Britton: Stupres oF West INDIAN PLANTS—XI 47 
Marsdenia bicolor Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A slender vine, with puberulent stems. Leaves oblong- 
elliptic to elliptic, 56.5 cm. long, 1.5—3.2 c m. broad, green above, 
whitish beneath, glabrous on both surfaces, ie ‘lateral veins 
indistinct; calyx- lobes ovate, 4 mm. long, about 2 mm. broad, 
acute or acuminate, slightly pubescent; ate 1.5 om, long, 
I1.5-1.8 cm. wide, glabrous, its lobes triangular, 6 mm. long, 
5.5-6 mm. wide. 
Sierra pee Oriente (Léon 10787, type; 10788). 
Sebesten whcresas Britton & biden 1h nov. 
soon pata and gray Lea es thick-coriaceous, glabrous s or 
the short and stout peries seiiiay pubescent, shining elliptic, 
oblong or obovate-elliptic cm. long, the venation impressed 
Loma de Naranjo, you Maestra, Oriente, at 600 m. elevation 
(Léon 11021). 
Varronia longipedunculata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub with slender branches, the young twigs puberulent. 
Leaves elliptic or oblong, chartaceous, 7 cm. ~~ or less, scabrate 
above, puberulent on the veins beneath, entire or sparingly 
repand, the apex obtuse or acute, the base Bea narrowed, the 
puberulent petioles 6-12 mm. long; peduncles solitary, slender, 
puberulent, longer than the leaves; flowers several in a term inal 
globose head about 1 5 cm. in diameter; Ea pi appasers 
1.5 mm. long, acute; corolla-lobes broadly obovate, 7.5 m 
long, 4.5 mm. broad. 
Sierra Maestra, Oriente (Léon 10964). 
ee scopulorum Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A about 3 m. high, the branches densely pubescent with 
short ae hairs. Leaves ovate, coriaceous, crenulate, 3-5 
cm. long, 1.5—3 cm. broad, acute to abruptly short-acuminate at 
the apex, rounded and often more or less subcordate at the base, 
dark green above, paler beneath, pubescent on both sides, the 
