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equaling or longer than the petioles; calyx-lobes 5, deltoid; corolla brownish, short-pilose out- 
side, the tube slender, ampliate above, 5 mm. long, the lobes one fourth as long as the tube, 
puberulent within; anthers included; capsule subglobose, 2.5—-3 mm. in diameter, puberulent; 
seeds numerous, marginate, with a short appendage at each end. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Rocky hills near Spanish Town, Jamaica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Jamaica. 
66. Rondeletia ochracea Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 392. 1912. 
Tree, the branches very stout, terete or subcompressed, grayish-brown, rimose, densely 
fulvous-pilose when young with short ascending hairs, the internodes very short; stipules del- 
toid, acute or acuminate, 6-9 mm. long, rigid, erect, densely appressed-pilose within; leaves 
opposite, the petioles very stout, 1.5—4 cm. long, densely fulvous-pilose, the blades oval, oval- 
elliptic, or elliptic, 8-15.5 cm. long, 3.5—7 cm. wide, obtuse-to acute at the base, sometimes 
short-decurrent, very obtuse to acute at thé apex, coriaceous, rugulose, lustrous above, bright- 
green, at first sparsely pilose but soon glabrous, beneath densely covered with a close, short, 
grayish or fulvous tomentum, the venation impressed above, prominent and reticulate 
beneath, the costa very stout, the lateral veins stout, 6—9 on each side, arcuate, ascending at an 
angle of 50° or more; inflorescence axillary, paniculate, few-flowered, much shorter than the 
leaves, the peduncles 1.5—5 cm. long, the stout pedicels 1.5—2 mm. long; bracts sometimes foli- 
aceous, usually lanceolate or triangular and 1.5-3.5 mm. long; hypanthium densely whitish- 
tomentulose; calyx-lobes 5, deltoid, minute, half as long as the hypanthium; corolla ochraceous, 
densely retrorse-pilose outside with short whitish hairs, the tube subcylindric, 8-9 mm. long, 
stout, the 5 lobes rounded, about one fourth as long as the tube, pilosulous within; anthers 
included, 2 mm. long, the filaments short; capsule globose, about 4.5 mm. long. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Forests near Constanza, Santo Domingo, at an altitude of 1250 meters. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Santo Domingo. 
67. Rondeletia portoricensis Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 
414. 1899. 
Shrub or tree, up to 20 meters high, the branches very stout, terete or subcompressed, 
grayish-brown, rimose, minutely fulvous-strigillose or tomentulose when young, the internodes 
very short; stipules tubular, 5—7 mm. long, erect, rigid, the lobes deltoid, obtuse or cuspidate, 
appressed-pilose or glabrate outside, white-sericeous within; leaves opposite, the petioles very 
stout, 1-2.5 cm. long, appressed-pilose or glabrate, the blades oval, oval-elliptic, or elliptic- 
oblong, 9-20 cm. long, 4-8 cm. wide, acute at the base, rounded or obtuse at the apex and 
usually very shortly obtuse-acuminate, coriaceous, dark-green above, lustrous or sublustrous, 
glabrous, beneath paler, brownish, strigillose along the veins, elsewhere sparsely puberulent or 
glabrous, the venation impressed above, the costa prominent beneath, stout, the lateral veins 
prominulous, 8-10 on each side, arcuate, ascending at an angle of about 60°, the margins plane 
or nearly so; inflorescence axillary, paniculate, 3-7 cm. long, few- or many-flowered, the pe- 
duncles longer or shorter than the petioles, the pedicels stout, 6 mm. long or shorter; bracts and 
bractlets mostly minute, triangular, strigillose; hypanthium densely whitish-strigillose; calyx- 
lobes 5, deltoid, minute, much shorter than the hypanthium; corolla white, densely retrorse- 
pilose outside with short white appressed hairs, the tube stout-cylindric below, ampliate above; 
7-8 mm. long, the 5 lobes rounded, one third as long as the tube or shorter, puberulent within, 
anthers included, 1.5—2 mm. long, the filaments very short; capsule subglobose, bisulcate, 
4-5.5 mm. long, 5-7 mm. broad, tomentulose; seeds 1—2.5 mm. long, flat, brown, broadly 
winged, the wing irregularly laciniate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Mount Jimenes, Sierra de Luquillo, Porto Rico. 
DISTRIBUTION: Mountains of Porto Rico. 
68. Rondeletia polita Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 326. 1861. 
Shrub or tree, 1.5—5 meters high, the branches stout, terete or subcompressed, grayish, 
rimose, glabrous, the internodes very short; stipules 2-3 mm. long, broadly deltoid, acute or 
