Brixton: Studies of West Indian plants — XI 47 



Marsdenia bicolor Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A slender vine, with puberulent stems. Leaves oblong- 

 elliptic to elliptic, 5-6.5 cm. long, 1.5-3.2 cm. broad, green above, 

 whitish beneath, glabrous on both surfaces, the lateral veins 

 indistinct; calyx-lobes ovate, 4 mm. long, about 2 mm. broad, 

 acute or acuminate, slightly pubescent; corolla 1.5 cm. long, 

 1 .5-1 .8 cm. wide, glabrous, its lobes triangular, 6 mm. long, 

 5.5-6 mm. wide. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10787, type; 10788). 



Sebesten Leonis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A tree up to 15 m. high, the young twigs sparingly pubescent, 

 soon glabrous and gray. Leaves thick-coriaceous, glabrous or 

 the short and stout petioles sparingly pubescent, shining, elliptic, 

 oblong or obovate-elliptic, 5-9 cm. long, the venation impressed 

 above, prominent beneath, the apex rounded, the base obtuse or 

 rounded, the petioles only 8 mm. long or less, the upper surface 

 dark green, the under surface light green; flowers several in 

 terminal clusters; calyx subcylindric, nearly 2 cm. long, densely 

 puberulent, its teeth very short and broad; corolla funnelform, 

 its tube about 3 cm. long, enlarged upward, the widely spreading 

 limb about 4 cm. broad, about 6-lobed; fruit ovoid, about 2 cm. 

 long, its summit beaked. 



Loma de Naranjo, Sierra Maestra, Oriente, at 600 m. elevation 

 {Leon 11021). 



Varronia longipedunculata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub with slender branches, the young twigs puberulent. 

 Leaves elliptic or oblong, chartaceous, 7 cm. long or less, scabrate 

 above, puberulent on the veins beneath, entire or sparingly 

 repand, the apex obtuse or acute, the base mostly narrowed, the 

 puberulent petioles 6-12 mm. long; peduncles solitary, slender, 

 puberulent, longer than the leaves; flowers several in a terminal 

 globose head about 1.5 cm. in diameter; calyx-lobes triangular, 

 1.5 mm. long, acute; corolla-lobes broadly obovate, 7.5 mm. 

 long, 4.5 mm. broad. 



Sierra Maestra, Oriente {Leon 10064). 



Salvia scopulorum Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 



A shrub, about 3 m. high, the branches densely pubescent with 

 short spreading hairs. Leaves ovate, coriaceous, crenulate, 3-5 

 cm. long, 1.5-3 cm. broad, acute to abruptly short-acuminate at 

 the apex, rounded and often more or less subcordate at the base, 

 dark green above, paler beneath, pubescent on both sides, the 



