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Haemocharis angustifolia Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A tree 20-30 m. tall, with slender grayish brown twigs, pu- 

 bescent with strigillose hairs. Leaves oblong or oblong-obovate, 

 2-5.5 cm. long, 0.5-1.3 cm. broad, obtuse or rounded at the 

 apex, acute at the base, light green and glabrous above, paler 

 beneath and pubescent; flowers about 3 cm. in diameter; sepals 

 oval or suborbicular, 4.5-6 mm. long, 4-6 mm. broad, pubescent 

 on the back with appressed hairs; petals obovate, 1.2-1.3 cm. 

 long, 6-7 mm. broad, rounded at the apex, pubescent; filaments 

 filiform, glabrous; ovary villous. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon, 11072). 



Begonia lomensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Suffruticose, the stems 3-4.5 dm. high, rusty pilose. Leaves 

 obliquely cordate-ovate to obliquely suborbicular, 1.5-4 cm - 

 long, 1-2.7 cm. wide, acute, glabrous above at maturity, rusty 

 pilose or nearly glabrous beneath, coarsely toothed, the petioles 

 4-20 mm. long, pilose; stipules lanceolate, acuminate, entire, 

 4-6 mm. long, 1.5-2 mm. broad; inflorescence long-peduncled; 

 staminate flowers; pedicels slender, up to 7.5 mm. long, glabrous; 

 sepals 2, orbicular, 7-8 mm. long, 8-9 mm. wide; petals 2, obo- 

 vate, 4 mm. long, 3 mm. wide; stamens 20 or more; capsule 

 long-pedicelled, the body 8-9 mm. long, 5-6 mm. wide, the 

 wing about 9 mm. broad, obtuse or acutish. 



Farallones de la Loma Regino, Oriente (Leon ioyji). 



Ginoria montana Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A glabrous unarmed shrub, with slender ascending branches. 

 Leaves lanceolate, coriaceous, 2.5-4.3 cm. long, 0.7-1.7 cm. 

 broad, obtuse at the apex, acute at the base, faintly reticulate- 

 veined; petioles slender, 2 mm. long; cymes sessile or nearly so; 

 flowers immature, long-pedicelled; calyx-lobes spreading, appen- 

 daged below the sinuses; stamens about 20. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Leon 11000). 



Psidium (?) cacuminis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Glabrous, with straight slender twigs. Leaves oblong.thick- 

 coriaceous, 4-7 cm. long, reticulate-veined, sparingly punctate, 

 bright green and shining above, pale green beneath, the apex 

 rounded or obtuse, the base narrowed, the stout petioles about 

 6 mm. long; fruit oblong, solitary and nearly sessile in upper 

 axils, nearly 2 cm. long. 



Pico Turquino, Oriente (Leon 10740). 



