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together. Calyx cylindric-campanulate, irregularly 2-4-toothed. 

 Corolla oblique, funnelform-campanulate, unequally 5-lobed, ver- 

 tically flattened, its lobes reflexed. Fertile stamens 4, didyma- 

 mous, exserted ; filaments slender ; anther-sacs reflexed ; sterile 

 filament slender. Capsule terete, elongated, curved or coiled. 

 Seeds oblong, thin, winged at each end. [Name an anagram of 

 Tecoma.] 



About 4 species, natives of eastern Cuba. 



Type species : Tecoma spiralis C. Wright. 



Cotema spiralis (C. Wright) Britton & Wilson, comb. nov. 



Tecoma spiralis C. Wright ; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 194. 1866. 



Eastern Cuba (C. Wright 3038). 



Cotema woodfredensis Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree up to 6 or 7 m. high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles 

 slender, 2.5-5 cm - l n g ; petiolules slender, 8-25 mm. long ; leaf- 

 lets subcoriaceous, obovate, the larger ones 5-7 cm. long, 2-5 cm. 

 wide, all crenate above the middle, rounded or obtuse at the apex, 

 narrowed or cuneate at the base, finelv reticulate-veined and 

 lepidote-punctate on both sides, shining above, rather dull be- 

 neath, turning dark in drying ; capsule curved, greatly elongated, 

 about 4 dm. long, beaked. 



Rocky hillside, Sierra Nipe, between Piedra Gorda and Wood- 

 fred, Oriente (Shafer 3320). 



Cotema apiculata Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree about 5 m. high. Leaves 5-f oliolate ; petioles rather 

 stout, 4-6 cm. long; leaflets coriaceous, dark green, elliptic to 

 elliptic-obovate, 6-9 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, crenate, rounded and 

 apiculate at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, strongly 

 reticulate-veined and loosely lepidote-punctate on both sides, the 

 petiolules 2-3 cm. long ; peduncles lateral, solitary or 2 together, 

 stout, 3-5 cm. long ; calyx deciduous ; capsule about 3 dm. long, 

 5-6 mm. thick, coiled or curved. 



Edge of pineland thickets, between Rio Yamaniguey and 

 Camp Toa, Oriente, at 400 meters altitude (Shafer 4179). 



A barren specimen from Pinar de El Purio, Cabonico, 

 Oriente (Roig 134), is referred to this species with hesitation. 



Cotema holguinensis Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree up to 8 m. high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate ; petioles slen- 

 der, 1-5 cm. long ; petiolules slender, 2 cm. long or less ; leaflets 



