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firm-chartaceous, lepidote, elliptic to obovate, 2.5-6 cm. long, 3.5 

 cm. wide or less, crenate near the apex, or entire, obtuse or 

 rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, reticulate- 

 veined above and faintly so beneath, the primary venation rather 

 prominent on both sides ; flowers 2 or 3 together in lateral clus- 

 ters ; pedicels slender, 3-4 cm. long ; flower-buds apiculate ; 

 calyx 1.5 cm. long; "corolla yellow"; capsule curved, elongated, 

 about 2.5 dm. long. 



Vicinity of Holguin, Oriente. Type collected between Hol- 

 guin and Cacocum {Shafer 1550). 



Family GESNERIACEAE 



Gesneria yamuriensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A slow shrub. Leaves clustered near the apex of the stem, 

 membranous, oblanceolate, 7-12 cm. long, 2.5-4.5 cm. broad, 

 acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, sessile, ru- 

 gose, the veins impressed above, prominent beneath ; inflorescence 

 corymbif orm, the peduncles axillary, many-flowered ; pedicels 

 filiform, 3-4 cm. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent; calyx-lobes 

 linear, 1 cm. long, glabrous, the tube io-ribbe<l, 4.5-5 mm. long; 

 corolla scarlet, tubular, 3.5-4 cm. long, glabrous. 



Coastal cliffs, Oriente. Type from face of cliff near Rio 

 Yamuri {Shafer 7786). Related to G. purpurascens Urban. 



Gesneria nipensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



An erect shrub, 3-12 dm. high, the twigs, petioles and pedun- 

 cles scabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, 6-1 1 cm. long, 

 1.7-2.7 cm. broad, acute to short-acuminate at the apex, cuneate 

 at the base, dull and scabrous above, ruf escent beneath, especially 

 when young, faintly few-veined with the midvein impressed 

 above and prominent beneath, the margin revolute, entire or 

 slightly crenulate ; petioles 1 .5-1.7 cm. long; peduncles axillary, 

 6-8 cm. long, 2-3-flowered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3 mm. long ; 

 corolla tubular, yellow, 1.5 cm. long, verrucose; capsule narrowly 

 obovoid, ecostate, 8-9 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, finely verrucose. 



Wet shady woods. Type from Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, 

 Oriente {Shafer 3201). 



Gesneria clarensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A tall shrub with slender grayish-brown branches, the twigs 

 and petioles minutely scabrous. Leaves subcoriaceous, obovate, 

 7-10 cm. long, 3-4.4 cm. broad, rounded or acutish at the apex, 



