﻿4 Brixton: Studies of West Indian plants 



Plumiera filifolia Griseb, Mem. Am. Acad. II. 



River cliffs, foothills of the Sierra Maestra, Nouvelle Sophie 

 and Ensenada de Mora, Oriente. Endemic. 



2. Plumiera sericifolia C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 171. 



1866 

 P. emarginata sericifolia Maza, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 



273. 1894. 



Coastal thickets, Oriente; Matanzas; Havana; Pinar del Rio: 

 — Inagua. 



Perhaps, as suggested by Professor Gomez de la Maza, a 

 pubescent race of P. emarginata Griseb., which has a similar dis- 

 tribution in western Cuba, although I have not seen the two 

 growing in close proximity. 



3. Plumiera lanata sp. nov. 



A shrub or small tree up to 3.3 m. high. Leaves broadly 

 elliptic to elliptic-obovate, firm in texture, 10-18 cm. long, 5-9 

 cm. wide, rounded, emarginate or subtruncate at the apex, 

 narrowed or subtruncate at the base, dark green and glabrous 

 above, densely white-lanate beneath, the midvein channeled 

 above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins widely spreading, 

 averaging 6 or 7 mm. apart, united close to the margin, the stout, 

 somewhat pubescent petioles 1-2.5 cm. long; peduncle 3-1 1 cm. 

 long, glabrous; cymes many-flowered, dense; pedicels 10 mm. 

 long or less, glabrous or pubescent; calyx subtruncate, 2-3 mm. 

 long; corolla-tube about 1.5 cm. long; corolla-lobes broadly 

 elliptic-obovate, white, rounded, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, 1.2-2 cm. wide; 

 follicles 8-10 cm. long, about i cm. thick, short-pointed. 



Coastal rocks, vicinity of Baracoa, Oriente {Underwood & 

 Earle 1442). 



4. Plumiera clusioides Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 171. 1866 

 ?P. ohtusa parvifolia Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 519. 1862. 

 ?P. clusioides parvifolia Maza, Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 23: 



273. 1894. 



Rocky hillsides and palm-barrens, Oriente; Camaguey; Santa 

 Clara, Havana. Endemic. 



Fruiting specimens collected by Dr. Shafer in the gorge of the 



