Britton: StupIES OF WEstT INDIAN PLANTS 23 
DISTRIBUTION: Hillsides and thickets at lower and middle 
elevations, Santa Clara, Matanzas, Havana, Pinar del Rio. 
Recorded by Richard from Oriente. Recorded from Mexico, 
Cultivated for ornament. 
2. RONDELETIA MICROPHYLLA Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 127. 1866 
TYPE LOCALITY: Western Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: River-banks, Pinar del Rio. Endemic. 
The leaves are sometimes larger than those of the type speci- 
mens, attaining a length of 3 cm. 
3. RONDELETIA SHAFERI Urban & Britton; Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 
398. I912 
TYPE LOCALITY: Barren savannas near Holguin, Oriente. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
Dr. Shafer’s notes indicate that the plant grows along water- 
courses. 
4. RONDELETIA PEDUNCULARIS A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 
14. 1850 
TYPE LOCALITY: Vuelta de Abajo. 
DISTRIBUTION: Rocky banks and beds of streams, Oriente, 
Pinar del Rio. Endemic. 
5. RONDELETIA PACHYPHYLLA Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. 
Ant. I: 419. 1899 
. TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba. 
DIsTRIBUTION: Rocky stream-beds, mountains of northern 
Oriente. Endemic. 
Recorded by Grisebach as R. alaternoides A. Rich. The 
inflorescence is both terminal and axillary. 
6. RONDELETIA PEDICELLARIS C. Wright; Sauvalle, Anales Acad. © 
Habana 6: 102, 121. 1869 
TYPE LocaALity: Vicinity of Trinidad. 
DISTRIBUTION: Cliffs and rocky hillsides, southern Santa 
Clara. Endemic. 
