70 Britton : Cuban Plants New to Science 



Barren rocky savannas, Oriente, Camaguey, Santa Clara. 

 Endemic. 



Bradburya lobata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Stems twining, glabrous or sparingly pubescent with rather 

 long, whitish hairs. Leaflets 3, hastate-ovate with rounded lobes, 

 4-9.5 cm. long, 2-9 cm. broad, abruptly short-acuminate or acute 

 at the apex, subtruncate or somewhat rounded at the base, short- 

 petioled, glabrous or sparingly pubescent on the veins ; peduncles 

 few-flowered ; bracts lanceolate or lanceolate-ovate, several times 

 longer than the calyx, acuminate at the apex; calyx puberulent, 

 the lobes short; corolla purple; standard orbicular, 3.5 cm. high, 

 4.5 cm. wide, pilose on the back with appressed, ferruginous 

 hairs; pods linear, 12-15 cm. long, 8 mm. wide; seeds 4-4.5 mm. 

 long, 3 mm. wide, black. 



Waste places, Vedado, Havana {Leon & de Cubas 8507) . 



Erythrina venosa Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A small tree, 6 m. high, with grayish or yellowish-gray gla- 

 brous twigs, which are often closely armed with rather stout, 

 straight prickles 2-7 mm. long. Leaves 5-10 cm. long, the pe- 

 tioles slender, puberulent, 3-5 cm. long; leaflets 3, ovate to 

 broadly ovate, 2-4.5 cm - l n g> 1 535 cm. broad, obtuse or occa- 

 sionally rounded at the apex, often obliquely rounded at the base, 

 glabrous and finely reticulate-veined above, coarsely reticulate- 

 vined beneath, the veins loosely pilose ; short-petioluled ; flowers 

 immature ; calyx broadly campanulate, puberulent ; standard 

 oval, 2 cm. long, 1.2 cm. broad, dark red; keel-petals obovate or 

 obliquely obovate, 6-7 mm. long, 2.5-3 mm - broad, free, the wings 

 obovate or obliquely obovate. 



La Perla, Oriente (Shafer 8540). 



Phaseolus savannarum Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Stems pubescent with more or less reflexed hairs, erect or 

 ascending from a perennial rootstock, the peduncles elongate, 

 much exceeding the leaves. Leaflets oblong-linear to oblong- 

 ovate, 1-4 cm. long, 0.3-1 cm. broad, acute or occasionally 

 rounded at the apex, rounded at the base, papillose and more or 

 less densely pubescent above with mostly appressed hairs, ap- 

 pressed-pubescent beneath, coriaceous, the margin ciliate ; ra- 

 cemes simple ; flowers short-pedicelled ; calyx campanulate, 2-3 

 cm. long, appressed-puberulent, the lobes triangular to triangular- 



