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site or verticellate, 10 cm. long or less, 1.5—3 cm. wide, dark green, 
shining above, dull beneath, obtuse or acute at the apex, cuneate 
at the base, the midvein prominent, the lateral veins few, distant, 
slender, the petioles 5-15 mm. long; inflorescence terminal and 
in the upper axils, few—several-flowered; peduncles 1.5—5 cm. long; 
pedicels short and stout; bracts triangular, minute; calyx 3-4 
mm. long, its lobes foliaceous, ovate, obtuse, I-1.5 mm. long; 
corolla glabrous, about 4 mm. long (immature); capsule pyriform, 
I-1.5 cm. long. 
Woods and on cliffs, Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, Oriente, 
450-550 m. alt. Type, Shafer 3297. In foliage and capsules 
similar to R. stellata, but that has minute calyx-lobes. 
13. RONDELETIA CALCICOLA Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 43: 467. 
1916 
TYPE LOCALITY: Coe’s Camp, Ensenada de Siguanea, Isle of 
Pines. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
14. Rondeletia yamuriensis sp. nov. 
A small tree, about 4 m. high, glabrous throughout. Leaves 
coriaceous, narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 6—9 cm. long, I-2 cm. 
wide, sessile, acute or obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, 
opposite or verticillate in 3’s, the midvein rather prominent, 
the lateral veins few and slender; inflorescence terminal and also 
in the uppermost axils; peduncles rather slender, 6 cm. long or 
less; fruiting pedicels 5-10 mm: long; capsule globose-pyriform, 
about 1 cm. long. 
Between Yamuri Arriba and Bermejal, Oriente (Shafer 8439). 
15. RONDELETIA CORREIFOLIA Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 129. 1866 
TYPE LOCALITY: Western Cuba. 
DistrispuTion: Pine-lands and savannas, Pinar del Rio and 
Isle of Pines. Endemic. A virgate shrub, up to 2 m. high, the 
large white flowers fragrant. 
16. RONDELETIA LINDENIANA A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Cub, 11: — 
13. 1850 
TYPE LocALity: Mountains near Santiago [Oriente]. 
DistRIBUTION: Mountains of Oriente. Endemic. Recorded 
by Grisebach as R. buxifolia Vahl, and, doubttfully, by Sauvalle, as 
R. umbellulata Sw. 
