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tube; stamens shorter than the corolla; fruit obpyramidal, 3-4 mm, 
long, 1.5 mm. thick at the top, tapering gradually to the base, 
densely pubescent, the persistent calyx-lobes about 0.5 mm. long. 
Limestone rocks, northern parts of Havanna and Pinar de. 
Rio. Type from coastal hillside, Bay of Mariel, Pinar del Rio 
(Britton & Earle 7610). 
A barren specimen from limestone rocks at Cape Corrientes 
(Britton & Cowell 9894) is doubtfully referred to this species. 
48. THE GENUS HEPTANTHUS Gnriszs. 
A Cuban genus, of which three species were described at the 
place of original publication (Cat. Pl. Cub. 148. 1866); all were 
from western Cuba, H. cochlearifolius Griseb. being typical, and 
none have since been added to the genus. I now propose three 
others, all from eastern Cuba. 
Leaf-blades glabrous above or merely puberulent. ; 
Peduncles longer than the leaves. 1. H. cochlearifolius. 
Peduncles shorter than the leaves. 
Leaf-blades orbicular-ovate, 1-2 cm. long; petioles 
densely villous. 2. H. cordifolius. 
eB pd triangular- ovate, 4~6 mm. long; petioles 
aringly villous. 3. H. Shaferi. 
eaten pubescent on both surfac 
Leaf-blades repand-dentate; tiie much shorter than 
the petioles. 4. H. brevipes. 
Leaf blades incised-serrate or lobed; peduncles as long as 
the leaves or longer. 
Leaf-blades 12 mm. See or less, incised-serrate yer: & ranunculoides. 
Leaf-blades 1-2.5 cm. long, deeply 3-lobed, the lobes 
coarsely few-toothed. 6. H. lobatus. 
Lal 
HEPTANTHUS COCHLEARIFOLIUS Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 148. 
1866 | 
TYPE LOCALITY: Western Cuba. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Pine-lands and savannas, Pinar del Rio. 
The upper leaf-surfaces are glabrous or nearly so. 
A plant related in leaf-form, but with the upper leaf-surfaces 
densely puberulent is common in pine-lands and white sand in the 
central districts of the Isle of Pines, but could not be found in 
flower during our visit to this region in February and March, 1916 
(Brition & Wilson 14163); it is therefore referred to this species 
with doubt. 
