Lyonia heptamera Urb.

Xolisma heptamera (Urban) Small
Lyonia heptamera Urban, Symb. Ant. I: 376. 1899.
A much-branched shrub 2 m. tall or less, with brown-scurfy stout twigs; leaves not
crowded, the blades very thick-leathery, broadly ovate, 3.5-6 cm, long, obtuse or rounded
at the apex, shining above, coarsely reticulate and more or less brown-scurfy beneath, with
the stout midrib and lateral veins prominent, stout-petioled; racemes 3-10 cm. long, the
peduncle and pedicels red-tomentulose ; calyx-lobes 6 or 7, deltoid or ovatedeltoid, 3-3.5 mm.
long, acute; corolla pale, densely scurfy, conic, 9-12 mm. long, the lobes ovate, much shorter
than the tube; filaments about 8 mm. long, dilated at the base; anthers oblong, about 3 mm.
long; capsules spheroidal, 5-6 mm. wide.
Type locality : Pico del Valle, Santo Domingo. Distribution: Santo Domingo.

Xolisma dictyoneura (Urban) Small
Lyonia dictyoneura Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 533. 1913.
A much-branched shrub with brownor pale-scurfy stoutish twigs; leaves bright-green or yellowish-green, the blades 3-5cm. long, acute or obtuse at the apex, shining above, prominently reticulate and somewhat scurfy beneath, with the midrib and lateral veins very prominent, stout-petioled; racemes 1-2.5 cm. long, the peduncle and pedicels redpubescent; calyx-lobes 5 or 6, broadly ovate to deltoid-ovate, 2.5-3 mm. long, acute or abruptly short-acuminate; corolla white, scurfy, broadly tu"ceolate, 6-7 mm. long, the lobes triangular-lanceolate, much shorter than the tube; filaments about 4.5 mm. long; anthers about 2.3 mm. long; capsules not seen.
Type locality: Culo de Maco, Azua, Santo Domingo. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.