Ravenia simplicifolia Wright ex P. Wilson

Ravenia simplicifolia Wright, MS., sp. nov
Ravenia spectabilis simplicifolia Wright ; Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 48, hyponym. 1866.
A shrub about 2.5 m. tall ; leaves simple, oblong to elliptic or obovate, 3-6.5 cm. long, 1-3 cm. broad, rounded or acute and often mucronate at the apex, acute or cuneate at the base, glandular-punctate, lustrous on both surfaces, petioled, the petioles 3-10 cm. long; inflorescence few-flowered; sepals densely glandular, very unequal, the two outer narrowly ovate to broadly ovate, 9-11 mm. long, 5-9 mm. broad, the three inner concave, broadly ovate to nearly oval, 3-4 mm. long, 2.5-3.5 mm. broad, thin-margined, ciliate ; corolla deeppink or rose, glandular, the tube cylindric, 0.9-1.7 cm. long, the lobes oblong to elliptic or somewhat obovate, 10-14 mm. long, 6-S mm. broad.
Type collected in the province of Oriente, Cuba, Charles Wright 2179 (Grav Herbarium ); also collected in Oriente in 1910,/. A . Shafcr 34S1 (herb. N. Y. Bot. Gard.). The type sheet bears labels representing two collections, but there is only one specimen.