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tubercle bearing a stiff bristly hair ; veins of the under leaf- 

 surface strong and elevated, two of the lateral ones arising from 

 near the base, the other two arising from above the base ; petioles 

 stout, 2 cm. long or less ; flowers 2-4, sessile at the end of a short 

 stout peduncle, or some of them solitary; calyx densely hirsute, 

 its 5 lobes subulate, long-ciliate, about 3 mm. long; fruit densely 

 hirsute. 



Thickets, mountains of northern Oriente. Type from Camp 

 La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa {Shafer 8152). 



Ossaea navasensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub about 2 m. high, with reddish or reddish-brown 

 scurfy twigs and petioles. Leaves lanceolate-ovate to ovate, 3-5 

 cm. long, 1.3-2 cm. broad, 3-nerved, acuminate at the apex, acute 

 at the base, glabrous and dull above, the primary veins impressed, 

 paler beneath, the primary veins rather prominent ; petioles 5-1 1 

 mm. long, ciliate ; flowers axillary, solitary or few, sessile ; calyx- 

 lobes 4, linear-lanceolate, long-ciliate ; petals acute. 



Dense woods, trail, Navas to Camp Buena Vista, Oriente 

 {Shafer 4449). 



Ossaea nipensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 1 m. high, with brownish or reddish-brown scurfy 

 twigs and petioles. Leaves ovate, 1.5-3 cm - l n g> 7-18 mm. 

 broad, 3-nerved, acute to short-acuminate at the apex, the tip 

 obtuse, rounded or somewhat acutish at the base, dark green, and 

 glabrous above, the primary veins impressed, brown and some- 

 what scurfy beneath, the veins rather prominently elevated ; pe- 

 tioles 4-6 mm. long, slender ; flowers solitary or few, subsessile ; 

 calyx-lobes 4, minute, broadly triangular, acute; petals oblong- 

 elliptic, 1.5 mm. long, 0.8 mm. broad, acute; young fruit subglo- 

 bose, 2 mm. in diameter. 



Rich woods, Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, Oriente {Shafer 

 3439)- 



Family ERICACEAE 



Kalmiella simulata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 6-9 dm. tall, with glabrous foliage and puberulent 

 branches ; leaves thick, lanceolate-subulate on account of the 

 strongly revolute margins, 5-6 mm. long, 1-1.5 mm. broad, bright 

 green and shining above, paler beneath, sessile ; pedicels longer 

 than the leaves, sparsely glandular-pilose ; sepals lanceolate, 5 



