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Distribution: Hillsides and thickets at lower and middle 

 elevations, Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havana, Pinar del Rio. 

 Recorded by Richard from Oriente. Recorded from Mexico, 

 Cultivated for ornament. 



2. RoNDELETiA MiCROPHYLLA Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 127. 1866 



Type locality : Western Cuba. 



Distribution: River-banks, Pinar del Rio. Endemic. 

 The leaves are sometimes larger than those of the type speci- 

 mens, attaining a length of 3 cm. 



3. RondeletiaShaferi Urban & Britton; Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 



398. 1912 



Type locality: Barren savannas near Holguin, Oriente. 

 Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 

 Dr. Shafer's notes indicate that the plant grows along water- 

 courses. 



4. RoNDELETiA PEDUNCULARis A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 



14. 1850 



Type locality: Vuelta de Abajo. 



Distribution: Rocky banks and beds of streams, Oriente, 

 Pinar del Rio. Endemic. 



5. Rondeletia pachyphylla Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. 



Ant. 1 : 419. 1899 



Type locality: Cuba. 



Distribution: Rocky stream-beds, mountains of northern 

 Oriente. Endemic. 



Recorded by Grisebach as R. alaternoides A. Rich. The 

 inflorescence is both terminal and axillary, 



6. Rondeletia pedicellaris C. Wright; Sauvalle, Anales Acad. 



Habana6: 102,121. 1869 



Type locality : Vicinity of Trinidad. 



Distribution: Cliffs and rocky hillsides, southern Santa 

 Clara. Endemic. 



