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41. Rondeletia subglabra Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 418. 
1899. 
Shrub, the branches stout, terete, dark-brown or grayish, strigillose or hirtellous when 
young; stipules minute, triangular, persistent; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 4-10 mm. 
long, strigillose or glabrous, the blades broadly oval to oval-oblong or obovate, 2—6.5 cm. long, 
2-4 cm. wide, rounded to acutish at the base, broadly rounded to acutish at the apex, thick- 
coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous, dark-green above, paler beneath, the costa slender, prominent, 
the lateral veins very slender, 4-6 on each side, ascending at an angle of 45° or more, nearly 
straight, the margins revolute; inflorescence terminal and axillary, cymose-corymbose, the 
peduncles 3-25 mm. long, slender, the cymes few-flowered, long-pedunculate, the pedicels 2-10 
mm. long; bracts minute, linear; hypanthium strigillose; calyx-lobes 5, linear or spatulate, 
about 1 mm. long, obtuse, spreading; capsule globose, 3.5-4 mm. in diameter, glabrous, dark- 
brown. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Near Santiago, Oriente, Cuba, at an altitude of 1400 meters. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Oriente, Cuba. 
42. Rondeletia yamuriensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 44: 25. 
1927. 
Small tree, about 4 meters high, glabrous throughout, the branches stout, angulate, dark- 
brown or grayish, the internodes short; stipules minute, triangular, erect, persistent, brown; 
leaves opposite or ternate, sessile, the blades narrowly oblong-oblanceolate, 5—9.5 cm. long, 
1-2 cm. wide, attenuate at the base, acutish to rounded at the apex, thick-coriaceous, dark- 
green and lustrous on the upper surface, paler beneath, the costa very broad, the lateral veins 
slender, often obscure, 3—7 on each side, remote, divergent, laxly anastomosing near the margin, 
the margins strongly revolute; inflorescence terminal and axillary, corymbose, few-flowered, 
the peduncles stout, 4-6 cm. long, the fruiting pedicels 5-10 mm. long; capsule pyriform- 
globose, 1-1.4 cm. long, dark-brown, lenticellate; seeds compressed, 3-4 mm. long, brown, 
narrowly winged, the wings irregularly dentate and laciniate. 
ay YPE LOCALITY: Between Yamuri Arriba and Bermejal, Oriente, Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
43. Rondeletia stellata (Griseb.) C. Wright; Sauvalle, Anal. Acad. 
Habana 6: 122. 1869. 
Ferdinandea stellata Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. IT. 8: 505. 1862. 
Shrub, glabrous, throughout, the branches stout, angulate, brown or grayish, the internodes 
mostly very short; stipules minute, triangular, cuspidate, erect, persistent, thick, brown; 
leaves opposite or ternate, the petioles very stout, 2-14 mm. long, the blades obovate or oblong- 
obovate, 4.5-8.5 cm. long, 1.8—4 cm. wide, acute or acuminate at the base, rounded at the 
apex, thick-coriaceous, lustrous, slightly paler beneath, the costa stout and prominent, the 
lateral veins slender, often obsolete, 5—8 on each side, divergent, nearly straight; inflorescence 
terminal, corymbose, few-flowered, the peduncles 2—5 cm. long, very stout, the pedicels stout, 
angulate, clavate, 5-10 mm. long, dark-brown, lenticellate; seeds compressed, 2.5—4 mm. long, 
brown, narrowly winged, the wings irregularly laciniate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Pine lands near Monte Verde, Oriente, Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Oriente, Cuba. 
44. Rondeletia calcicola Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 43: 467. 1916. 
Shrub, glabrous throughout, the branches stout, terete or angulate, grayish-brown, the 
internodes short; stipules minute, triangular, acute or cuspidate, erect, persistent, brown; 
leaves opposite or ternate, the petioles stout, 3-9 mm. long, the blades narrowly oblong-oblan- 
ceolate, 6.5—-10.5 cm. long, 1-2 cm. wide, long-attenuate at the base, acute or subobtuse at the 
apex, thick-coriaceous, lustrous, green above, paler beneath, the costa slender, prominent, the 
lateral veins obscure, the margins subrevolute; inflorescence terminal and axillary, corym- 
