Part 5, 1924] DICHAPETALACEAE 383 



3. Tapura obovata Britton & Wilson, Bull. Torrey Club 43: 465 

 1916. 



Tree, as much as 15 m. high, with glabrous twigs and foliage; petioles 2-5 (rarely 8) mm. 

 long; leaf-blades pale-green, thick and rigid, elliptic-obovate, 3.5-7 cm. long, 1.5-4 cm. wide, 

 rounded at the apex, broadest above the middle, obtuse or subrotund at base, the veins and 

 veinlets obscure above, prominently reticulate beneath; umbels few, dense, 10- 15 -flowered; 

 flowers nearly sessile; calyx about 4 mm. high, its lobes thinly pubescent and ciliate, broadly 

 oblong. 



Type locality: Vivajagua, Isle of Pines. 

 Distribution : Isle of Pines. 



