1926] BRITTON: WEST INDIAN PLANTS 46 1 



1 mm. long, blunt or notched at the apex, acute at the base; 

 styles subulate, curved at the apex; fruits not seen. 



In thickets of Sabana de Motembo, Santa Clara, Cuba, 

 August 28, 1922 {Brother Leon and A. Loustalot i/j/o). 



Leucocroton pallidus Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A scurfy-pubescent shrub with slender light brown twigs. 

 Leaves coriaceous, oblong-linear, 5-12 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, 

 pale green above, grayish green beneath, mucronate at the apex, 

 obtuse or acute at the base, short-petioled, the midvein impressed 

 above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins rather prominent 

 on both sides, diverging at right angles to the midvein; flowers and 

 fruit unknown. 



Forest on Mesa de Prada, Oriente, Cuba {Brother Leon 

 1 1960). Similar to Leucocroton saxicola Britton, but with longer 

 and narrower leaves. 



Pachyanthus Lunana Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub with ferruginous twigs. Leaves ovate, 5-5.7 cm. 

 long, 2-3.2 cm. broad, glabrous above, pubescent beneath with 

 mostly scattered stellate ferruginous hairs, acute at the apex, 

 subcordate at the base, coriaceous, petioled, 5-nerved, the veins 

 and lateral nerves prominent beneath, slightly impressed above; 

 inflorescence short peduncled; calyx about 4 mm. long, 4 mm. 

 broad, pubescent with shaggy hairs, its lobes oblong, 2 mm. 

 long. 



Lomas de Banao, Santa Clara, Cuba {Antonio Luna 8). Re- 

 lated to Pachyanthus Clementis P. Wilson, of Cuba, from which 

 it differs in its short-ovate leaves. 



Icacorea baracoensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A small tree 5-6 m. high, the twigs and branches glabrous. 

 Leaves oblanceolate, 51 1 cm. long, 1.8-4 cm - broad, obtuse at 

 the apex, cuneate at the base, indistinctly veined, glabrous, the 

 margin entire, short-petioled; branches of the inflorescence cor- 

 ymbiform, the lower pedicels elongated; sepals 5, triangular, 

 acuminate, 0.9 mm. long, 0.8 mm. broad; petals 5, elliptic-ovate 

 or elliptic, 3 mm. long, 2 mm. broad, obtuse at the apex. 



On rocks, Sierra de Imias, Oriente, Cuba {Brother Leon 12256). 

 This plant differs from nearly all of the Cuban species of Icacorea 

 in its corymbiform inflorescence. 



Bumelia Roigii Britton and Small, sp. nov. 



Tree with gray branches and sparingly pubescent twigs, the 

 shoots sometimes with axillary subulate thorns: leaves persistent; 



