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rowed at the base, I-nerved, black-punctate; flowers terminal, 
solitary, short-peduncled; sepals obovate-oblong, apiculate, 
I-nerved, 2.5 mm. long; capsule oblong, 3-valved, about as long 
as the sepals. 
Hillside, serpentine palm barren, Santa Clara (Britton & Wil- 
son 6140). 
Family FLACOURTIACEAE 
Myroxylon (?) rhombifolium Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub about 1 m. high, with very slender, elongated, puberu- 
lent branches, each node with an acicular spine 8-12 mm. long, 
Leaves coriaceous, rhombic, 6-10 mm. broad, about as long as 
wide, 2—5-toothed, strongly veined on both sides, the venation 
somewhat reticulated, dark green and shining above, pale green 
beneath, glabrous, the petioles 0.5-1 mm. long; flowers and fruit 
unknown. 
Coe’s Camp, Ensenada de Siguanea, Isle of Pines (Britton & 
Wilson 14880). 
Lunania subcoriacea Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub, about 3 m. high, with slender gray terete branches. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, 12-17 cm. 
long, 4—5 cm. wide, acute or short-acuminate at the apex, obtuse 
or rounded at the base, the rather stout petioles I-1.5 cm. long; 
raceme peduncled, about 10 cm. long, glabrous; pedicels 4.5-5 
mm. long, jointed near the base, glabrous; sepals orbicular or 
suborbicular, 4.5 mm. broad, concave; filaments subulate; disk 
fleshy ; ovary ovoid. 
Rich woods, alluvial valley of Rio Yamaniguey, Oriente 
(Shafer 4204). 
Lunania elongata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
Branches slender, elongated, puberulent when young, gray, 
terete. Leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, membranous, gla- 
brous, 5-15 cm. long, 3 cm. wide or less, acuminate at the apex, 
rounded or subcordate at the base, the slender petioles 8-20 mm. 
long, puberulent when young; raceme long-peduncled, narrow, 
puberulent, many-flowered, 10-18 cm. long; pedicels 2-3 mm 
long, jointed above the base, puberulent; sepals orbicular, 4 mm. 
broad, concave; stamens about 10; disk fleshy; ovary elliptic- 
ovoi 
Sierra de las Divisiones, Sancti Spiritus mountains, Santa 
Clara (Léon and Clement 6598). 
