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Barga and Camp San Benito, about 1,000 m. alt., Oriente {Shafer 

 4472). 



18. Tricera foliosa sp. nov. 



A low, much-branched shrub, the slender twigs densely leafy. 

 Leaves linear-oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 10-15 mm. 

 long, 2 mm. wide or less, obtuse and often minutely mucronulate 

 at the apex, long-attenuate to the base, the midvein impressed 

 above, slightly elevated and channeled beneath, the lateral vena- 

 tion wholly obscure, the margins slightly or scarcely revolute, the 

 petioles 1-2 mm. long; inflorescence axillary, shorter than the 

 leaves; staminate flowers white, about 1.5 mm. long, as long or 

 longer than their pubescent petioles; bracts lanceolate, about i 

 mm. long; capsule subglobose, densely and finely pubescent, 

 about 3 mm. in diameter, the separated persistent styles about 

 2 mm. long. 



Among rocks near water, Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra 

 Moa, Oriente {Shajer 8256, type) ; on rocks, vicinity of Camp San 

 Benito, Oriente {Shafer 4073). 



41. THE GENUS PLUMIERA L. IN CUBA 



Corolla-lobes narrowly obovate. 2. P. sericifolia. 



Corolla-lobes broadly elliptic-obovate. 3- P- lanata. 



Leaves glabrous, or sparingly pubescent beneath. 



Leaves obovate or oblanceolate, the lateral venation 



