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Brixton: Studies of West Indian plants 



Leaves cordate at the base; corolla 3-4 cm. 



long. 

 Leaves not cordate; corolla much smaller. 

 Leaves glabrous on both sides, cori- 

 aceous. 

 Peduncles short, 3-15 mm. long, 



i-2-flowered. 

 Peduncles long, 3-8 cm. long, few- 

 several-flowered. 

 Leaves thin, pubescent beneath, at least 

 on the veins. 

 Leaves appressed-silky beneath, 



long-acuminate at the apex. 

 Pubescence not silky; leaves obtuse 

 to acute or short-acuminate. 

 Fruit oblong. 

 Fruit subglobose. 



Leaves prominently reticu- 

 late-veined beneath. 

 Leaves setulose above. 

 Leaves not setulose above. 

 Leaves not prominently re- 

 ticulate-veined beneath. 

 1 1 Inflorescence several-many-flowered. 

 Leaves thick, scabrous above. 

 Leaves thin, smooth above. 

 C. Species known to me only from the description. 



16. G. calyptrala. 



17. G. monocarpa. 



18. G. Valenzuelana. 



19. G. calcicola. 



20. G. Lindeniana. 



21. G. brevinodis. 



22. G. inaequipes. 



23. G. elliplica. 



24. G. scabra. 



25. G. Combsii. 



26. G. relusa. 



I. GuETTARDA Echinodendron C. Wright; Sauvalle, Anales 



Acad. Habana 6: 124. 1869 

 Stenostomum microphyllum Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 133. 1866. 



Not Guettarda microphylla Bartl. 



Type locality : Near San Marcos, western Cuba. 



Distribution : Known only from the type locaHty. 



2. Guettarda Coxiana sp. nov. 



A shrub, 2.5 m. high, with short, slender, densely pubescent 

 twigs, the leaf-scars long-persistent. Stipules ovate, acuminate, 

 2-3 mm. long; leaves ovate or ovate-elHptic, 2 cm. long or less, 

 coriaceous, rigid, the apex acute and spinulose-tipped, the base 

 obtuse, the upper surface smooth, with indistinct venation, the 

 under surface very prominently reticulate-veined and densely 

 pubescent, the stout pubescent petiole 1-2 mm. long; peduncles 

 axillary, i-flowered or 2-flowered, pubescent, 2.5-3 "^i"- long; 

 bractlets subulate, i mm. long; calyx obconic, truncate, densely 

 puberulcnt, 2 mm. long; corolla yellowish, densjily puberulent, 



