Studies of West Indian plants---X] 
NATHANIEL Lorp Britton 
64. UNDESCRIBED SPECIES FROM CUBA 
Juniperus saxicola Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
nsely branched small tree, ae m. high. Leaves a 
ia acauae acicular, subimbricate, somew 7m 
long, about I mm. broad at the base, lustrous fruit blue, ‘broadly 
ellipsoid or subglobose, 5 mm. long, 3-4 mm. in dia 
On rocks, crest of Sierra Maestra, esate: (Léon ne well 
also collected on Farallones de Regino, Estribo Turquino (Léon 
11024). 
Myrica cacuminis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub, 3-4 high, much branched, the slender twigs 
densely pilose. my eee elliptic to suborbicular, 7-18 mm. long, 
short-petioled, sharply few-toothed or entire, Shane) pin- 
nately few-veined, pubescent on both sides, the apex rounded, 
the base rounded or obtuse; flowers and fruit not seen 
Pico Turquino, Oriente (Léon 10073, type; Bucher oe 
Pilea ovalifolia Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
Stems creeping, rather stout, rooting at the basa Leaves 
chartaceous, elliptic, obtuse or rounded at the x, rather 
coarsely cre sate: pinnately 3-nerved, glabrous, dices of each 
pair often unequal in size; larger leaves up to 5.5 cm. long, 3-4 
cm. wide, with petioles 1.5—3 cm. long; smaller leaves 2.5-4 c 
long, 1.5-2. :. oie wide, the a I-2 cm. long; upper leaf: 
surface densely covered with minute linear raphides, the lower 
surface sailors pistillate siiloresbence longer than the leaves, 
peduncled, its branches spreading; achenes ovate, about 0.g 
mm. lon 
Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Léon 10767). 
Pilea Seinen Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
Stem sl et puberulent. Leaves membranous, lanceolate 
to ovate, acuminate, aneks toothed, 3-nerved, glabrous, those 
of each pair un eal in size; larger leaves up to 5 cm. long, 1.8 
cm. beog with slender petioles 0.7-1 cm. hpi smaller leaves 
on 6-1 cm. wide, the petio ioles 2-4 mm. long; upper 
lesbeute c covered with minute white linear Pohids. those of 
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