Britton : Cuban Plants New to Science 95 



ovoid-globose, 8 mm. long ; seeds oblong, with long brown hairs. 

 Hillsides, northwestern Oriente. Type from Loma Pilon, in 

 eruptive mountains near Holguin {Shafer 1235). 



Family HYDROPHYLLACEAE 



Nama cubana P. Wilson, sp. nov. 



A spiny shrub 2-3.5 dm. tall, with puberulent twigs. Leaves 

 obovate or somewhat obovate-spatulate, 1-2.5 cm. long, 3-6 mm. 

 broad, glabrous or nearly so, rounded or acutish at the apex, 

 cuneate at the base, short-petioled ; sepals ovate, 5-7 mm. long, 

 3.5-5 mm. broad, acute or rounded at the apex, glabrous ; capsule 

 subglobose, 3-3.5 mm. long, glabrous; styles mostly 3, shorter 

 than the sepals. 



In mud, Columbia, Camaguey {Sliafer 619). 



Family CORDIACEAE 



Varronia Shaferi Britton, sp. nov. 



Shrub-like, branched, the twigs, petioles and peduncles ap- 

 pressed-pubescent, scabrous. Leaves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 

 coriaceous, entire, 8 cm. long or less, 2-4 cm. wide, acute or 

 acuminate at the apex, narrowed and acute at the base, shining 

 and glabrous or nearly so above, short-pubescent beneath, the 

 veins impressed above, prominent beneath, the rather stout pe- 

 tioles 1-2 cm. long ; peduncles terminal, rather stout, 5-8 cm. 

 long; flowers densely short-spicate ; spikes 1.5-3 cm - l n g> about 

 1 cm. thick ; calyx strigose, about 6 mm. long, its triangular lobes 

 tapering into a linear, caudate tip ; corolla 3.5-4 mm. long, white, 

 a little longer than the calyx-tube, its lobes short, rounded; fruit 

 oval, about 7 mm. long. 



Moist woods between Navas and Camp Buena Vista, Oriente, 

 at 650 meters altitude {Shafer 4448). 



Bourreria Taylori Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree, 5-8 m. high, the young twigs and inflorescence loosely 

 pilose. Leaves spatulate-oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, 3-7 cm. 

 long, 2 cm. wide or less, obtuse or rounded at the apex, cuneate 

 at the base, smooth, glabrous and reticulate-veined above, spar- 

 ingly pilose beneath, the petioles 2-4 mm. long; inflorescence 

 paniculate, several-flowered ; calyx oblong-campanulate, densely 

 pilose, about 6 mm. long, its teeth triangular, acute ; styles united 

 to above the middle, stout ; fruit orange-red, globose, about 8 mm. 

 in diameter. 



