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oblong or oblong-obovate, 1.2-4 cm. long, 0.3-1.7 cm. wide, attenuate to the base, rounded to 

 acutish at the apex, thick-coriaceous, glabrous, lustrous above, the costa impressed, the lateral 

 veins obsolete, brownish beneath, the costa very stout and prominent, the lateral veins promin- 

 ulous, 4 or 5 on each side, distant, ascending at an acute angle, the margin revolute; flowers 

 solitary, sessile; calyx and hypanthium scaberulous, the calyx 2.5-3 mm. long, 4-lobate, the 

 lobes subulate; corolla glabrous, the tube 4 mm. long, the 4 lobes ovate, acuminate, about as 

 long as the tube; fruit globose, 1-1.5 cm. in diameter, obtusely tuberculate; seeds about 6 mm. 

 long. 



Type locality: Near Baracoa, Oriente, Cuba. 



Distribution: Mountains of Oriente, Cuba. 



4. Casasia piricarpa Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 507. 1908. 



Tree, about 8 meters high, glabrous throughout; stipules triangular-ovate, acuminate, 

 about 1 cm. long; petioles stout, 2-3 cm. long; leaf-blades oval or oval-obovate, 18-25 cm. long, 

 8-14 cm. wide, obtuse or acute at the base and short-decurrent, abruptly and very shortly 

 obtuse-acuminate at the apex, chartaceous, lustrous, paler beneath, the venation prominulous 

 above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins 6-8 on each side, distant, ascending at an angle 

 of 45° or less, the margin plane; fruit obovoid-pyriform, 5-6 cm. long, 3-3.5 cm. thick, borne on 

 a pedicel about 2 cm. long, the pericarp about 5 mm. thick. 



Type locality: Malvern Hill, near Potsdam, Jamaica, altitude 730 meters. 



Distribution: Known only from the type locality. 



5. Casasia longipes Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 506. 1908. 



Tree, 8-9 meters high, glabrous throughout, the* branchlets thick, densely leafy at the 



ends; stipules triangular-acuminate, 1-1.5 cm. long; petioles stout, 1-5 cm. long; leaf-blades 



ovate, obovate, oval, or oblong-obovate, 7-24 cm. long, 3-14.5 cm. wide, rounded to acute 



at the base, sometimes short-decurrent, obtuse or shortly triangular-acuminate at the apex, 



coriaceous, lustrous, the venation impressed above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins 7-9 



on each side, distant, subarcuate, ascending at an angle of 50-60°, the veinlets reticulate, the 



margin plane; inflorescence few-flowered, pedunculate, the pedicels 6 mm. long or shorter; 



calyx 3-4 mm. long, the lobes subulate, 1-2 mm. long; corolla white, the tube about 2 cm. long, 



cylindric, gradually ampliate above, pubescent within in the throat, the lobes 2-2.5 cm. long, 



lance-oblong; anthers 9 mm. long, included; fruit globose, 5-6.5 cm. in diameter, borne on a 



pedicel about 3.5 cm. long, the pericarp 4-5 mm. thick; seeds suborbicular or oval, 9-11 mm. 



long, about 3 mm. thick. 



Type locality: Near Troy, Jamaica, altitude 830 meters. 

 Distribution: Mountains of Jamaica. 



6. Casasia clusiaefolia (Jacq.) Urban, Symb. Ant. 5: 505. 1908. 



Gardenia clusiaefolia Jacq. Coll. Suppl. 37. 1796. 

 Randia clusiaefolia Chapm. Fl. S. U. S. 179. 1860. 

 Cenipa clusiaefolia Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 317. 1861. 



Shrub or small tree, sometimes 7.5 meters high, with a trunk 15 cm. in diameter, glabrous 



throughout, the leaves crowded at the ends of the branchlets; stipules triangular, acuminate, 



about 1 cm. long; petioles stout, 4-10 mm. long; leaf-blades oblong-obovate, cuneate-obovate, 



or broadly cuneate, 7-15 cm. long, 3.5-9 cm. wide, cuneate or acuminate at the base, rounded 



or truncate at the apex, pungent-apiculate, coriaceous, lustrous, the venation prominulous 



above, plane or prominulous beneath, the veinlets finely reticulate, the margin plane; cymes 



pedunculate, lax, the pedicels 2-10 mm. long; bracts subulate; calyx and hypanthium glabrous, 



the hypanthium 6-8 mm. long; calyx 3 mm. long, the lobes subulate, 4-6 mm. long; corolla 



glabrous, the tube 1.4-1.8 cm. long, cylindric, the lobes lanceolate or lance-oblong, 1.2-1.5 



cm. long, acuminate or attenuate; anthers subexserted; fruit obovoid-globose, 5-7 cm. long, 



lustrous, the pericarp thick; seeds very numerous, flat, 5-7 mm. long, dark-brown. 



Type locality: Bahamas. 



Distribution: Rocky coasts, southern Florida; Bermuda; Bahamas; Cuba. 

 Illustrations: Catesby, Nat. Hist. Car. 1: pi. 59; Jacq. Col.. Suppl. pi. 4,f. 3; Britton, N. Am. 

 Trees/. 767; Britton, Fl. Bermuda/. 392. 



