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Clerodendrum anafense Britton & Wilson, sp. no v. 



A tree up to 10 m. high, the twigs and petioles very minutely 

 and sparsely hispidulous. Leaves elliptic or somewhat elliptic- 

 obovate, 4-9 cm. long, 2-4.5 cm - wide, obtuse or acute at the apex, 

 rounded or acutish at the base, light green and glabrous, or mi- 

 nutely and obscurely hispidulous on the mid-vein above, paler, 

 coarsely reticulate-veined and glabrous beneath, entire, coria- 

 ceous, short-petioled ; calyx campanulate, 3.5-4 mm. wide, sub- 

 truncate at the apex, glabrous ; corolla 2-2.5 cm - l n g> white, the 

 lobes oblanceolate to obovate; filaments filiform, exserted; an- 

 thers narrowly ovate or elliptic. 



Rocky hillsides, Sierra de Anafe, Pinar del Rio (Wilson & 

 Leon 1 1466). 



Clerodendrum camagueyense Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 1-1.2 m. high, the twigs and petioles tuberculate and 

 minutely hispidulous with mostly appressed hairs. Leaves obo- 

 vate or elliptic-obovate, 7-1 1 cm. long, 3.5-6 cm. wide, dark 

 green, lustrous and hispidulous on the veins above, the secondary 

 veins inconspicuous, paler, coarsely reticulate-veined and minutely 

 hispidulous on the veins beneath, the margin denticulate ; petioles 

 1 cm. long ; calyx narrowly campanulate, subtruncate at the apex, 

 glabrous ; corolla about 4 cm. long, white, the lobes oblanceolate ; 

 stamens exserted. 



Savanna south of Sierra Cubitas, Camaguey (Shafer 496). 



Family LAM I ACE AE 



Salvia scabrata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A more or less straggling shrub, I 1.2 m. tall, with hispid 

 twigs. Leaves obovate, 4-6 cm. long, 1.5-2.2 cm. broad, obtuse 

 or acutish at the apex, cuneate at the base, dull and glabrous 

 above, paler and conspicuously punctate beneath, crenulate-ser- 

 rate ; petioles about 7 mm. long, hispid ; racemes axillary, the 

 verticels 3-5 cm. apart, few-flowered ; pedicels 5-6 mm. long ; 

 calyx 11-12 mm. long, its lobes ciliolate, acute; corolla red or 

 scarlet, 2-2.5 cm - l n g; tomentose. 



Mountains of northern Oriente. Type from along a rocky 

 river, near Camp San Benito, 900 m. altitude (Sliafer 4075). 



Salvia cubensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A more or less erect shrub, 1 1.5 m. tall, with puberulent 

 twigs. Leaves oblanceolate or lanceolate, 4-9 cm. long, 1.2-2.5 



