrous; bracts oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceo- 

 late, hirsutulous; pedicels about 2 mm. long; calyx-lobes tri- 

 angular, obtuse or acutish, sparingly hirsutulous on the outside, 

 hirsutulous within mostly at or near the apex; petals oblong or 

 somewhat oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-6.5 mm. long, 1.2-2 mm. broad, 



