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rounded at the apex, rounded or acute at the base, crenulate, 
3-nerved, glabrous above, pilose on the nerves beneath, ane of 
each pair often unequal in size; larger leaves up to 3 cm. long 
2.5 cm. wide, with slender petioles 1.5-2 cm ee inallee leaves 
I-2 cm. long, I-2 cm. wide, the petioles 0.7—1 . long; upper 
and lower leaf-surfaces densely covered with Sitae ariides: 
pistillate inflorescence as long as or shorter than the leaves; 
achenes about 0.6 mm 
Sierra Maestra, meee (Léon 10766, type; Léon, Clement and 
Roca 9872). 
Coccolobis monticola Britton, sp. nov. 
Branches slender, glabrous; young tw igs pubescent. Ocreae 
cylindric, 1 fie woe or less; leaves coriaceous, light <beig 
—6 cm. lon culate-veined on both sides, shining abov 
dull and black doth beneath, fae apex acute, the base Lulictieh: 
obtuse, the petioles about 2 mm. long; racemes very slender, 
glabrous, densely eueae wered; ocreolae subtruncate, about 
0.5 mm. long; pedicels glabrous, about I mm. long; calyx about 
ng. 
Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Léon 10713). 
Coccolobis saxicola Britton, sp. 
A shrub about 3 m. high, glabrous fecha the twigs 
short, stout, more or less tortuous. Ocreae subtruncate, 4-6 
m. long; leaves coriaceous, elliptic to obovate, 9 cm. long or 
less, the veins somewhat impressed above, prominent beneath, 
reticulate-veined on both sides, the apex abruptly short-acu- 
minate, the base narrowed or obtuse, the arcane 5-15 mm. 
long; fruiting racemes slender, solitary, 6-9 cm. g; pedicels 
numerous, ut 1.5 mm. long; aot tas Reales "eee than 1 
mm. long, vabpaisitinds: the sepals ovate. 
On rocky crest in woods, Loma del Gato, Cobre Range of 
Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Léon, Clement and Roca 10167). 
Talauma (?) orbiculata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
Tree 6-8 m. tall, with glabrous bee Leaves orbicular, 
12 cm. in diameter, rounded o subtrunca te at the apex, 
rounded or truncate at the ticks: yuabrous and prominently 
reticulate-veined on both sides, the “ide flat above, prominent 
beneath, the petioles rather slender, 3-6 cm. long, flat or shal- 
lowly grooved above, goomdeng sepals broadly elliptic, 2.6 cm. 
long, 2—2.3 cm. broad; petals thick, oblong or elliptic, about 2 
cm. long, 0.8—1 cm. wider carpels tomentulose. 
Loma de Quintin, Nagua, Oriente (Léon 10955). 
