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tubercle bearing a stiff bristly hair; veins of the under leaf- 
surface strong and elevated, two of the lateral ones arising from 
near the base, the other two arising from above the base; petioles 
stout, 2 cm. long or less; flowers 2-4, sessile at the end of a short 
stout peduncle, or some of them solitary; calyx densely hirsute, 
its 5 lobes subulate, long-ciliate, about 3 mm: long; fruit densely 
hirsute. 
Thickets, mountains of northern Oriente. Type from Camp 
La Gloria, south of Sierra Moa (Shafer 8152). 
Ossaea navasensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub about 2 m. high, with reddish or reddish-brown 
scurfy twigs and petioles. Leaves lanceolate-ovate to ovate, 3-5 
cm. long, 1.3-2 cm. broad, 3-nerved, acuminate at the apex, acute 
at the base, glabrous and dull above, the primary veins impressed, 
paler beneath, the primary veins rather prominent ; petioles 5-11 
mm. long, ciliate; flowers axillary, solitary or few, sessile ; calyx- 
lobes 4, linear-lanceolate, long-ciliate ; petals acute. 
Dense woods, trail, Navas to Camp Buena Vista, Oriente 
(Shafer 4449). 
Ossaea nipensis Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub 1 m. high, with brownish or reddish-brown scurfy 
twigs and petioles. Leaves ovate, 1.5-3 cm. long, 7-18 mm. 
broad, 3-nerved, acute to short-acuminate at the apex, the tip 
obtuse, rounded or somewhat acutish at the base, dark green, and 
glabrous above, the primary veins impressed, brown and some- 
what scurfy beneath, the veins rather prominently elevated; pe- 
tioles 4-6 mm. long, slender; flowers solitary or few, subsessile ; 
calyx-lobes 4, minute, broadly triangular, acute; petals oblong- 
elliptic, 1.5 mm. long, 0.8 mm. broad, acute; young fruit subglo- 
bose, 2 mm. in diameter. 
Rich woods, Sierra Nipe, near Woodfred, Oriente (Shafer 
3439). 
Family ERICACEAE 
Kalmiella simulata Britton & Wilson, sp. nov. 
A shrub 6-9 dm. tall, with glabrous foliage and puberulent 
branches; leaves thick, lanceolate-subulate on account of the 
strongly revolute margins, 5-6 mm. long, I-1.5 mm. broad, bright 
green and shining above, paler beneath, sessile; pedicels longer 
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than the leaves, sparsely glandular-pilose; sepals lanceolate, 5 
