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deeply bifid apices. It is also characterized by the relatively large, obovoid 

 flowers, having a round top when in bud, and by the fruit being somewhat 

 bent or slightly resupinate at its base. 



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^ Figure 153. Sabcd yapa. a, summit of a flowering branchlet; b, c, full grown 

 unopened flowers; d, flower during the anthesis; e, young fruits; f, mature fruit; 

 g, seed as seen from the raphal side; h, seed longitudinally cut through the 

 embryo. Fig. e from a specimen collected in Cuba by Ramon de la Sagra; all 

 the other figures from Wright No. 3971. 



It was collected in Cuba by Ramon de la Sagra in 1829 (n. 222), and 

 it has been found ^gain there more recently by Wright (n. 3971, precise 

 locality not stated) and by Jose Torralbas at Batabano (n. 179) near the 

 sea, in the southwest part of the island. It grows also in Yucatan, as I have 

 identified it with S. yapa Gaumer's n. 317 of the "Plantas Tucatanje". 



Torralbas gives it the vernacular names of "Palma de Guano," "Cana" 

 and also "Miraguano", Sauvalle those of "Guano cana de monte", and 

 "Chagareta". 



