24 BRITTON: STUDIES OF WEST INDIAN PLANTS 
On rocks, especially along rivers and brooks, at lower and middle 
elevations, provinces of Oriente, Matanzas, and Pinar del Rio, 
Cuba. 
The use of the name P. daphnoides for this species is taken from 
Graham’s description, which does not agree with our specimens in 
all respects. I have not seen the type specimen. The shrub is 
abundant in the limestone hills of.-Pinar del Rio. 
12. Portlandia domingensis sp. nov. 
Foliage similar to that of the preceding species, but the petioles 
shorter, about 2 mm. long; flowers unknown; capsules short- 
peduncled, oblong, 5-angled, apparently somewhat fleshy, 4—4.5 
cm. long, narrowed at both ends; calyx lobes linear, scmewhat 
broadened at the base, about 1.5 cm. long. 
Near San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo, March 26, 1913 
(Rose, Fitch & Russell 4176). 
