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attenuate, 1-3 cm. long, concave, thinnish, glabrous; scapes 
stoutish, spirally-twisted, sharply 5-angled, each subtended by an 
obliquely opened sheath which is as long as the leaves or shorter; 
heads very dense, ovoid or globose-ovoid, becoming 6-8 mm. long, 
obtuse, tan-colored; bracts of the inwoliicre ovate to oblong, 1.5-3 
mm. long, obtuse, glabrous, chartaceous; flowers numerous; bracts 
subreniform, mostly wider than long, broadly rounded at the apex, 
scarious, minutely pubescent; sepals of the staminate flowers 
obovate to cuneate, concave, fully 1 mm. long, erose at the apex, 
mostly exceeding the corolla; anthers ovoid, about 0.1 mm. long; 
sepals of the pistillate flowers boat-shaped, fully 1 mm. long, 
keel-winged and crested on the back, abruptly pointed: petals 
spatulate, about 1.5 mm. long, often erose at the apex; capsule 
reniform, about 1 mm. wide; seeds broadly oval, fully 0.5 mm. 
long. 
White sand, vicinity of Los Indios (Britton & Wilson 14220). 
Related to Eriocaulon fusiforme, differing in stouter habit, the 
short and broad heads, and in the broad and rounded bracts. 
58. UNDESCRIBED CUBAN SPECIES 
Dupatya montana sp. nov. 
Stem simple, elongate, stout, densely leafy. Leaves broadly 
linear, 8-14 cm. long, 6-15 mm. broad at the base, narrowed to 
the acute apex, rigid, glabrous, striate-nerved; peduncles erect, 
15-30 cm. high, often numerous, axillary, loosely pubescent with 
long, soft, white hairs, or glabrous; sheaths shorter than the 
leaves, acuminate; heads solitary on the peduncles, hemispheric, 
7-8 mm. broad; outer involucral bracts ovate, the inner ones 
broadly oval to orbicular, rigid, acute, glabrous; receptacle pilose, 
the bracts membranaceous, obovate-cuneate, 1.8-2 mm. long, 
apex; staminate flowers dimerous; sepals spatulate-obovate, 
about 1.9 mm. long, concave, ciliate at the apex; pistillate flowers 
dimerous; sepals elliptic, concave; stigmas 2; ovary globose- 
ovate. 
Collected on compact red iron ore along trail from Rio 
Yamaniguey to Camp Toa, Oriente, at 400 m. alt. (J. A. 
Shafer 4473, type); also collected along trail from Camp La 
Barga to Camp San Benito (Shafer 4104) and at Camp La 
Gloria, south of Sierra Moa (Shafer 8045, 8251). 
Apparently closely related to Dupatya pungens (Griseb.) 
Britton (Paepalanthus pungens Griseb.), another Cuban species. 
