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pubescent; leaf-blades obovate, varying to oval or ovate, mostly 
1.5-4 cm. long, rounded or retuse and mucronulate at the apex, 
entire, slightly revolute and reticulate in age, bright green above, 
paler beneath, somewhat shining, minutely pubescent, especially 
on the midrib and veins beneath, short-petioled; flowers several 
in each cluster, short-pedicelled, the pedicels densely pubescent; 
sepals triangular-ovate, about I mm. long, green, acutish, copiously 
pubescent; petals ovate or oval, concave, cymbiform, 3.5-4 mm. 
long, red, sparingly pubescent on the back; filaments subulate, 
nearly 2 mm. long, villous-tomentose; anthers slightly longer than 
the filaments, oblong, or nearly so; drupes flat, fully 1.5 cm. long, 
nearly as wide, about 6 mm. thick, bright-red, the flesh thin, with 
a fibrous-reticulate network which is impressed into the putamen. 
Limestone hills, vicinity of Sumidero, Pinar del Rio (Shafer 
13434). 
This shrub is related to Castelaria jacquinifolia. It differs 
from that species in the pubescent leaves, the triangular-ovate 
sepals, the pubescent petals, and the narrower and longer anthers. 
Stenostomum obovatum sp. nov. 
A straggling tree, the slender twigs glabrous. Leaves cori- 
aceous, obovate, 6 cm. long or less, rounded at the apex, narrowed 
at the base, revolute-margined, faintly shining, the midvein im- 
pressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral venation slender 
and obscure, the stout petioles 3-5 mm. long; inflorescence 
terminal; fruits in pairs, sessile, oblong, black, fleshy, 10-12 mm. 
long, 5—7 mm. thick. 
Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente (Shafer 8169). 
Stenostomum aristatum sp. nov. 
A rough-barked tree about 6 m. high, with widely spreading 
branches, the slender young twigs resinous. Stipules broadly 
ovate, obtuse, 3 mm. long, caducous; leaves elliptic or ovate- 
elliptic, coriaceous, 2.5 cm. long or less, acute and aristate at 
the apex, mostly obtuse at the base, shining and strongly reticulate- 
veined on both surfaces, especially above, the margins slightly 
revolute, the petioles 1-2 mm. long; peduncles solitary in the up- 
permost axils, about one-half as long as the leaves,1- to 3-flowered 
at the apex; flowers fragrant; calyx narrowly campanulate, 5 mm. 
‘long, 5-lobed, the lobes oblong or oblong-obovate, 1.5-2 mm. 
long, rounded; corolla white, its tube narrowly cylindric, about 
2 cm. long, I mm. thick, its limb spreading, 5-lobed, about 1 cm. 
