Vol. 51 No. L 
BULLETIN 
OF THE 
TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 
JANUARY, 1924 
Studies of West Indian plants—XII 
NATHANIEL LorpD BRITTON : 
68. UNDESCRIBED SPECIES FROM CUBA 
a 
Cyperus naguensis Britton, sp. nov. 
Culms short, about 8 dm. high, trigonous, smooth. Basal 
leaves rough-margined, strongly veined, 5-8 mm. wide, shorter 
than the culm, the apex attenuate, those of the involucre several, 
similar to the basal ones but shorter; umbel 8—10-rayed, the 
rays slender, the longer ones 6-10 cm. long; spikelets a : 
colored, compressed, about 8-flowered, deciduous, 10-1 
long, very numerous in dense oval or subglobose, simple or com- 
pound spikes 2-3 cm. long; hape oblon Bees acute, 
striate, slightly spreading, 3 long; achene lin So 
ong, about 3 times as long as ek, eeole sointeds aeuue 
at 
Moist place between San Felipe and Nagua, Oriente (Ek- 
man 14720). Similar to C. stenolepis Torr., but with shorter 
scales and achenes. 
Reynosia camagueyensis Britton, sp. nov. 
Twigs slender, leafy. Leaves oblong-obovate, coriaceous, 
entire, 12-17 mm. long, glabrous, very finely reticulate-vein 
the midvein impressed above and sone beneath, the base 
narrowed but obtuse, the apex obtuse, rounded or emarginate, 
tipped with nearly straight awn about 0.7 mm. long, the pet- 
ioles about 1 mm. long; fruit globaee: rounded, 12-14 mm. in 
diameter, a; peduncle toad 5 mm. lon 
Hills, Camaguey (Padre Rostde 1918). Resembles R. 
latifolia Griseb., which has strongly reticulate leaves and ellip- 
soid pointed fruits. 
[The Buttetin for December (50: 373-414.) was issued Jan. 24, 1924.] 
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