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8. is rears cubana P. Wilson.!| A genus and species of the 
Myrsine Family, new to Science. Wet woods, Loma Cardero. 
9. Xolisma Turquini Small.2_ A low shrub of the Heath Family, 
e principal growth on the first peak, about 7000 [ft 
altitude. 
10. ros pithyoides Schl. & Cham. A club-moss growing 
fro. rdero to the summit, 4000 to 7600 ft. Pre- 
cones Bileded by S. H. Hamilton in 1912 at 5875 ft.; 
1 WALLENIELLA P. Wilson, gen. no 
tee aes alternate leaves, the. blades prominently | black dotted beneath, 
with a the margin. 
its s branches loosely articulate. Calyx 5-parted, conspicuously black-dotted, 
e or more rows of 
g the margins, its lobes convolute. Coro olla 5-lobed, its lobes convolute, 
reflexed ene dular dotte . eciae ns 5, united nearly to the middle into a 
tube, e above; anthers cordate. Ovary 1- eed, several-ovuled; style 
aie: ‘stigma simple 
The g Ul West Indian genera of Myrsina- 
Sac ie “te sstaminal aa the fies ae anited to about the middle. 
ti ntly closely related to Conandrium of the East Indies. Although 
rather ‘distantly telated to Laas we plant suggests that genus in habit. 
alleniella ¢ ban 1a P. _Wilso 
ae 9.3 cm. long, 2.3-3 cm. broad, obtuse 
at the apex, a e at the base Shane toothed eee ioe middle, glabrous 
on both Fides, ie primary veins elevated: petioles m. long; 
of the iloreecne and pedicels Puberulent; cape lobes elliptic or elliptic. 
ovate, 1 . lon: eetou . broad, capes e; Sirti Loe aaa 
. broad, Founded at the ; filaments glabror 
4m, 2.5 m: 
ayaa “eli “ole brous: 
Wet woods, slope of Loma Cardero, 1050-1200 m. altitude. (George 
Conrad Bucher, 8) [PERCY WILsoN} 
? Xolisma Turquini Small, sp. nov. 
A low shrub with red-scurfy twigs; leaves rather close fi ams on the 
branches, the blades oval, ovate, or orbicular-ovate, 3-4 cm. long, broadly 
obtuse, rounded, or sub-truncate at the apex, entire or Geaeriniee a undulate- 
margined, green and glabrous oe pale and scurfy beneath | and pubescent 
with red or reddish hairs on t! rounded or hort- 
petioled; racemes cluster- Maes borne in the upper selena the pedicels 
red-scurfy like the twigs; calyx-lobes. 5, oe about m. long, acute, 
scurfy; corolla bial ?), urceolate, abou m. long, Tels pecity ona the 
calyx, the lobes ovate-lanceolat e, much ate ter than a aie or ridged tube, 
acute; flamente’s gtk ene neal 4 a en 
anthers about 1. 5 mm. long; capsule n 
Collected on Pico Turquino, April ro, ee Gate — Bucher, 9.) 
This is the twelfth species of Xolisma known he island of Cul 
It is related to Xolisma calycosa which was discover a in th untains east 
of Santiaga, Cuba, rile owever, from that species in both 
etait lobes and the corolla is prominent ribbed or Lenioes as ate 
with the even corolla of x. calycosa.. [J. K. Smatt.] 
