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pubescent on sides toward margin. This number is nowhere quoted 

 by Britton in either of his two revisions of Badiera. 



5. P. oblongata (Britton), comb. nov. Frutex caule ramisque 

 dense appresse puberulis. Folia oblonga vel obovato-oblonga vel 

 elliptico-oblonga apice rotundata vel obtusa saepius retusa basi 

 cuneata supra et infra in costa sparse strigillosa (pilis paginae in- 

 ferioris minimis appressis) 1.5-2.8 (5) cm. longa 8-18 mm. lata. 

 Flores pauci in racemis brevissimis 2 mm. longi. Fructus (sub- 

 maturus) fere subquadrato-cuneatus sparsissime strigillosus et 

 appresse ciliolatus, loculo uno plus minusve abortivo, 5 mm. longus 

 6 mm. latus; (paene maturus) " subtriangularis paullulum emar- 

 ginatus ad 8 mm. longus et latus basi subacutus." Badiera ob- 

 longata Britton, Bull. N. Y. Bot. Gard. v. 314 (1907); Bull. Torr. 

 Club xxxvii. 362 (1910). P. diversifolia Chod. Monog. ii. 10 

 (1893), in part, not L. P. diversifolia f. elliptica and f. obovata 

 Chod. 1. c. 11 (1893), exnumero. Bahamas: Andros Island: cop- 

 pice, Smith Hill, Long Bay Cays Section, 23-24 Jan. 1910, Small 

 & Carter 8681 (G); Bahamas without locality: 15 Oct. 1877, 

 Brace 158 (K); 15 Oct. 1877, Gov. Robinson 313 (K). Cuba: 

 Ganado, Cayo Sabinal, Camaguey, 17-18 Mar. 1909, Shafer 878 

 (G); Mayari to Holguin, 17 Aug. 1862, Wright 1915 (BG); Huna- 

 bana (= Guanabana ?), 29 Mar. 1862, Wright 1914 (BGK); near 

 Monte Verde, Jan.-Jul. 1859, Wright 115 p. p. (G); eastern Cuba, 

 1856-57, Wright 115 p. p. (G). 



6. P. punctifera, nom. nov. Frutex 1 m. altus, ramulis dense ap- 

 presseque pubescentibus. Folia ovata vel ovato-elliptica obtusa vel 

 emarginata basi obtusa valde punctata supra lucentia glabra sub- 

 tus obscura 1.5-2.5 cm. longa, 12 mm. lata vel angustiora, in petio- 

 lis 1.5 mm. longis. Racemi pauciflori, pedicellis frugiferis subgla- 

 bris 2-2.5 mm. longis. Sepala ovata obtusa ciliata ad 1 mm. longa. 

 Fructus (submaturus) " ruber et viridis ' 7 mm. longus latusque, 

 apice emarginatus basi oblique subtruncatus anguste marginatus, 

 paullum pubescens, stipe 1-1.5 mm. longo. Badiera punctata 

 Britton, Bull. Torr. Club xlii. 496 (1915), not P. punctata A. W. 

 Benn. Journ. Bot. xvii. 172 (1879). " Near streams, Arroyo 

 del Medio above the falls, Oriente, Cuba (Shafer 3644)." Not 

 seen; description compiled. The leaves are said to droop at night 

 in this species and in P. guantanamana (B. virgata). 



