﻿Britton: Studies of West Indian plants 



(or glabrous in C. WrigkHi ?). 

 Raceme stout, 8-20 cm. long; leaves 8-1 7 cm. 

 long; flowers sessile. 

 Leaves loosely reticulate- veined ; flowers 



Leaves densely reticulate- veined; flowers 



Leaf-margins reflexed. 

 Leaf-margins not reflexed. 



Leaves short-acuminate. 

 Leaves acute or obtuse. 



Pedicels 0.8 mm. long or less. 



Fruiting pedicels 1.5-3 mm. long. 23. C. Wrightii. 



1. C. ARMATA C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 62, 283. 1866 

 Type locality: Near San Marco. 



Distribution: Dry, rocky hills, Oriente, Santa Clara En- 

 demic. 



The plant becomes much larger than the original description 

 indicates; on the Rio San Juan, Santa Clara, it forms a tree 6 m. 

 high, and on the United States Naval Station, Guantanamo Bay, 

 Oriente, trees up to 10 m. high were observed. 



2. C. microfhylla C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 62. 1866 

 Type locality: Western Cuba. 



