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tariis axillaribus vel oppositifoliis sessilibus; calyce tubuloso longe stipi- 
tato, extus lepidoto, intus adpresse villoso, irregulariter 4 — 5-lobato, brac- 
teolis triangularibus subobtusis minute villosis suffulto; petalis plus 
minusve obovatis obliquisve obtusis apice bilobulatis vel lateraliter emar- 
ginatis albis pubescentibus reflectis; tubo stamineo quam petalis bre- 
viore, apice leviter incrassato 4—5-lobulato, lobulis rotundatis modo 
6-antheriferis; pistillo tubum subaequante; ovario glabro; stylo apicem 
versus villosulo; stigmate capitato lobulato, lobo superiore producto; 
fruetu ovato glabro. 
Arbor parva; corona ovato-rotundata vel pyramidata; rami cortice 
griseo obtecti. Squamae pedicellatae, orbiculatae, margine fimbriatae. 
Stipulae circiter 6 mm longae, cito deciduae.  Petiolus 1,5—2,5 cm 
longus; lamina 20-24 cm longa, 8—10,5 cm lata, membranacea, subtus 
nitiditer reticulata. Calyx 2—2,5 cm longus, apice ca. 6 mm diametro, 
stipellum 1 cm longum; bracteoli ca. 2 mm longi. Petala 2—2,9 cm 
longa, 3,5—4,5 mm lata. Tubus stamineus 1,9—2,2 cm longus apice 
circiter 2 mm diametro; antherae 24 vel 30 (6 ad alterum lobulum 
affixae); fructus: 6 cm longus. 
Panama: Boca de Panarandó, Sambü Valley, southern Darion; 
flowers and fruits February 3, 1912, Pittier 5575, type. 
9. Quararibea stenophylla Pittier, spec. nov. . 
Stipulis fere subulatis, stellato-pubescentibus; petiolo glabrescenti, 
leviter arcuato apicem versus incrassato; lamina anguste elliptica sub- 
aequilatera basi rotundata, apicem versus plus minusve attenuata ob- 
tusa, supra utrinque glabra vel sparse stellato-pubescenti, subtus dense 
minute stellato-tomentosa, margine interdum leviter repanda; floribus 
axillaribus, solitariis vel geminatis subsessilibus; calyce tubuloso-cyathi- 
formi, longe stipitato, extus pubescente, intus adpresse villoso, in pre- 
floratione truncato demum 4—5-lobato, bracteolis 2—3 alternis acuto- 
triangularibus suffulto; petalis calycem circiter aequilongis crassis gub- 
coriaceis flavescentibus obovatis plus minusve obliquis apice rotundatis, 
extus tomentosis intus pubescentibus, reflectis, post anthesim cito mar- 
tescentibus; tubo stamineo quam calyce longiore, tomentoso-pubescenti, 
apice 4—5-lobulato, lobulis modo 8-antheriferis; pistillo tubum leviter 
Superante; ovario glabro; stylo clavato, pubescenti, apice sulcato; stig- 
mate capitato sub-3-lobato praeter anthesin tomentoso demum glabres- 
centi; fructu? 
Arbor excelsa; coma elongata; rami brevi. Stipulae ca. 3 mm 
longae. Petiolus 1—1,5 em longus; lamina 13—22 cm longa, 3,5—6 Song 
lata. Calyx 3 cm longus (stipellum 1,5 cm longum inclusum), apice 
6 mm diametro; bracteolae circiter 2 mm longae. Petala 1,5 cm longa, 
3,7 mm lata, Tubus stamineus 2 cm longus, 1,5 mm crassus; antherae 
utrinque 32 vel 40. Ovarium biloculare, ovulum pro loculo 1 (?). 
Costa Rica: Piuta near Port Limon; fl. June 1898, Pittier (Inst. 
Phys.-geogr. 12410, type); La Colombiana, Sta. Clara: fl. June 1899, 
Pittier (Inst, phys.-geogr. 13411). 
