84 Britton : Cuban Plants New to Science 



rowed at the base, i -nerved, black-punctate; flowers terminal, 

 solitary, short-peduncled ; sepals obovate-oblong, apiculate, 

 i -nerved, 2.5 mm. long; capsule oblong, 3-valved, about as long 

 as the sepals. 



Hillside, serpentine palm barren, Santa Clara (Britton & Wil- 

 son 6140). 



Family FLACOURTIACEAE 



Myroxylon ( ?) rhombifolium Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub about 1 m. high, with very slender, elongated, puberu- 

 lent branches, each node with an acicular spine 8-12 mm. long, 

 Leaves coriaceous, rhombic, 6-10 mm. broad, about as long as 

 wide, 2-5-toothed, strongly veined on both sides, the venation 

 somewhat reticulated, dark green and shining above, pale green 

 beneath, glabrous, the petioles 0.5-1 mm. long; flowers and fruit 

 unknown. 



Coe's Camp, Ensenada de Siguanea, Isle of Pines (Britton & 

 Wilson 14880). 



Lunania subcoriacea Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub, about 3 m. high, with slender gray terete branches. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 12-17 cm. 

 long, 4-5 cm. wide, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse 

 or rounded at the base, the rather stout petioles 1 1.5 cm. long; 

 raceme peduncled, about 10 cm. long, glabrous ; pedicels 4.5-5 

 mm. long, jointed near the base, glabrous; sepals orbicular or 

 suborbicular, 4.5 mm. broad, concave ; filaments subulate ; disk 

 fleshy ; ovary ovoid. 



Rich woods, alluvial valley of Rio Yamaniguey, Oriente 

 (Shafer 4204). 



Lunania elongata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Branches slender, elongated, puberulent when young, gray, 

 terete.* Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, gla- 

 brous, 5-15 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or less, acuminate at the apex, 

 rounded or subcordate at the base, the slender petioles 8-20 mm. 

 long, puberulent when young; raceme long-peduncled, narrow, 

 puberulent, many-flowered, 10-18 cm. long; pedicels 2-3 mm. 

 long, jointed above the base, puberulent ; sepals orbicular, 4 mm. 

 broad, concave; stamens about 10; disk fleshy; ovary elliptic- 

 ovoid. 



Sierra de las Divisiones, Sancti Spiritus mountains, Santa 

 Clara (Leon and Clement 6508). 



