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tant, impressed above, prominent beneath, the apex acute or 
short-acuminate, the base narrowed or obtuse, the rather stout 
puberulent petioles 8-15 mm. long; stipules ovate, about 5 mm. 
long; panicles terminal, peduncled, 4-5 cm. long in fruit, gla- 
brous; fruiting pedicels 2-5 mm. long; fruit globose, small, about 
3 mm. in diameter, rather deeply grooved, red. 
Between Yamuri Arriba and Bermejal, Oriente (Shafer 
8442). 
Psychotria moensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A straggling shrub, the twigs terete, puberulent when young, 
flexuous, rather stout, the internodes short. Leaves clustered 
near the ends of the twigs, subcoriaceous, oblanceolate, glabrous, 
2-4 cm. long, 1.5 cm. wide or less, rounded or obtuse at the apex, 
cuneate at the base, rather strongly pinnately few-veined and 
with the midvein prominent beneath, very inconspicuously veined 
with the midvein impressed above, the stout petioles 1-2 mm. 
long; stipules distinct, about 4 mm. long, deciduous; inflores- 
cence terminal, few-flowered; peduncle rather stout, 1-2 cm. 
long; fruiting pedicels about 5 mm. long; bractlets minute; fruit 
(immature) subglobose, a little longer than thick, about 5 mm. in 
diameter, the persistent calyx-tube about 0.5 mm. long. 
Camp La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa, Oriente (Shafer 
8273). 
Psychotria toensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub 3-9 dm. high, the slender brown twigs puberulent 
when young. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 2-5.5 cm. 
long, 0.7-2 cm. wide, acute to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at 
the base, glabrous above, the midvein slightly elevated, the lateral 
veins prominent; free tips of the stipules oblong, 2-2.5 mm. long, 
acute; inflorescence terminal, the peduncle 1.5-3 cm. long, pu- 
berulent ; corymbs trichotomous, I-1.5 cm. long, ebracteate; pro- 
phyllae ie, 3 mm. long, I mm. wide, puberulent ; 
flowers sessile; calyx-tube puberulent, the lobes triangular or 
triangular-ovate; corolla 12-13 mm. long, the lobes oblong to 
oblong-lanceolate, acute; fruit 4 mm. broad, contracted at the 
commissure. 
Moist rocky places along trail, Rio Yamaniguey to Camp Toa, 
Oriente (Shafer 4009). 
Mitracarpum Fortunii Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
Annual. Stems branched at the base, the branches slender, 
erect, 6-9 cm. long, puberulent with incurved hairs. Leaves ob- 
