102 Britton : Cuban Plants New to Science 



5-5.5 cm. broad, acute at the apex, acutish or somewhat rounded 

 at the base, glabrous and finely reticulate-veined on both surfaces ; 

 petioles 1.3-1.6 cm. long; flowers solitary or several, axillary; 

 calyx cylindric, about 1 cm. long, glabrous ; corolla greenish- 

 yellow, 7-8 cm. long, the tube slender, sparingly pilose within, 

 especially near the base, the lanceolate lobes 1.2-1.5 cm. long; 

 filaments linear, adnate to the corolla-tube nearly to its throat; 

 anthers elliptic to somewhat elliptic-ovate; style linear, 7-7.5 cm. 

 long, glabrous ; stigma subcapitate. 



Trail, Magdalena to Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Taylor 439). 



Cestrum pinetorum Britton, sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub about 1 m. tall, with slender brownish twigs. 

 Leaves oblong-oblanceolate to obovate, or somewhat oblong-lan- 

 ceolate, 4-6.5 cm. long, 0.9-1.5 cm. broad, obtuse or acutish at the 

 apex, cuneate at the base, dark green and often obscurely veined 

 above, paler and obscurely veined beneath, the petioles 2-5 mm. 

 long ; panicles axillary or terminal ; fruiting calyx campanulate, 

 about 5 mm. long, subsessile, its lobes triangular-ovate, I 1.5 nim. 

 long; fruit obovoid to obovoid-ellipsoid, 6-7 mm. long, 5 mm. 

 broad, purplish-black. 



Open pine woods, Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, Oriente 

 (Shafer 3031). 



Brunfelsia Shaferi Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 0.5-2 m. tall, with glabrous or somewhat puberulent 

 brownish twigs. Leaves oblong to elliptic-oblong, oblong-oblan- 

 ceolate or oblong-obovate, 3-7.5 cm. long, 0.8-1.5 cm. broad, 

 rounded or acutish at the apex, cuneate at the base, dark green, 

 glabrous and indistinctly veined above, the midvein impressed, 

 paler and glabrous beneath, the midvein prominent; petioles 2-5 

 mm. long; calyx coriaceous, glabrous, the lobes oblong-ovate to 

 ovate, about 3 mm. long; berry subglobose, 1-1.2 cm. in diameter, 

 sessile or subsessile, glabrous. 



Plancha trail, Mensura to Woodfred, Oriente (Shafer 38/0). 



Brunfelsia clarensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub I m. or more high, with nearly glabrous twigs. 

 Leaves obovate to broadly elliptic-obovate, 5-10 cm. long, 2.5-4.5 

 cm. broad, rounded or acutish at the apex, acute at the base, gla- 

 brous or very minutely hispidulous above with scattered hairs, 

 minutely hispidulous to glabrous beneath, the primary veins slen- 

 der and rather indistinct; petioles 1-1.4 cm. long; calyx coria- 



