BRITTON: CUBAN PLANTS NEw To SCIENCE 85 
Family THYMELAEACEAE 
Daphnopsis oblongifolia Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub 1-2 m. or more high, with slender branches, the young 
growth appressed-puberulent. Leaves linear-oblong to oblong or 
somewhat elliptic-oblong, 2-5.5 cm. long, 4-7 mm. broad, obtuse 
or acutish at the apex, acute at the base, short-petioled, entire, 
revolute-margined, the veins anastomosing and nearly parallel to 
the midrib ; inflorescence short-peduncled, few-flowered ; pedicels 
2-2.5 mm. long, staminate flowers with calyx-tube short, the lobes 
ovate. 
Type from palm barren, Santa Clara (Britton & Cowell 
13301). 
Family MYRTACEAE 
Psidium nummularioides Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A small tree, with slender, gray, terete, glabrous twigs. Leaves 
orbicular or ovate, coriaceous, glabrous, 8-15 mm. long, rounded 
or obtuse at the apex, rounded or subcordate at the base, bright 
green and finely reticulate-veined on both surfaces, the midvein 
rather prominent, the stout petioles about 1 mm. long; pedicels 
axillary, solitary, slender, ascending, 1.5 cm. long; calyx-lobes 
suborbicular, 2-2.5 mm. long, 3-3.5 mm. broad, glabrous; young 
fruit ellipsoid, 8 mm. long, 5-6 mm. in diameter. 
Coral limestone bench, Guantanamo Bay, Oriente (Britton 
2046). 
Psidium (?) navasense Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A glabrous shrub, about 1.3 m. high, the slender twigs terete. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, subcoriaceous, 5-7 
cm. long, dull, bluntly acuminate at the apex, obtuse at the base, 
rather strongly pinnately veined with the veins united near the 
margin, the midvein impressed above, prominent beneath, the 
stout petioles about 2 mm. long; young fruits axillary, solitary, 
subglobose, about 7 mm. in diameter, on peduncles 6-8 mm. long ; 
calyx-lobes suborbicular, 2 mm. long, 2-2.5 mm. broad; berry 
subglobose, 6 mm. in diameter. 
Moist woods between Navas and Camp Buena Vista, Oriente, 
650 m. altitude (Shafer 4444). 
Psidium bullatum Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
b or a tree up to 5 m. high, the young twigs densely 
short-pubescent, terete. Leaves ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3-5 cm. 
