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linear, strigillose-sericeous; hypanthium densely strigillose-sericeous; calyx-lobes 4, subequal, 
oblong to rounded-oval, 2.5—-4 mm. long, contracted at the base, rounded or very obtuse at the 
apex, foliaceous, strigillose or glabrate; corolla white, the tube 17-20 mm. long, 1.5 mm. thick 
below and 3-4 mm. above, naked in the throat, the 4 lobes rounded, 5 mm. long, thinly 
strigillose outside; capsule linear-oblong, subterete, 1.5-2 cm. long, 3-4 mm. thick, narrowed 
at the base, strigillose; seeds numerous, fusiform, short-appendiculate at each end. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Western Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Provinces of Santa Clara and Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 
VIII. Pedicellares. Leaves small, coriaceous, glabrous or pubescent. Stipules small, 
erect. Inflorescence terminal or partly axillary, 1—-3-flowered, the flowers 4- or 5-parted, long- 
pedicellate; calyx-lobes small, narrow; corolla small, glabrous or puberulent outside, naked in 
the throat. Capsule small, globose. Seeds exalate, often appendaged at each end. 
48. Rondeletia peduncularis A. Rich. in Sagra, Hist. Cub. 11: 14. 
1850. 
Shrub, 0.3-3 meters high, the branches stout, terete, grayish, strigillose when young, the 
internodes very short; stipules triangular, 1 mm. long or shorter, acuminate, erect, persistent, 
brown, glabrous; leaves opposite, often crowded, the petioles stout, 1-2.5 mm. long, glabrous, 
the blades obovate, oblong, or oblanceolate-oblong, 6-18 mm. long, 3-6 mm. wide, obtuse to 
attenuate at the base, rounded to acutish at the apex, coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous on the 
upper surface, the costa subprominent, the lateral veins obsolete, the margins thickened, often 
revolute; inflorescence terminal and axillary, mostly 1-flowered, sometimes 3-flowered, the 
peduncles slender, 2.5 cm. long or shorter, the pedicels 2-10 mm. long; bracts linear or oblong, 
foliaceous, the bractlets linear; hypanthium glabrous; calyx-lobes 5, spatulate or linear- 
spatulate, 2.5-3.5 mm. long, obtuse, erect; corolla yellowish- or deep-red, glabrous, the tube 
slender, 12 mm. long, naked in the throat, the 4 lobes oblong, 3-4 mm. long, obtuse, spread- 
ing; anthers and style included; capsule subglobose, 4-6 mm. long, dark-brown, glabrous; seeds 
rounded, 1 mm. long, yellowish-brown, punctulate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Vuelta de Abajo, Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Rocky banks of streams, Oriente and Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 
49. Rondeletia pachyphylla Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 
219-1899. 
Shrub, 1-2 meters high, the branches stout, terete, grayish, strigillose or hirtellous when 
young; stipules broadly triangular, 1-2 mm. long, acute, erect, persistent, brown; leaves op- 
posite, often crowded, the petioles stout, 4-7 mm. long, hirtellous, the blades oval or oval- 
oblong, 12-30 mm. long, 8-15 mm. wide, rounded to acutish at the base, rounded or obtuse at 
the apex, thick-coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous on the upper surface, paler beneath, the costa 
stout and prominent beneath, impressed above, the lateral veins obscure, the margins revolute; 
inflorescence mostly axillary but partly terminal, 1-flowered, the pedicels slender, 1.5-3 cm. 
long; bracts foliaceous, oblong or oval, petiolate, the bractlets linear-subulate; hypanthium 
glabrous; calyx-lobes 5, oval- or orbicular-spatulate, 3-5 mm. long, obtuse, foliaceous, erect or 
spreading; corolla glabrous, pinkish, the tube slender, 12-14 mm. long, naked in the throat, 
the 5 lobes rounded, about 3 mm. long; anthers and style included; capsule subglobose, 6-8 
mm. long, dark-brown; seeds numerous, angulate, 1 mm. long, brownish-yellow. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Rocky banks of streams, Oriente, Cuba. 
50. Rondeletia pedicellaris C. Wright; Sauvalle, Anal. Acad. Habana 
62.102;.. 1869: 
Shrub, 1.5 meters high, the branches slender, terete, gray, hirtellous when young but soon 
glabrate, the internodes mostly shorter than the leaves; stipules triangular-subulate, 1-1.5 mm. 
long; leaves opposite, the petioles stout, 1-1.5 mm. long, the blades oval, oval-oblong, or ovate- 
