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above, prominent beneath, the lateral veins numerous, straight ascending; fol- 



lioles {Brcce no. 4S75 from Aeklin's island, the type locality) about 10 cm. 



long and 12 mm. in diameter; eoroUa {Brace, Fortune Island) about 2 cm. 

 broad, the slender tube about as long as the lobes. 



Rocky scrub-lands, Aeklin's and Fortune Islands. Endemic. Bahama Plujiieea. 



4. Plumiera rubra L. Sp. PI. 209. 1753. 



A tree, 5-8 m. high, the young twigs, peduncles and pedicels pubescent. 

 Leaves elliptic-oblong to eUiptic-obovate, 1.5-4 dm. long, acute or short-acumi- 

 nate at the apex, narrowed at the base, glabrous on both sides, the lateral veins 

 rather distant and widely spreading, the petioles 3-6 cm. long; panicles several- 

 many-flowered, mostly shorter than the leaves; pedicels stout, thickened above, 

 1.5-3 cm. long; calyx about 3 mm. long; corolla purple or red, 5-7 cm. broad, 

 the tube rather shorter than the limb, the lobes broadly elliptic, obtuse ; follicles 

 1.5-2.5 em. long, about 2.5 cm. in diameter. 



Open scrub-lands. Mangrove Cay : — Porto Rico to Trinidad ; Jamaica. Jessa- 

 mine. Spanish Jasmine. Red Plumieea. Red Fbangipanxi. 



5. Plumiera sericif61ia C. Wright; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 171. 1866. 



A small tree, sometimes 5 m. high, the stout twigs pubescent when young. 

 Leaves oblong or oblong-obovate, coriaceous, 7-15 cm. long, emarginate or 

 rounded at the apex, narrowed or obtuse at the base, dark green and glabrous 

 or nearly so above, pale and densely pubescent beneath, the stout pubescent 

 petioles 1—4 cm. long; peduncles stout, pubescent, 1-2.5 dm. long; cymes 

 several-many-flowered; pedicels about 1 cm. long or less; calyx-teeth very short, 

 broad; corolla white, the sparingly pubescent tube about 1.5 cm. long, the nar- 

 rowly obovate or oblong, obtuse lobes 1.5-2 cm. long; follicles glabrous, 2 dm. 

 long or less. 



Scrub-lands, Inagua : — Cuba. Haiey Plumieba. 



2. NEOBEACEA Britton. 



[Bracea Britton, Bull. N. T. Bot. Gard. 3: 448. 1905. Xot King. 1898.] 

 A shrub, with thick oblanceolate or oblong petioled leaves. Flowers 

 solitary or two together in the upper axils, white or reddish, peduncled. Calyx 

 deeply 5-cleft, its lobes narrowly lanceolate, acute. CoroUa nearly salverform, 

 the short tube slightly and gradually dilated above, about as long as the 5 

 obliquely ovate lobes. Stamens 5, borne near the base of the corolla-tube; 

 filaments short; anthers sagittate, hairy on the back. Follicles long-linear, 

 slightly torulose. Seeds comose. [In honor of L. J. K. Brace, a diligent 

 collector of the Bahamian flora.] A monotypic genus. 



1. Neobracea bahamensis Britton. 



Bracea tahamensis Britton, Bull. N. T. Bot. Gard. 3: 448. 1905. 



About 1 m. high, with grayish brown branches leafy only near the ends, the 

 young twigs pubescent. Leaves firm in texture, revolute-margined, oblong- 

 oblanceolate, obtuse or slightly emarginate at the apex, narrowed at the base, 

 4-10 cm. long, 1-2.5 cm. wide, bright green above, densely and finely tomentose 

 with the veins prominently reticulated beneath; petioles 4-7 mm. long; flowers 

 appearing with the leaves; peduncles tomentose, about 1 em. long; calyx-lobes 

 tomentose, 3 mm. long; eoroUa white with a reddish throat, pubescent outside, 

 smooth within, about 2 cm. broad; follicles 15 cm. long or less, 2 mm. thick, 

 pubescent, striate, pendent. 



