52 Britton: StupiEs oF West INDIAN PLANTS—XI 
the raphides linear, undulate, transverse, prominent upon the 
upper surface. 
Hanging from wet dark banks, Heights of Aripo, Trinidad 
(Trinidad Herbarium 20,008, Broadway). ; 
Inga ierensis Britton, sp. nov. 
A tree up to 16 m. high, the petioles, leaf-surfaces and ped- 
uncles strigillose. Petioles slender, 2-3 cm. long; rachis-glands 
suborbicular, semiglobose; leaflets in 2 pairs, ovate-elliptic, char- 
taceous, shining, 7-10 cm. long, pinnately veined, the apex 
rather abruptly short-acuminate, the oblique base narrowed 
or obtuse, the strigulose petiolules 2-3 mm. long; peduncles 
about 6 cm. long or less; legume broadly linear, compressed, 
glabrous, shining, up to 10 cm. long, about 2 cm. wide, finely 
striate, abruptly short-tipped, the margins continuous or deeply 
constricted. 
Forests, northern mountain range, Trinidad. Type from the 
Maracas Valley (Britton and Hazen 1627). In fruit April 10, 
1920. 
Serjania ierensis Britton, sp. nov. 
A vine up to 7 m. long, the branches slender, glabrous. Leaves 
about 6 cm. long, biternate, the short, slender petioles 1.5 cm. 
long or less, sparingly pubescent; leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, 
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about 15 mm. long, the wing finely reticulate-veined, about 4 
times as long as the body and only partially enclosing it. 
Dry thickets, Trinidad. Type from Palo Seco (Britton and 
Hazen 1172). In fruit March 30, 1920. 
Clusia intertexta Britton, sp. nov. 
branches stout; bracts 2-3 cm. long; buds globose, glabrous; 
fruit (immature) oblong-ovoid, beaked, about 2.5 cm. long; 
stigmas 6. 
Forest, Heights of Aripo, Trinidad (Trinidad Herbarium 9786, 
Broadway), January 10-26, 1922. 
