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younger parts; leaves sd eg ene) or linear-filiform, 9-25 
mm. long, 0.5—I. 5 mm. wide, cuspidulate, short-petioled, 1- 
nerved, the margins ef ten deen: peduncles 5-Io mm. long; 
racemes loosely many-flowered, the axis sometimes becoming 
25 cm. long; bracts subulate, 1.5 mm. long, caducous; pedicels 
paGrous 1.5-2 mm. long; sepals bearing 3-6 pairs of stipitate 
glands, sometimes also Sihate with etal ular ot toward 
apex, the upper sepal 2 mm. long, the lower sepals (connate 
nearly to apex) 1.5 mm. long; pre magenta- purple ey 
and obliquely cuneate-obovate, 3.8-4.5 mm. long, 2.8—3.2 
wide, subsessille or short-clawed, emarginate at apex, oe ec 
about 5-veined, the veins loosely anastomosing, not at al 
Koon arniiag mth petals magenta- gerry keel yellow-tipped, 
ming 4 mm. long; capsule 3.8 mm. long, 2.4 mm. wide, 
lightly chore, than the mature wings; seed densely pilose, 
2.8 mm. long; aril sparsely pubescent on the sides, 0.8 mm. high. 
Sabana del Cerro, near Cerro Pelado, between Zarzal and 
Nagua, Oriente, July, 1922 (Léon 10860; type No. 1,049,889, 
U.S. National Herbarium). 
Nearly related to Polygala cubensis Chod., which is an annual 
with shorter sepals (1.1-1.3 mm. long), and somewhat smaller 
wings shorter than the capsule. In its slender but evidently 
perennial root resembling P. Wrightii Chod., which is densely 
incurved-puberulous and has the sepals ciliate with eglandular 
hairs. Much more material of the Cuban representatives of 
this group (section Adenotricha of subgenus Hebeclada) must be 
accumulated before the specific characters can be established 
satisfactorily. 
Maytenus saxicola Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A glabrous shrub, high, with rather stiff, somewhat 
flexuose twigs. Lees elliptic to Gipuécrsts rigid-coriaceous, 
3-6 cm. long, 1.5-3.3 cm. broad, obtuse or roun at the apex, 
acute at the base, dark green above, paler beneath, the midvein 
elevated on both sides, the lateral veins often rather feaiatincs, 
the margin minutely crenulate; petio es 5 mm. long or less; 
pedicels slender, up to 7. mm. ‘lo ong; capsule globose-obovoid, 
8 mm. long, 7-8 mm. in diameter. 
On rocks, Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Léon, Clement and Roca 
10221). 
Rhamnidium bicolor Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub, with slender puberulent twigs. Leaves opposite, el- 
liptic or ovate-elliptic, 8 cm. long or less, repand-crenate, mem- 
