Britton: Srupies oF West INDIAN PLANTS 347 
2-4 cm. long, the others oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 4-7 cm. 
long; panicles very slender, as long as the leaves or longer; 
flowers minute; sepals broadly ovate, obtuse; petals twice as lon 
as the sepals, oval-orbicular, rounded; stamens a little shorter 
than the petals. 
Woodlands, Dolphin Head Mountain, Jamaica (Britton 2473, 
March, 1908, type; Harris 10,267). 
6. COMOCLADIA COoRDATA N. L. Britton, Torreya 7: 6. 1907 
TYPE LOCALITY: Troy, Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
B. Pubescent speci 
. Lateral aes distinctly stalked. 
7- COMOCLADIA PUBESCENS Engler, Bot. Jahrb. 1: 420. 1881 
TYPE LOCALITY: Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica, in woodlands at lower and middle 
elevations in relatively moist districts. 
8. Comocladia jamaicensis sp. nov. 
Low, about 2 meters high. Leaves 3—4.5 dm. long, the rachis 
loosely poi leaflets about 21, thin in texture, distinctly peti- 
oluled, obtuse or subtruncate at the base, acute to acuminate 
at the apex, glabrous above, sparingly pubescent on the veins 
beneath, undulate-dentate or some of them nearly entire; lateral 
petiolules 2-3 mm. long; lower two or three pairs of leaflets ovate, 
3-5 cm. long, the others lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, 
5-10 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide; inflorescence puberulent, shorter 
than the teaver about 3 dm. long, its branches short and slender; 
sepals and petals obtuse; young stamens with filaments not longer 
than;the anthers. 
On dry rocky hill, Green Island, Jamaica (Britton & Hollick 
2132, March, 1908, type; Harris 10,250). 
b. Lateral leaflets sessile or subsessile. 
g. COMOCLADIA VELUTINA N. L. Britton, Torreya 7: 6. 1907 
TYPE LOCALITY: Great Goat Island, Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica, on very dry rocky hillsides and sand 
dunes near the southern coast, Healthshire Hills to Great Pedro 
Bay. 
