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757. Chaptalia dentata (Linnaeus) Cassini. 



Tussilago dentata Linn^us, Species Plantarum, II, Ed. II, 1763, p. 1213. 

 Chaptalia dentata Cassini, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, XXVI, 1803, 



p. 124. 

 Tussilago albicans Swartz, Flora Indiae Occidentalis, III, 1806, p. 1348. 

 Leria albicans P. DeCandolle, Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, 



XIX, 1812, p. 68. 



In pine-barrens near the Majagua River, north of Los Indios, May 

 19, 1910, 0. E. Jennings, No. 402. General Distribution: The Ba- 

 hamas, Cuba, the Isle of Pines, Jamaica, Porto Rico, and Hispaniola. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES XVII-XXVIII. 



Plate XVII. 



Figs. A-D. Kalmiella aggregata Small. A, flowering branch natural size. 

 B, flower. X 3^- C stamen. X 35- D, pistil. X 3^. 



Figs. E-H. Pcepalanlhus alsinoides var. minimus Jennings, var. nov. E, 

 flowering branch natural size. F, flower and the subtending floral bract. X io|. 

 G, outer bract of flower head. X 14. H, hair from the flower. X 85. All 

 figures are from the type specimen. 



Plate XVIII. 



Epidendrum obcordatum Jennings, sp. nov. Whole plant and one detached leaf, 

 both X f • Figured from the type specimen. 



Plate XIX. 

 Epidendrum brevifolium Jennings, sp. nov. Whole plant, with the upper parts 

 of the two flowering branches detached and shown separately. X f . Figured 

 from the type specimen. 



Plate XX. 

 Bauhinia caribcea Jennings, sp. nov. Flowering branch with the pod nearly 

 mature. X f . Flower in its natural position and fully expanded. X 3. Fig- 

 ured from the type specimen. 



Plate XXI. 



Acisanthera glandidifera Jennings, sp. nov. Large and small plants. X |. 

 Flower. X 2^. E.xpanded calyx, enclosing a ripe capsule. X 4. Anther, 

 showing the two long basal spurs. X 5. Seed, showing the tuberculate, ridged, 

 and glandular-punctate surface. X 15. All figures are from the type specimens. 



Plate XXII. 

 Tamonea tomentosa var. auriculata Jennings, var. nov. Leaf with the tip restored 

 according to the usual shape in the species. X f . Flowering branch. X f. 

 Flower in fully expanded condition. X 2\. Petal, showing irregular outline 

 and stellate tomentum. X 2h. Stamen. X 2\. All figures are from the 

 type specimen. 



