74 | NORTH AMERICAN FLORA [VoLuME 32 
the tube cylindric, subampliate above, 4-6 mm. long, the 5 lobes rounded, about one third 
as long as the tube, spreading, puberulent within, the throat annular-thickened; anthers in- 
cluded, oblong-linear, 2 mm. long, the filaments very short; capsule globose, 6 mm. in 
diameter; seeds winged, the wing dentate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Dominica. 
DISTRIBUTION: Guadeloupe, Dominica, and Martinique. 
74. Rondeletia Christii Urban, Symb. Ant. 3: 377. 1903. 
Shrub, 3-4 meters high, the branches terete, grayish-brown, rimose, densely whitish- 
sericeous with short hairs when young; stipules triangular, 4-5 mm. long, subacuminate, seri- 
ceous outside, villosulous within; leaves opposite, the petioles 8-12 mm. long, the blades oval- 
elliptic or elliptic-oblong, 5—9 cm. long, 2—4 cm. wide, acute or obtuse at the base, narrowed to 
the acute apex, coriaceous, glabrous above, beneath sparsely appressed-pilose with short hairs, 
the costa prominent beneath, the lateral veins prominulous, 6—8 on each side, the margins re- 
curved; inflorescence axillary, paniculate, few-flowered, 1.5—2 cm. long, whitish-sericeous, the 
pedicels 1-2 mm. long; bracts lanceolate, 1.5—2.5 mm. long, the bractlets 1 mm. long or shorter; 
hypanthium tomentose; calyx-lobes 5, triangular-lanceolate, 0.7-1 mm. long, slightly shorter 
than the hypanthium; corolla retrorse-pilosulous outside, the tube cylindric, 6 mm. long, 
glabrous within, the 5 lobes suborbicular, one third as long as the tube or shorter, whitish- 
tomentulose within; anthers included, 1.7 mm. long, the filaments very short. 
TYPE LOCALITY: Fessard, Haiti. 
DISTRIBUTION: Known only from the type locality. 
75. Rondeletia martinicensis Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 
415. 1899. 
Shrub, 3.5 meters high, the branches terete, densely fulvous-hirsute when young with 
short hairs; stipules triangular, emarginate and short-apiculate; leaves opposite, the petioles 
1.5—2.5 cm. long, the blades oval-elliptic, 13-20 cm. long, 7—9.5 em. wide, acute at the base, 
cuspidate-acuminate at the apex, thick-chartaceous, short-hirsute along the costa, elsewhere 
sparsely pilose, or glabrate above, the lateral veins about 7 on each side, arcuate; inflorescence 
axillary, paniculate, 6-8 cm. long, many-flowered, the terminal flower of each cymule sessile, 
the others on pedicels 2-3 mm. long; bracts linear or linear-subulate; hypanthium tomentose- 
hirsutulous; calyx-lobes 5, lance-linear, 1.5 mm. long, obtuse, slightly longer than the hypan- 
thium; corolla densely retrorse-strigose outside, the tube cylindric, 6 mm. long, slightly 
ampliate above, the 5 lobes obovate-orbicular, one third as long as the tube or shorter, the 
throat naked; anthers included, the filaments very short; capsule didymous-globose, 6-7 mm. 
broad, short-pilose; seeds 1.5—2 mm. long, winged, the wing irregularly crenate or dentate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: In forests, Fond St. Denis, Martinique. 
DISTRIBUTION: Martinique. 
76. Rondeletia impressa Krug & Urban; Urban, Symb. Ant. 1: 412. 
1899. 
Shrub, 2.5—3.6 dm. high, the branches stout, terete, grayish-brown, rimose, puberulent and 
loosely pilose when young with fulvous hairs, the internodes short; stipules broadly deltoid, 
3-4 mm. long, cuspidate, rigid, erect, pilose outside, sericeous within; leaves mostly ternate, 
the petioles stout, 8-15 mm. long, puberulent and pilose, the blades elliptic-oval to elliptic, 
7.5-10.5 cm. long, 2.8-5 cm. wide, rounded to acutish at the base, subabruptly short-acumi- 
nate at the apex, thick-chartaceous, dark-green above, lustrous, sparsely pilosulous when young 
but soon glabrate, the venation impressed, beneath brownish, puberulent and sparsely pilo- 
sulous along the veins, elsewhere sparsely puberulent or glabrate, the venation prominent, the 
lateral veins 5—9 on each side, arcuate, ascending at an angle of 50°-60°, the margins subrevo- 
lute; inflorescence axillary, paniculate, many-flowered, 3-6 cm. long, the branches densely 
pilosulous, the peduncles usually twice as long as the petioles, the flowers on pedicels 3 mm. 
long or shorter; bracts linear-subulate or sometimes foliaceous, the bractlets minute; hypan- 
