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3-nerved, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, coriaceous, 1 0.5-1 5 cm. 

 long, 2.5-3.8 cm. broad, green and glabrous or nearly so above, 

 densely ferruginous-pubescent beneath with short stellate hairs, 

 reticulate-veined, the lateral veins 2-3 mm. distant, nearly at 

 right angles to the midrib, the petioles 1.5-2 cm. long; branches 

 of the inflorescence loosely articulate; pedicels 2-4.5 mm. long; 

 flowers undeveloped; calyx-lobes shortly triangular-ovate. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10925). 



Rapanea microphylla Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A glabrous shrub, with short and slender twigs. Leaves 

 obovate or oblong-obovate, coriaceous, 8-20 mm. long, pin- 

 nately few-veined, punctate, the apex rounded, the base connate, 

 the petioles 2-3 mm. long; fruits nearly sessile, subglobose, 

 shining, about 3 mm. in diameter. 



Pico Turquino, Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 107 14). 



Symplocos Leonis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



Shrub, the twigs dark brown, strigillose. Leaves elliptic, 

 subcoriaceous, 4-8.5 cm. long, 2-4 cm. broad, rounded or ob- 

 tusely acute at the apex, acute at the base, dark green, glabrous 

 and indistinctly reticulate-veined above, the midrib impressed, 

 paler, reticulate-veined and pubescent with appressed hairs 

 especially on the midvein beneath, or nearly glabrous; petioles 

 about 5 mm. long; inflorescence pubescent with ferruginous hairs; 

 calyx-lobes elliptic, 1 .4 mm. long, 0.9 mm. broad ; petals 5, broad- 

 ly oval, 3-3.5 mm. long, 2.5 mm. broad, glabrous; filaments dis- 

 tinct nearly to the base; fruit ellipsoid, 8.5 mm. long, 5.5 mm. in 

 diameter, pubescent with scattered appressed hairs. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10738, type; 10907). 



Plumiera montana Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A tree up to 10 m. high or higher, glabrous throughout. 

 Leaves oblanceolate, 15 cm. long or less, membranous when dry, 

 the lateral venation rather widely spreading, the apex rounded, 

 the base cuneate, the slender petioles 1-3 cm. long; flowers 

 several or numerous; pedicels rather stout, 1.5 cm. long or less; 

 calyx about 5 mm. long; corolla (white?) its slender tube about 

 2 cm. long, about one-half as long as the narrowly oblanceolate, 

 rounded lobes; pod about 12 cm. long. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente. Type from banks of Yara River 

 {Leon 11060). 





