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topherson and myself, are sensibly larger; on the other hand, no. 3790, collected 
in the swamps of the Gattin Basin, now under water, is distinguished in several 
ways from nos. 4442 and 5743, coming from the dry Pacific slope, and we must 
assume that there is in this species a rather ample varietal range. 
The flowers of Vochysia ferruginea, which are very showy, possess a strong 
scent, which is very like that of the violet. 
OCHNACEAE. 
A SPECIES OF CESPEDESIA REDESCRIBED. 
Cespedesia macrophylla Seem. Bot. Voy. Herald 97. 1853. 
A tree, about 20 meters high and up to 60 cm. in diameter at the base, low- 
branching, the limbs long, ascending, the crown umbraculiform. 
Leaves clustered at the ends of the thick branchlets, alternate, glabrous, 
¢<oriaceous, intermixed with numerous stipules; petioles angular, thick, dilated 
at the base, flattened above and marginate, 2 to 3.5 cm. long; leaf blades 
obovate-spatulate, narrowing to the base, truncate-obtuse at the apex, 25 to 70 
cm. long, 10 to 24 cm. broad, the costa and veins prominent on both sides, the 
latter numerous and parallel, the margin mucronate-dentate; stipules linear, 
4 to 6 cm. long, 6 to 8 mm. broad, obtuse or subacute, glabrous. 
Inflorescences terminal, paniculate, erect, 5 to 140 em. long, glabrous, the 
branchlets ascending-divaricate; flowers generally 2 together on a common 
peduncle, this short and thick; pedicels slender, 1 to 1.5 em. long; sepals 5, 
ovate, obtuse, about 3 mm. long, brown, coriaceous, persistent; petals 5, obovate, 
obtuse, 18 mm. long, 10 to 11 mm. broad, bright yellow, caducous; stamens 
numerous, the filaments shorter than the petals, inflexed, thickened toward 
the apex, apiculate; anthers basifixed, linear, opening by terminal pores; 
ovary stipitate, 5-celled, the ovules numerous; style very short, obscurely 5-lobed 
at the apex. 
Capsule not known. 
Type in the Kew Herbarium, collected at Utria Bay, Darién, Colombia, by 
Seemann. 
Again collected on hills back of Puerto Obaldfa, San Blas Coast, Panama, 
flowers, September 3, 1911, by H. Pittier (no. 4340). 
A gregarious tree, growing on the hillsides and presenting a gorgeous aspect 
at the time of blossoming. The leaves and inflorescences, all massed at the ends 
of the stout branchlets, are enormous, and under this heavy crown the bare 
skeleton of the tree has an awkward appearance. 
COMBRETACEAE. 
TWO NEW SPECIES OF TERMINALIA. 
Terminalia chiriquensis Pittier, sp. nov. 
A tree 25 to 30 meters high, the trunk straight, the bark brownish, smooth, 
slightly scaly, the crown elongate, the young branchlets fistulose, green, mi- 
nutely pubescent. Leaves alternate, membranous, eglandular, the petioles cana- 
liculate, more or less rusty-pubescent above, 0.6 to 1 cm. long, the blades ovate- 
elliptic, long cuneate attenuate at the base, acuminate at the apex, 8 to 14 em. 
long, 3 to 5.5 em. broad, sparsely punctulate and pubescent or glabrous above, 
reticulate and more or less barbellate along the costa beneath, Floral spikes 
alternate along the young shoots, 5 to 12 cm. long, subpendulous, many-flowered, 
the rachis slender, minutely pubescent; flowers greenish yellow, sessile; calyx 
sessile on the ovary, 0.8 to 1 mm. long, cupuliform, 5-lobulate, minutely pubes- 
cent without, villous-tomentose within, the limb 0.8 to 1 mm. long, the lobes 
reflexed, subobtuse, about 0.7 mm. long; stamens 10, glabrous, the filaments 
