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long, 1-2.2 cm. broad, obtuse or acutish at the apex, cuneate at the 

 base, petioled, above clothed with scattered stellate hairs, beneath 

 velvety ferruginous with stellate hairs and reticulate-veined, the 

 midvein and lateral nerves obscure or impressed above, prominent 

 beneath ; calyx-lobes oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, i .2-1 .6 

 cm. long, 6-8 mm. broad, velvety-ferruginous; petals elliptic to 

 somewhat oblanceolate, 1.6-1.8 cm. long, 5-6 mm. broad, glandu- 

 lar-ciliate; filaments filiform, glabrous; anthers ol)long-lanceo- 

 late; ovary narrowly ovoid, tomentose; styles filiform, 2.5-2.7 

 cm. long, glabrous; capsule velvety-ferruginous, the valves ovate; 

 seeds pyriform. 



Type collected along trail, Rio Yamaniguey to Camp Toa 

 (400 m. alt.), Oriente, Cuba {Shafer 4190); also collected on the 

 Sierra Nipe, Oriente (Shafer jiog). 



Rheedia Hessii sp. nov. 



Young branches angled, slender, the older ones terete. Leaves 

 opposite, coriaceous, clustered on short lateral twigs, narrowly 

 lanceolate, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 6 mm. wide or less, narrowed at the 

 base into stout petioles 2-3 mm. long, spinulose-acuminate at the 

 apex, the midvein prominent beneath, very indistinct above, the 

 lateral venation wholly obscure, the margins thickened ; staminate 

 flowers solitary in upper axils on pedicels about 4 mm. long; 

 sepals suborbicul-ar, about 3 mm. broad; petals obovate-elliptic, 

 rounded at the apex, 5 mm. long; stamens numerous, the stout 

 filaments 2-2.5 mm. long; anthers less than 0.5 mm. broad. 



Indiera Fria, near Maricao, Porto Rico (F. L. Stevens & W. E. 

 Hess J J jj). In habit and in leaf-form this somewhat resembles 

 R. fruticosa C. Wright, of Cuba. 



Mayepea cubensis P. Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub 6 m. tall, the young twigs glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 

 oblong-oblanceolate, 6-9 cm. long, 1.5-2 cm. broad, rounded and 

 often emarginate at the apex, cuneate at the base, petioled, 

 glabrous, impressed punctate, rigid ; midrib more or less impressed 

 above, prominent beneath, the primary veins few and rather 

 inconspicuous; panicles terminal, shorter than the leaves, the 

 branches glabrous; bracts oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceo- 

 late, hirsutulous; pedicels about 2 mm. long; calyx-lobes tri- 

 angular, obtuse or acutish, sparingly hirsutulous on the outside, 

 hirsutulous within mostly at or near the apex; petals oblong or 

 somewhat oblong-lanceolate, 5.5-6.5 mm. lang,"^.2-2 mm. broad, 



