Cubanola domingensis (Britton) Aiello

Portlandia domingensis Britton, Bull. Torrey Club 41: 24
1914.
Shrub, glabrous throughout, the branches yellowish-gray, the branchlets subterete, green, the internodes short; stipules annular, 5-7 mm. long, green, the lobes triangular, long-cuspidate; petioles very stout, 2-3 mm. long, shallowly sulcate above; leaf-blades oval or ovaloblong, 5-13 cm. long, 3.5-6.5 cm. wide, abruptly acute or acuminate at the apex, rounded or obtuse at the base, concolorous or nearly so, the margins plane or subrevolute; flowers axillary, solitary, the pedicels very stout, 5-8 mm. long, subangulate; calyx-lobes linear, 1.5-2.5 cm. long, attenuate; capsule oval-elliptic, 4-4.5 cm. long, much constricted at the apex, narrowed at the base, acutely 5-angulate; seeds dark reddish-brown, compressed, 3-4 mm. long, puncticulate.
Type locality: Near San Pedro de Macoris, Santo Domingo. Distribution: Known only from the type locality.