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ate, the veinlets inconspicuous; pistillate peduncles 2.5-4.5 cm. long, very 

 slender, glabrous or nearly so, the inflorescence cymose-paniculate, 1-2 cm. 

 broad, lax, rather few-flowered, the branches glabrous, the bracts and bract- 

 lets minute, the flowers sessile and glomerate; pistillate perianth tubular, 

 3-4 mm. long, constricted below the mouth, very minutely puberulent or 

 glabrous. 



Type in the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, collected at 

 Caleta Grande, Isle of Pines, Cuba, August 19, 1919, by Roig and Cremata 

 (No. 1857A). Also collected at Hato Nuevo, Punta del Este, Isle of Pines, 

 August 13, 1919, by the same collectors (No. 1790). 



Related to T. linearibradeata (Heimerl) Standi., of Yucatan, but differ- 

 ing in its minute bracts. Torrubia fragrans (Dum.-Cours.) Standi., a 

 widely distributed West Indian species, is somewhat similar in general ap- 

 pearance, but its leaves are mostly broadest above the middle and they 

 have numerous lateral nerves. 



