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deep-green and lustrous on the upper surface, dull and slightly paler beneath, the costa stout 
and prominent, the lateral veins prominent beneath, 7-10 on each side, arcuate, laxly anasto- 
mosing near the margin, the margins plane; flowers axillary, solitary, the pedicels stout, about 2 
em. long; hypanthium clavate, about 1 cm. long; calyx-lobes 5, narrowly linear, 2.5—3.5 em. long, 
attenuate; corolla 20-25 cm. long, white; capsule obovoid-oblong, 4-5 cm. long, 1.5—1.8 cm. 
thick, terete, brownish-black, constricted at the apex, narrowed at the base; seeds very numer- 
ous, 2 mm. long, sharply angulate, dark-brown. 
TYPE LocALIty: Cuba. f : : 
DISTRIBUTION: Wooded stream-banks at lower elevations, Oriente, Cuba; Jamaica (?). 
ILLUSTRATION: Sagra, Hist. Cuba 11: pl. 49 bis. 
12. Portlandia coccinea Sw. Fl. Ind. Occ. 384. 1797. 
Portlandia coriacea Sw.; Spreng. Syst. 1: 708. 1825. 
Shrub, 3 meters high, glabrous throughout, the branches grayish, the branchlets stout, 
subangulate, the internodes short; stipules annular, 5-8 mm. long, the lobes deltoid, acute; 
petioles very stout, 2-4 mm. long; leaf-blades elliptic or oval-elliptic, 7—11.5 em. long, 2.3-4 em. 
wide, acute or acuminate at the apex, acute at the base, thick-coriaceous, lustrous, paler 
beneath, the margins plane, the venation prominent on both surfaces, the lateral veins slender, 
5-7 on each side, ascending at an acute angle, subarcuate, laxly anastomosing near the margin, 
the veinlets conspicuous, coarsely reticulate; flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate, the pedicels 
slender, about 1.5 cm. long; hypanthium turbinate, 5—6 mm. long; calyx-lobes 5, linear or lance- 
linear, 7-15 mm. long, attenuate, finely nerved; corolla funnelform, 5.5—7.5 cm. long, crimson, 
the tube about 5 cm. long, the 5 lobes broadly triangular, 1.5 cm. long, obtuse or acutish; 
capsule globose-obovoid, 1.5 cm. long, 1-1.2 cm. in diameter, obtuse at the base, slightly con- 
stricted at the truncate apex, obscurely costate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Western Jamaica, on mountain cliffs. 
DISTRIBUTION: Thickets at lower elevations in dry districts, southwestern Jamaica. 
13. Portlandia albiflora Britton & Harris, sp. nov. 
Shrub or small tree, 2-4.5 meters high, glabrous throughout, the branches stout, grayish, 
the branchlets subterete, with short internodes; stipules deltoid, acute or acuminate, 5-6 mm. 
long; petioles very stout, 2-5 mm. long; leaf-blades oval, elliptic-oblong, or oblong, 6.5—18 cm. 
long, 2-11 cm. wide, rounded to acute at the base, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, thick- 
coriaceous, very lustrous, the venation prominulous, the lateral veins about 7 on each side, the 
margin plane; flowers axillary, solitary or fasciculate, the pedicels slender, 1-2 cm. long; hypan- 
thium turbinate or clavate, 5-7 mm. long; calyx-lobes linear or lance-linear, alternate, 1-2 cm. 
long, thin, green; corolla funnelform, 5—9.5 cm. long, white, tinged with rose outside, the tube 
3.5—4.5 em. long, 1—2 em. thick in the throat, the lobes deltoid, 1-1.5 em. long, obtuse; capsule 
globose-obovoid, 2 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, acute or obtuse at the base, slightly constricted at the 
truncate apex; seeds reddish-brown, 2 mm. long. 
’ (ee in Cane River Valley, Jamaica, July 12, 1907, William Harris 9637 (herb. N. Y. 
ot. Gard.). 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica. 
14. Portlandia microsepala Urban, Repert. Sp. Nov. 13: 478. 1915. 
Shrub, glabrous throughout, the branchlets compressed; stipules ovate, 7-8 mm. long; 
petioles 5—8 mm. long; leaf-blades ovate or oval, 8-15 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, acute or short- 
acuminate at the apex, acute to rounded at the base and short-decurrent, coriaceous or char- 
taceo-coriaceous, lustrous, the costa prominent beneath, the lateral veins 5 or 6 on each side, 
the margins plane; flowers axillary, solitary, the pedicels 5-15 mm. long; hypanthium narrowly 
turbinate; calyx-lobes 5, triangular, or triangular-subulate, 1-6 mm. long; corolla 6-7 cm. long, 
the tube 5 mm. thick, the lobes semi-orbicular; filaments 5 cm. long, the anthers 17 mm. long; 
capsule obovoid, 2 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide, obscurely 5-costate; seeds 2—2.3 mm. long, brownish- 
black, minutely reticulate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Union Hill, near Moneague, Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica. 
