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together. Calyx cylindric-campanulate, irregularly 2—4-toothed. 
Corolla oblique, funnelform-campanulate, unequally 5-lobed, ver- 
tically flattened, its lobes reflexed. Fertile stamens 4, didyma- 
mous, exserted; filaments slender; anther-sacs reflexed; sterile 
filament slender. Capsule terete, elongated, curved or coiled. 
Seeds oblong, thin, winged at each end. [Name an anagram of 
Tecoma. | 
About 4 species, natives of eastern Cuba. 
Type species: Tecoma spiralis C. Wright. 
Cotema spiralis (C. Wright) Britton & Wilson, comb. nov. 
Tecoma spiralis C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub. 194. 1866. 
Eastern Cuba (C. Wright 3038). 
Cotema woodfredensis Britton, sp. nov. 
A tree up to 6 or 7 m. high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles 
slender, 2.5-5 cm. long; petiolules slender, 8-25 mm. long; leaf- 
lets subcoriaceous, obovate, the larger ones 5-7 cm. long, 2-5 cm. 
wide, all crenate above the middle, rounded or obtuse at the apex, 
narrowed or cuneate at the base, finely reticulate-veined and 
lepidote-punctate on both sides, shining above, rather dull be- 
neath, turning dark in drying; capsule curved, greatly elongated, 
about 4 dm. long, beaked. 
Rocky hillside, Sierra Nipe, between Piedra Gorda and Wood- 
fred, Oriente (Shafer 3320). 
Cotema apiculata Britton, sp. nov. 
A tree about 5 m. high. Leaves 5-foliolate; petioles rather 
stout, 4—6 cm. long; leaflets coriaceous, dark green, elliptic to 
elliptic-obovate, 6-9 cm. long, 3-5 cm. wide, crenate, rounded and 
apiculate at the apex, obtuse or rounded at the base, strongly 
reticulate-veined and loosely lepidote-punctate on both sides, the 
petiolules 2-3 cm. long; peduncles lateral, solitary or 2 together, 
stout, 3-5 cm. long; calyx deciduous; capsule about 3 dm. long, 
5-6 mm. thick, coiled or curve 
Edge of pineland thickets, between Rio Yamaniguey and 
Camp Toa, Oriente, at 400 meters altitude (Shafer 4179). 
A barren specimen from Pinar de El Purio, Cabonico, 
Oriente (Roig 134), is referred to this species with hesitation. 
Cotema holguinensis Britton, sp. nov. 
A tree up to 8 m. high. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; petioles slen- 
der, 1-5 cm. long; petiolules slender, 2 cm. long or less; leaflets 
