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the apex, narrowed at the base, the petiole 8-16 mm. long; in- 

 florescence lateral, shorter than the leaves, pubescent ; fruit com- 

 pressed subglobose, black, about 12 mm. in diameter and 8 mm. 

 thick. 



Dry soil between Banao and Rincon, Santa Clara (Shafer 

 12177). 



Hyperbaena littoralis Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree 5-8 m. high, or shrubby, the twigs slender. Leaves 

 oval to suborbicular, coriaceous, shining, 3.5-8 cm. long, 3-5 cm. 

 wide, finely reticulate-veined on both sides, with the midvein 

 rather prominent, rounded, mucronate or rarely acute at the apex, 

 obtuse or somewhat narrowed at the base, the petiole 5-10 mm. 

 long; inflorescence lateral, pubescent, shorter than the leaves; 

 flowers sessile, green, about 2 mm. broad ; fruit black, much com- 

 pressed, about 1 cm. in diameter. 



Coastal woods, hills and thickets, Oriente, Camaguey, Santa 

 Clara. Type from Guajimica, Santa Clara {Britton, Earle & 

 Wilson 5991). 



Family ANNONACEAE 

 Xylopia Roigii P. Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub or small tree, the young twigs brown, strigillose with 

 short, appressed hairs ; leaves oblong-elliptic or obovate, 3.5-7 

 cm. long, 1-2.4 cm. broad, rounded or somewhat acutish at the 

 apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous and somewhat lustrous above, 

 dull and minutely strigillose beneath with short, appressed hairs, 

 short-petioled ; flowers immature ; calyx about 4 mm. broad, the 

 lobes triangular; outer petals oblong, 9-1 1 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm - 

 broad, densely sericeous on the back, the inner petals narrower; 

 carpels (mature?) ellipsoid, about 2.5 cm. long, 1.4 cm. broad, 

 sdabrous. 



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Thickets, Baracoa, Oriente (Roig 99). 



Family LAURACEAE 

 Persea Shaferi P. Wilson, sp. nov. 



A slender shrub 2 m. high, with puberulent twigs. Leaves 

 oblong-elliptic or oblong-obovate, 4.5-7.5 cm. long, 1.5-2.5 cm. 

 broad, acutish or obtuse at the apex, acute at the base, glabrous 

 above, the midvein impressed, the lateral veins puberulent and 

 rather indistinctly reticulate-veined beneath ; inflorescence 8 cm. 



