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about 12 mm. long and 7 mm. broad, somewhat rhomboid, or 

 obliquely subtruncate. Stamens inserted near the top of the 

 tube, glabrous; filaments 2 mm. long; anthers sagittate, 4.5 mm. 

 long, exserted. Ovary surrounded by an obtusely 5-lobed fleshy 

 disk. 



Trinidad, without precise locality, Fendler 628. 



Cordia ierensis Britton, sp. nov. 



A tree up to 10 m. high, with slender, finely appressed-pu- 

 bescent twigs. Leaf-blades elliptic to ovate, thin, 2 dm. long 

 or less, scabrate-puberulent, the apex abruptly acuminate, the 

 base obliquely obtuse or narrowed, the petioles 2 cm. long or 

 less; panicle about 8 cm. broad, broader than long, many- 

 flowered, its branches slender, densely appressed-pubescent ; 

 flowers sessile, the buds obovoid, rounded, densely appressed- 

 pubescent, about 2 mm. long. 



Forests, Trinidad. Type from Morne Bleu (Britlon, Freeman 

 and Bailey, 22ff). In bud March 13, 1921. This is, as deter- 

 mined by Mr. N. E. Brown at Kew, the Cordia panicularis of 

 Grisebach, not of Rudge. 



Aegiphila trinitensis Britton, sp. nov. 



A shrub, with slender, glabrous branches, the bark nearly 

 white, the young shoots brown, short, minutely puberulent. 

 Leaves short-petioled, the blades ovate, thin, small for the genus, 

 4 cm. long or less, the apex acute or acuminate, the base nar- 

 rowed; panicles small, short-peduncled, strigose, several-many- 

 flowered, 2-3 cm. broad; calyx obconic, truncate, puberulent; 

 corolla white, about 8 mm. long. 



Hillsides and thickets in moist districts, Trinidad. Type 

 from St. Ann's (Mrs. W. E. Broadway) . In flower May 10, 1919. 

 This is the species recorded by Grisebach from Trinidad, as 



Aegiphila laevis. 



Anguria elliptica Britton, sp. nov. 

 A slender, glabrous, high-climbing vine, with very slender 

 tendrils 15 cm. long or less. Petioles about 2 cm. long; leaf- 

 blades simple, oblong-elliptic, thin, entire, about 8 cm. long, 

 pinnately veined, the apex abruptly acute, the base obtuse; 

 peduncles slender, longer than the leaves; staminate flowers 

 scarlet, spicate; spikes about 3 cm. long; calyx-lobes subulate, 

 1 mm. long; corolla-lobes spatulate-obovate or obovate, 4 mm. 

 long, 2-2.6 mm. broad, rounded or subtruncate and mucronate 

 at the apex, the margin minutely ciliate; anthers 4.5 mm. long, 

 straight. 



