Part 1, 1918] RUBIACEAE 81 
94. Rondeletia pilosa Sw. Prodr. 41. 1788. 
?Rondeletia triflora Vahl, Symb. 3: 34. 1794. 
Oldenlandia longi flora Iam. Encye. 4: 534. 1797. 
Hedyotis longiflora Spreng. Pug. 2: 27. 1815. 
Hedyotis villosa Sessé & Moc. Fl. Mex. 21. 1893. Not H. villosa Wight & Arn. 1834. 
Shrub, 3-4 meters high, the branches stout, terete, reddish-brown, rimose, densely pilose 
when young; stipules sheathing, 5-9 mm. long, thin, erect, brown, the lobes ovate-deltoid, 
cuspidate, densely pilose-sericeous; leaves opposite, crowded at the ends of the branches, the 
petioles stout, 2-6 mm. long, densely pilose, the blades elliptic-ovate, oval-elliptic, or narrowly 
elliptic-oblong, 4—9 cm. long, 0.7—4.5 cm. wide, subcordate to acute at the base, acute to acumi- 
nate at the apex, sometimes apiculate, subcoriaceous, green above, appressed-pilose, the 
venation impressed, beneath paler and densely soft-pilose, the hairs long and appressed 
along the veins, short and spreading elsewhere, the venation prominent, the lateral veins 4-6 
on each side, straight or arcuate, ascending at a very acute angle, the margins plane or recurved; 
inflorescence axillary, usually 3-flowered, the peduncles 1.5—7 cm. long, densely pilose, the 
flowers slender-pedicellate; bracts and bractlets linear, 3-12 mm. long; hypanthium densely 
long-pilose with appressed hairs; calyx-lobes 4, linear, 6-12 mm. long, ascending; corolla 
densely retrorse-pilose outside with short white hairs, the tube very slender, 14 mm. long, 
the 4 lobes rounded, 3 mm. long, puberulent within, the throat naked; capsule globose, 4-5 
mm. in diameter, densely pilose; seeds angulate, about 1 mm. long, brown, exalate. 
TYPE LOCALITY: St. Croix and Montserrat. 
DISTRIBUTION: Porto Rico, Virgin Islands, and Montserrat. 
ILLUSTRATIONS: Vahl, Symb. fl. 54; E. & P. Nat. Pfl. 44: f. 9, H. 
XIV. Hypoleucae. Leaves usually small, coriaceous, and reticulate-veined, whitish- 
tomentulose beneath, at least when young. Stipules small, erect. Inflorescence axillary, 
usually 1—3-flowered, the flowers 4-parted; calyx-lobes small; bracts smail; corolla of medium 
size, retrorse-pilose outside, the throat naked. Capsule small, globose. Seeds exalate. 
95. Rondeletia venosa Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 128. 1866. 
Rondeletia savannarum Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 44: 29. 1917. 
Shrub, about 2 meters high, the branches stout, terete, grayish, rimose, finely sericeous 
when young, the internodes very short; stipules triangular, 2 mm. long, acute or acuminate, 
rigid, erect, minutely sericeous; leaves opposite, the petioles very stout, 1-3 mm. long, tomen- 
tulose, the blades oval, broadly oval, or elliptic-oval, 9-21 mm. long, 6-13 mm. wide, rounded 
or obtuse at the base, rounded or very obtuse at the apex, sometimes obscurely apiculate, 
thick-coriaceous, lustrous above, glabrous, the venation impressed, beneath densely and finely 
grayish-tomentulose, sericeous along the veins, the venation prominent, reticulate, the lateral 
veins 3 or 4 on each side, arcuate, ascending at an angle of about 45°, the margin revolute or 
subrevolute; inflorescence axillary, 1—3-flowered, usually 1-flowered, the peduncles stout, 
1-2.5 mm. long; bracts and bractlets minute, triangular-subulate; hypanthium densely tomen- 
tulose; calyx-lobes 4, very unequal, 2-4 mm. long, linear or lance-linear, acute; corolla-tube 
stout, 4 mm. long, densely retrorse-pilose, the 4 lobes rounded, half as long as the tube, seri- 
ceous outside, glabrate within; capsule globose, 3-4 mm. in diameter, densely tomentulose, 
TYPE LOCALITY: Near San Marcos, Bahia Honda, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 
DISTRIBUTION: Oriente and Pinar del Rio, Cuba. 
96. Rondeletia bicolor Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 44: 30. 1917. 
Shrub, about 1.7 meters high, the branches slender, densely short-pilose when young, the 
internodes short; stipules triangular-subulate, about 3 mm. long, short-pubescent; leaves 
opposite, the petioles stout, 2-4 mm. long, short-pilose, the blades oblong or oblong-oblanceolate, 
2-3 cm. long, 0.6-1.2 em. wide at the base, acute or obtuse at the apex, thick-coriaceous, 
dark-green above, glabrous, the costa impressed, the lateral veins obsolete, beneath white - 
tomentulose, the venation prominent, the lateral veins 4 or 5 on each side; inflorescence | - 
