Britton: Cuban Plants New to Science 85 



Family THYMELAEACEAE 



Daphnopsis oblongifolia Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 1-2 m. or more high, with slender -branches, the young 

 growth appressed-puberulent. Leaves linear-oblong to oblong or 

 somewhat elliptic-oblong, 2-5.5 cm - l n g, 4~7 mm - broad, obtuse 

 or acutish at the apex, acute at the base, short-petioled, entire, 

 revolute-margined, the veins anastomosing and nearly parallel to 

 the midrib ; inflorescence short-peduncled, few-flowered ; pedicels 

 2-2.5 mm - long, staminate flowers with calyx-tube short, the lobes 

 ovate. 



Type from palm barren, Santa Clara (Britton & Co-well 

 1 330i) . 



Family MYRTACEAE 



Psidium nummularioides Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A small tree, with slender, gray, terete, glabrous twigs. Leaves 

 orbicular or ovate, coriaceous, glabrous, 8-15 mm. long, rounded 

 or obtuse at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, bright 

 green and finely reticulate-veined on both surfaces, the midvein 

 rather prominent, the stout petioles about 1 mm. long; pedicels 

 axillary, solitary, slender, ascending, 1.5 cm. long; calyx-lobes 

 suborbicular, 2-2.5 mm - ^ on g> 3~3-5 mm. broad, glabrous ; young- 

 fruit ellipsoid, 8 mm. long, 5-6 mm. in diameter. 



Coral limestone bench, Guantanamo Bay, Oriente (Britton 

 2046) . 



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Psidium ( ?) navasense Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub, about 1.3 m. high, the slender twigs terete. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 5-7 

 cm. long, dull, bluntly acuminate at the apex, obtuse at the base, 

 rather strongly pinnately veined with the veins united near the 

 margin, the midvein impressed above, prominent beneath, the 

 stout petioles about 2 mm. long; young fruits axillary, solitary, 

 subglobose, about 7 mm. in diameter, on peduncles 6-8 mm. long; 

 calyx-lobes suborbicular, 2 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm - broad; berry 

 subglobose, 6 mm. in diameter. 



Moist woods between Navas and Camp Buena Vista, Oriente, 

 650 m. altitude (Shafer 4444). 



Psidium bullatum Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub or a tree up to 5 m. high, the young twigs densely 

 short-pubescent, terete. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3-5 cm. 



