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42. THE GENUS GUETTARDA L. IN 



A. Leaves minute, nearly sessile, 6 mm. long or less. i. 



B. Leaves larger, 1.5 cm. long or more. 



a. Leaves spinulose-tipped. 



Leaves ovate to elliptic, strongly reticulate-veined 



beneath. 

 Leaves oblong, scarcely reticulate-veined beneath. 



b. Leaves not spinulose-tipped. 



* Leaves small, 3.5 cm. long or less; flowers axillary, 

 mostly solitary. 

 Leaves densely silvery-silky beneath. 

 Leaves glabrous or somewhat pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers sessile or nearly so; leaves ovate or 

 oblong. 

 Venation inconspicuous on upper leaf- 

 surfaces. 

 Corolla nearly 2 cm. long; calyx 



spathaceous. 

 Corolla 1-1.5 cm. long. 



Calyx spathaceous; corolla-tube 



little longer than the limb. 

 Calyx truncate or oblique; corolla- 

 tube 3-4 times as long as the limb. 

 Venation prominent on upper leaf-surfaces. 

 Peduncles nearly as long as the fruits; leaves 

 obovate. 

 ** Leaves larger, 3.5-15 cm. long. 



t Inflorescence capitate or clustered or flowers 

 solitary at the ends of twigs, or some flowers 

 also peduncled in the upper axils. 

 Inflorescence capitate-clustered. 



Leaves densely pubescent or puberulent 

 beneath. 

 Leaves densely puberulent beneath. 

 Leaves villous beneath, at least on the 

 veins. 

 Fruit 2-3 cm. in diameter. 

 Fruit 6—15 mm. in diameter. 



Fruit 10-15 mm. in diameter, 

 densely puberulent; leaves 

 densely villous beneath. 

 Fruit about 6 mm. in diameter, 

 villous; leaves villous on the 

 veins beneath. 

 Leaves pubescent only on the veins be- 

 neath. 

 Flowers solitary or sometimes 2. 

 tt Inflorescence axillary, peduncled. 

 t Inflorescence i-several-flowered. 



CUBA 



G. Echinodendron. 



G. Coxiana. 

 G. cueroensis. 



4. G. rigida. 



5. G. camagu eyensis. 



6. G. clarensis. 



G. undulata. 

 G. xanthocarpa. 



9. G. sciaphila. 



10. G. densiflora. 



II. G. macrocarpa. 



