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Rocky hillside, Rio Arimao, province of Santa Clara, Cuba 

 {Britton & Wilson 5797). 



Tabebuia arenicola sp. nov. 



A tree 7 m. high. Leaves 3-foliolate; petioles slender, 1-2.5 

 cm. long; leaflets subcoriaceous, shining, sparingly lepidote, and 

 obscurely veined above, dull, closely lepidote and with prominent 

 midvein and slender lateral veins beneath, inconspicuously 

 reticulate-veined, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, the terminal 

 one oblanceolate, 6-7 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. wide, acute at the base, 

 with a petiolule 4-6 mm. long, the lateral ones oblong, 4-6 cm. 

 long, sessile by a very oblique base. 



Sandy plain, Conde Beach, Guantanamo Bay, Oriente, Cuba 

 {Britton 2142) . 



Tabebuia geronensis sp. nov. 



Twigs stout. Leaves 1-3-foliolate; petioles slender, i cm. 

 long or less; in 3-foliolate leaves, the lateral leaflets sessile, the 

 terminal one short-stalked; leaflets oblong to ovate-elliptic or 

 ovate-oblong, subcoriaceous, 3.5-7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or less, 

 obtuse and rounded or apiculate at the apex, rounded, subcordate, 

 or lateral ones obliquely narrowed at the base, dull on both sides, 

 lepidote above, finely and strongly reticulate-veined and densely 

 lepidote beneath; fruiting calyx densely lepidote, i cm. long; 

 capsule 8-9 cm. long, about 8 mm. thick, with a slender tip 6 mm. 

 long. 



Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba {A. H. Curtiss, May, 1904). 



Tabebuia Curtissii sp. nov. 



Young twigs, leaves, pedicels and calyx densely lepidote- 

 scurfy. Leaves 3-foliolate, or the upper and lower i-foliolate; 

 leaflets coriaceous, those of i-foliolate leaves elliptic, 3-6 cm. long, 

 obtuse at both ends, those of 3-foliolate leaves obovate or oblong- 

 obovate, 8 cm. long or less, abruptly acute at the apex, narrowed 

 at the base, the terminal one short-stalked, the lateral ones sessile, 

 all smooth and shining above, dull, reticulate-veined and densely 

 lepidote beneath; flow^ers in terminal clusters; pedicels 2 cm. 

 long or less; calyx narrowly campanulate, 1.5 cm. long, its teeth 

 triangular, acute; corolla 5 cm. long, its lobes broad and rounded. 



Nueva Gerona, Isle of Pines, Cuba {A. H. Curtiss, May, 1904). 



