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tant, impressed above, prominent beneath, the apex acute or 

 short-acuminate, the base narrowed or obtuse, the rather stout 

 puberulent petioles 8-15 mm. long; stipules ovate, about 5 mm. 

 long-; panicles terminal, peduncled, 4-5 cm. long in fruit, gla- 

 brous ; fruiting pedicels 2-5 mm. long ; fruit globose, small, about 

 3 mm. in diameter, rather deeply grooved, red. 



Between Yamuri Arriba and Bermejal, Oriente {Shafer 

 8442). 



Psychotria moensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A straggling shrub, the twigs terete, puberulent when young, 

 flexuous, rather stout, the internodes short. Leaves clustered 

 near the ends of the twigs, subcoriaceous, oblanceolate, glabrous, 

 2-4 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide or less, rounded or obtuse at the apex, 

 cuneate at the base, rather strongly pinnately few-veined and 

 with the midvein prominent beneath, very inconspicuously veined 

 with the midvein impressed above, the stout petioles 1-2 mm. 

 long ; stipules distinct, about 4 mm. long, deciduous ; inflores- 

 cence terminal, few-flowered ; peduncle rather stout, 1-2 cm. 

 long; fruiting pedicels about 5 mm. long; bractlets minute; fruit 

 (immature) subglobose, a little longer than thick, about 5 mm. in 

 diameter, the persistent calyx-tube about 0.5 mm. long. 



Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente {Shafer 

 8273). 

 Psychotria toensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 3-9 dm. high, the slender brown twigs puberulent 

 when young. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 2-5.5 cm - 

 long, 0.7-2 cm. wide, acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at 

 the base, glabrous above, the midvein slightly elevated, the lateral 

 veins prominent ; free tips of the stipules oblong, 2-2.5 mm - l n &> 

 acute; inflorescence terminal, the peduncle 1.5-3 cm - l n g> P u " 

 berulent; corymbs trichotomous, 1 1.5 cm. long, ebracteate; pro- 

 phyllae oblong-lanceolate, 3 mm. long, 1 mm. wide, puberulent; 

 flowers sessile ; calyx-tube puberulent, the lobes triangular or 

 triangular-ovate; corolla 1213 mm. long, the lobes oblong to 

 oblong-lanceolate, acute ; fruit 4 mm. broad, contracted at the 

 commissure. 



Moist rocky places along trail, Rio Yamaniguey to Camp Toa, 

 Oriente {Shafer 4009). 



Mitracarpum Fortunii Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Annual. Stems branched at the base, the branches slender, 

 erect, 6-9 cm. long, puberulent with incurved hairs. Leaves ob- 



