Combs — Plants Collected in the District of Cienfuegos. 429 



short petiole : flowers solitary in the axils, short-pedicellate : 

 calyx minutely 4-lobed (occasionally 3-lobed) : ovary 2-celled ; 

 cells several (5-6)-ovuled ; ovules pendulous or at least 

 descending from the upper inner angle of the cell : fruit a 

 several-seeded red berry, in the dried state about 7 milli- 

 meters long, and equally broad; seeds flattened, concavo-con- 

 vex with a papillose surface. — Collected by Robert Combs in 

 dry poor soil at Cieneguita, Cuba, August 10, 1895, no. 406. 

 A species nearly related to '. parviflora Sw." — Plate xxxv. 



Alibertia edulis Rich. " Pitajoni cimarron." 



A shrub 5 to 10 feet high, not uncommon in fertile savan- 

 nahs. Cieneguita S., June 27, '95. (248.) 



Genipa Caruto Kth. " Jaguilla." 



Common in savannahs, fertile black and red soils. Ciene- 

 guita, July 16, '95. (327.) 



Guettarda longiflora Griseb. " Cuero." 



Common in savannahs, fertile soil. Cieneguita S., July 2, 

 '95. (270.) 



G. elliptica Sw. " Cuero de sabana." 



In savannahs, a shrub, rather uncommon. Cieneguita S., 

 July 22, '95. (360.) 



G. calyptrata Rich. " Cuero de hojas grandes." 



A common shrub, 4 to 6 feet high, in upland woods, 

 gravelly red soil. Calicita R. R., UK., July 17, '95. 

 (312.) 



Stenostomum (Antirrhoea Comm.) lucidum Gaertn. 



A shrub or low tree along the rocky shore, not frequent 

 at Calicita, Aug. 24, '95. (518.) 



Erithalis fruticosa L. var. odorifera Jacq. 



A shrub, 3 to 6 feet high, along the shore, not uncommon. 

 Loma de Pajeros, Calicita, Aug. 26, '95. (538.) 



