38 Britton: Studies of West Indian plants XI 



Persea anomala Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shnil) or tree, sometimes 10 m. tall, with appressed-pubes- 

 cenl twigs. Leaves lanceolate to ovate or elliptic, 4-10 cm. 

 long or less, 1.8-5.5 cm - broad, rounded, obtuse, or acutish at 

 the apex, rounded or somewhat acutish at the base, glabrous and 

 reticulate-veined on both sides, the petioles slender, 1-1.8 cm. 

 long; branches of the inflorescence pubescent with appressed 

 hairs; calyx pubescent, greenish, its lobes unequal, the outer 

 broadly ovate, about 1 mm. long, 0.7 mm. broad, the inner 

 elliptic or broadly ovate, 1.7-2 mm. long, 1 .5-1.7 mm. broad; 

 berry subglobose, 11 mm. long, black. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10707, type; 10975; 10976; 

 10079; 1 1057). 



Persea similis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 

 Twigs appressed-pubescent. Leaves elliptic, 4-7 cm. long, 

 acute or short-acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, dark 

 green and glabrous above, the midvein impressed, paler beneath 

 and pubescent with short appressed hairs, the lateral veins 

 rather indistinct on both sides; petioles 3-4 mm. long; in- 

 florescence pubescent with appressed brownish hairs; calyx- 

 lobes elliptic to oval, 1.8 mm. long, about I mm. broad, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 11058). 



Nectandra reticularis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub with pubescent twigs. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, 

 3.5-6.8 cm. long, 1-2.3 cm - broad, acute to acuminate at the 

 apex, acute at the base, glabrous, dark green, shining and 

 reticulate-veined above, paler and reticulate-veined beneath; 

 petioles 7 mm. long or less; inflorescence long-peduncled, the 

 peduncle puberulent; flowers short-pedicelled; calyx white, its 

 lobes elliptic, 1.5 mm. long, about 1 mm. broad, puberulent; 

 drupe ellipsoid, about 1.1 cm. long, 6 mm. in diameter. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10746, type; 10958). 



Rubus turquinensis Rydberg, sp. nov. 



Stem terete, 1-2 m. high, densely fuscous, villous-tomentose 

 and with numerous stalked glands, armed with somewhat com- 

 pressed curved pubescent prickles 4-8 mm. long; leaves of the 

 branches 3-foliolate, those of the main stem not seen; petiole and 

 ribs of the leaflets villous-tomentose, glandular, and slightly 

 prickly; petiolule of the terminal leaflet 7-15 mm. long, those of 

 the lateral leaflets 1-4 mm. long; leaflets lanceolate, long-acu- 

 minate, mostly rounded at the base, finely and closely serrate, 



