Lyonia tuerckheimii Urb.

Xolisma tuerckheimii (Urban) Small
Lyonia Tuerckheimii Urban, Symb. Ant. 7: 317. 1912.
A much-branched shrub 1.5 m. tall or less, with brownish-scurfy twigs; leaves numerous, bright-green, the blades thick, oblong, elliptic, or oval, 2-5 cm. long, acute, acutish, or obtuse at the apex, crenulate, callous-margined, rather prominently reticulate in age, slightly shining above, dull beneath, short-petioled; panicles cluster-like, rather many-flowered, the pedicels rather slender; calyx 4-5 mm. wide, the lobes 5, ovate to deltoid, acute or abruptly pointed; corolla white or pinkish, cylindric-urceolate, 6-7 mm. long, the lobes 5, broad, much shorter than the tube; filaments 3-4 mm. long, very slender above the slightly dUated bases, nearly glabrous; anthers fully 1 mm. long; capsules oblong-ovoid, 4-6 mm. long.
Type locality: Near Constanza, Santo Domingo. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.

Xolisma eggersii (Urban) Small
Lyonia Eggersii Urban, Synib. Ant. 7: 534. 1913.
A much-branched shrub 1-2 m. tall, with red-scurfy twigs; leaves bright-green, the blades oblong or oval, or individually ovate, 2-5 cm. long, obtuse or truncate at the apex, crenulate, smooth on both sides, shining above, ultimately glabrous, rounded or truncate at the base, short-petioled ; flowers and fruits not seen.
Type locality: Near Constanza, Santo Domingo. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.