﻿^ritton: Studies of West Indian plants 



Rio Yamuri, Oriente (ySoo), tentatively referred 

 have spatulate leaves 12 cm. long. 



A slender tree, up to about 6 m. in height. Leaves narrowly 

 oblong, 9-12 cm. long, 1.5-2.3 cm. wide, obtuse at the apex, 

 narrowed at the base, glabrous on both sides, shining above, dull 

 beneath, the mid vein channeled above, prominent beneath, the 

 lateral venation widely spreading, impressed, but distinct, above, 

 the rather slender petioles i cm. long or less; peduncle stout, 6 cm. 

 long; foUicles 13-15 cm. long, about 2 cm. thick, acutish; seeds 

 10 mm. long, 6-7 mm. wide, the wing about 15 mm. long, 8-9 



Rocky thicket, between Piedra Gorda and Woodfred, Sierra 

 Nipe, Oriente, at 500 m. alt. (Shafer joSg). Perhaps the same as 

 P. ohtusa laevis Griseb. (Mem. Am. Acad. II. 8: 519) from Monte 

 Verde, Oriente. 



6. Plumiera emarginata Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 171. 1866 

 Rocky cliffs and hillsides, Matanzas; Pinar del Rio; Isle of 

 Pines. Endemic. 



7. Plumiera obtusa L. Sp. PI. 210. 1753 

 Coastal hills, keys and thickets, Oriente; Camaguey; Santa 

 Clara : — Bahamas ; Hispaniola ; Mona. Attributed to Jamaica, but 

 some specimens which have been so referred represent a distinct 

 species.* 



* Plumiera confusa sp. nov. 



ughout. Leaves narrowly 



A tree. 



upto^ 



) m. high, lit 



tie branched, glabroui 



elliptic or c 



.blong. 



shining, 1-3 













benelth. \l 







widely spreading, th 



peduncles s 





-15 cm. lonj 



i; cymes large, many- 



thickened u 











a pale 











. long, about 



icm.wide;follicles"i 



Rocky 



situati. 



Dns. souther 



n side of Jamaica. 



Island {Harris 930 



<?); 





not. Other specimens referable to P. confusa are: Healthshire Hills near Salt Islanc 

 {Brillon 3061); base of Healthshire Hills near Salt Ponds {Britton 3036); Great Goa 

 Island {Harris 10168; Britton 1874). 



The Plumiera of Pedro Bluff, a locality about thirty miles west of Great Goa 



