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firm-chartaceous, lepidote, elliptic to obovate, 2.5-6 cm. long, 3.5 
cm. wide or less, crenate near the apex, or entire, obtuse or 
rounded at the apex, obtuse or subcordate at the base, reticulate- 
veined above and faintly so beneath, the primary venation rather 
prominent on both sides; flowers 2 or 3 together in lateral clus- 
ters; pedicels slender, 3-4 cm. long; flower-buds apiculate ; 
calyx 1.5 cm. long; “corolla yellow”; capsule curved, elongated, 
‘about 2.5 dm. long. 
Vicinity of Holguin, Oriente. Type collected between Hol- 
guin and Cacocum (Shafer 1550). 
Family GESNERIACEAE 
Gesneria yamuriensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A slow shrub. Leaves clustered near the apex of the stem, 
membranous, oblanceolate, 7-12 cm. long, 2.5-4.5 cm. broad, 
acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, sessile, ru- 
gose, the veins impressed above, prominent beneath; inflorescence 
corymbiform, the peduncles axillary, many-flowered; pedicels 
filiform, 3-4 cm. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent ; calyx-lobes 
linear, 1 cm. long, glabrous, the tube 10-ribbed, 4.5-5 mm. long; 
corolla scarlet, tubular, 3.5-4 cm. long, glabrous. 
Coastal cliffs, Oriente. Type from face of cliff near Rio 
Yamuri (Shafer 7786). Related to G. purpurascens Urban. 
Gesneria nipensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
An erect shrub, 3-12 dm. high, the twigs, petioles and pedun- 
cles scabrous. Leaves coriaceous, oblanceolate, 6-11 cm. long, 
1.7—2.7 cm. broad, acute to short-acuminate at the apex, cuneate 
at the base, dull and scabrous above, rufescent beneath, especially 
when young, faintly few-veined with the midvein impressed 
above and prominent beneath, the margin revolute, entire or 
slightly crenulate; petioles 1.5-1.7 cm. long; peduncles axillary, 
cm. long, 2-3-flowered ; calyx-lobes lanceolate, 3 mm. long; 
corolla tubular, yellow, 1.5 cm. long, verrucose; capsule narrowly 
obovoid, ecostate, 8-9 mm. long, 5 mm. broad, finely verrucose. 
Wet shady woods. Type from Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, 
Oriente (Shafer 3201). 
Gesneria clarensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A tall shrub with slender grayish-brown branches, the twigs 
and petioles minutely scabrous. Leaves subcoriaceous, obovate, 
7-10 cm. long, 3-4.4 cm. broad, rounded or acutish at the apex, 
