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above, ferruginous beneath, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, acutish at the base, the 

 petioles 5.5-8 mm. long, the stipules triangular, only 1-2 mm. long ; flowers 1-3 in the 

 axils, the pedicels much thickened upward, 8-10 mm. long, the bracts triangular, less than 

 1 mm. long; calyx-lobes about one third as long as the tube, broadly triangular; petals 

 oblong, short-claw r ed, about 5 mm. long, the ligule about one half as long as the blade, 

 its lobes denticulate. 



Type locality : Jamaica. 

 Distribution : Jamaica. 



17. Erythroxylon longipes O. E. Schulz, Symb. Ant. 5 : 195. 1907. 

 Leaves oblong to ovate-oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, subcoriaceous, very inconspicu- 

 ously reticulate-veined, faintly shining above, obtuse at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 dull and rufescent beneath, not areolate, 6 cm. long or less, 1.5-2.5 cm. wide, the midvein 

 prominent beneath, the slender petioles 6-12 mm. long, the stipules ovate, acute, about 1.5 

 mm. long; flowers solitary or 2 or 3, with pedicels 5-7 mm. long; calyx cleft to about the 

 middle, about 1.5 mm. long, its lobes ovate, acute; petals oblong, obtuse, longer than the 

 calyx ; drupes oblong, about as long as the pedicel, twice as long as thick. 



Type locality : Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



18. Erythroxylon oxycarpum O. E. Schulz, 

 Symb. Ant. 5 : 203. 1907. 

 Young twigs compressed, the older terete. Leaves oblong to oblong-lanceolate, ovate- 

 oblong or elliptic-obovate, firm in texture, distinctly reticulate-veined on both sides, 9 cm. 

 long or less, 2-4.5 cm. wide, faintly shining above, pale and dull beneath, the petioles 5-8 

 mm. long, the stipules triangular-ovate to triangular-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, about 

 one half as long as the petioles ; fascicles 2-10-flowered; bracts ovate, acute, much shorter 

 than the pedicels ; calyx cleft to about the middle, 2 mm. long, its lobes ovate, acute ; 

 petals oblong, about 3.5 mm. long, the ligule about one third as long as the blade, its 

 lobes oblong-ovate, obtuse ; stamen-tube 10-crenate ; drupes oblong, somewhat oblique, 

 pointed, 1 cm. long, smooth. 



Type locality : Grenada. 

 Distribution: Grenada. 



19. Erythroxylon havanense Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. 21. 1760. 



Erythroxylon oblusum DC. Prodr. 1: 574. 1824. 



A shrub or small tree, 6 m. high or less, the twTgs slender. Leaves oblong to obovate- 

 oblong, thin, glabrous, 3-8 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, obtuse or obtusish at the apex, nar- 

 rowed and often cuneate at the base, dull-green above, pale-green beneath, the midvein 

 quite prominent, the secondary veins slender, the petioles 2-3 mm. long, the stipules 

 triangular-ovate, acute or acuminate, 2 mm. long; pedicels 2-8 together in the axils or 

 those in the axils of upper leaves solitary, filiform, 4-12 mm. long ; flowers white ; calyx 

 5-lobed to near the base, 1.5-2 mm. long, its lobes lanceolate, acute; petals oblong, obtuse, 

 2.5-5 mm. long, the ligule suborbicular, or broader than long; drupes oblong, obtuse, 

 orange or yellow, 4-7 mm. long, about 1.5 times as long as thick, slightly grooved. 



Type locality : Maritime rocks, Havana, Cuba. 



Distribution : Cuba. 



Illustration : Jacq. PI. Sel. Am. pi. 87, f. 2 (leaf figured as acute but described as obtuse). 



20. Erythroxylon obovatum Macfad. Fl. Jam. 1 : 143. 1837. 



Erythroxylon affine A. Rich, in Sagra, Hist. Cuba 10 : 106. 1845. 

 Erythroxylon areolatum affine O. K. Schulz, Symb. Ant. 5: 194. 1907. 



A tree 4-S m. high, with a trunk-diameter of 1 dm. or more, the bark pale, fissured. 

 Leaves obovate to oblong-obovate, rounded or emarginate at the apex, narrowed or cuneate 

 at the base, 3-7 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or less, firm in texture, dark dull-green above, pale- 

 green beneath, not areolate or but faintly so, not prominently reticulate, the petioles 4-9 



