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Leaf-blades oblong-oval, ovate, or ovate-lanceolate, mostly 2.5-14 cm. long, rounded 

 and emarginate and usually mucronate at the apex, reticulate, usually glabrous or nearly 

 so, rounded or cordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels sparingly 

 pubescent, or glabrous at maturity ; sepals ovate to suborbicular, 3-4 mm. long, the glands 

 one half the length of the sepal-body or less ; larger petals 10-13 mm. long ; samaras 1.5-2 

 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing produced into a triangular-ovate auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Santo Domingo. 



Distribution : Cuba, Hispaniola, Porto Rico, and the Lesser Antilles. 



4. Stigmaphyllon cordifolium Niedzu. Gen. Stigmat. 1:8. 1899. 

 Leaf-blades ovate, varying to oblong-ovate or orbicular-ovate, 2.5-8 cm. long, abruptly 

 pointed or mucronate, shining and finely reticulate above, densely pubescent beneath, 

 rounded or cordate at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels permanently 

 pubescent ; sepals ovate, 3-4 mm. long, the glands about one half as long as the sepal- 

 body ; larger petals 10-13 cm. long ; samaras 1.5-2 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing 

 with an obliquely rounded auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Lesser Antilles. 

 Distribution : Lesser Antilles. 



5. Stigmaphyllon ledifolium (H.B.K.) Small. 



Banisteria ledifolia H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 159. 1822. 



Banisteria diversifolia H.B.K. Nov. Gen. & Sp. 5 : 159. 1822. 



? Banisteria emarginata DC. Prodr. 1 : 588. 1824. Not B. emarginata Cav. 1790. 



Stigmaphyllon diversifolium A. Juss. Ann. Sei. Nat. II. 13 : 290. 1840. 



Stigmaphyllon rhombifolium Wright; Sauv. Anal. Acad. Ci. Habana 5 : 244. 1868. 



Leaf-blades very variable in shape, oblong, elliptic, oval, or suborbicular, varying to 

 broadest above or below the middle, or linear, 2-9 cm. long, obtuse, acute, or slightly 

 acuminate, ultimately glabrous and more or less shining above, more or less pubescent 

 beneath or glabrous, acute or rounded at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles and pedicels 

 permanently, but usually sparingly, pubescent ; sepals suborbicular or oval, 3^1 mm. long, the 

 glands one half as long as the sepal-body or more ; larger petals 8-12.5 mm. long ; samaras 

 2-2.5 cm. long, the ventral edge of the wing with an oblique ovate auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Near Havana, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



6. Stigmaphyllon sericeum Wright ; Griseb. Cat. PI. 

 Cuba 43. 1866. 



Leaf-blades oblong, linear-oblong, or lanceolate, 1-4 cm. long, rounded and mucronu- 

 late at apex, white-silky at least when young, rounded at the base, very short-petioled ; 

 peduncles and pedicels pubescent ; sepals ovate, about 3 mm. long, the glands about one 

 half the length of the sepal-body ; larger petals 9-10 mm. long ; samaras fully 1.5 cm. long, 

 the ventral edge of the wing with a rounded auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Near Rio Toro, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



7. Stigmaphyllon lineare Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. 

 Cuba 43. 1866. 



Leaf-blades linear, usually narrowly so, 4-9 cm. long, acute and usually also somewhat 

 acuminate, ultimately glabrous on both sides, acute at the base, short-petioled ; peduncles 

 and pedicels permanently pubescent ; sepals ovate, 3-3.5 mm. long, theglands onehalf the 

 length of the sepal-body or more ; larger petals 10-11 mm. long, the blades broadly oblong ; 

 samaras about 1.5 cm. long, the ventral side of the wing with an angular oblique rather 

 sharp auricle at the base. 



Type locality : Near Cayo del Rey, Cuba. 

 Distribution : Cuba. 



