BLAKE—REVISION OF RINOREA, 511 
oblong-ovate, 5 mm. long, obtuse, reflexed at apex, sparsely ciliolate below, 
otherwise glabrous; stamens 3.8 to 4 mm. long, the filaments 0.4 mm. long, 
about equaled by the small adnate gland, the anthers elliptic-oblong, 2.2 mm. 
long, 2-mucronate, the connective scales 3.5 mm. long, oblong-ovate, obtuse, 
glabrous, obscurely erose; ovary densely hispidulous, the placentae 2-ovulate ; 
immature capsule apiculate, 15 mm. long, densely hispidulous, the inner surface, 
placentae, and seeds (2 to each placenta) sparsely puberulous. 
Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 716664, collected on hills, vicinity 
of La Palma, southern Darién, Panama, altitude 50 meters or less, April 26, 
1914, by H. Pittier (no. 6601). 
Related to R. melanodonta, but distinguished by the very short filaments 
and comparatively long anther sacs. 
EXPLANATION OF PLatsE 34.—Rinorea brachythriz, from the type specimen. Natural 
$1Zze, 
25. Rinorea melanodonta Blake, sp. nov. PLATE 35. 
Tree 4 to 5 meters high; branchlets sparsely or rather densely puberulous and 
hispid-pilose, glabrate; leaves opposite; petioles more or less puberulous and his- 
pid-pilose, 3 to 8 mm. long; blades lance-elliptic, sometimes elliptic-oval, 7 to 16 
em. long, 2.5 to 5.5 cm. wide, gradually acuminate, at base acutely cuneate or 
acuminate, serrulate with small but usually conspicuous black glandular teeth, 
coriaceous, thickened on margin, strongly prominulous-reticulate on both sides, 
above puberulous on costa or glabrous, beneath sparsely rufid-strigose on costa ; 
racemes terminal, 3 to 5 cm. long, loosely flowered, densely rufid-puberulous with 
spreading or ascending hairs and sometimes sparsely hispid-pilose, the lowest 
pedicels rarely 2-flowered; pedicels 3 to 7 mm. long; sepals deltoid or deltoid- 
ovate, 2 to 3.2 mm. long, acute to obtuse, ciliolate, sometimes sparsely pubescent 
on back, strongly about 5-ribbed at least in age; petals oblong-ovate, 5.5 to 5.8 
mm. long, obtuse, ciliolate below and toward apex, sometimes tufted at the re- 
flexed apex; stamens 4.5 mm. long, the filaments 1 mm. long, equaled by the 
fleshy oblong sometimes ciliate glands which are free above the middle, the 
anthers oblong-ovate, 1.8 to 2 mm. long, 2-cuspidate, the connective scales oblong- 
ovate, obtuse, obscurely erose, 3.5 mm. long; ovary densely hispid-pilose, rarely 
densely hispidulous, the placentae 2-ovulate; capsule 2.4 to 2.7 ecm. long, apicu- 
late, finely hispidulous; seeds 2 to each valve, densely rufidulous-pilosulous. 
Type in the U. 8S. National Herbarium, no. 533722, collected on bank of stream 
in forest near Masinga Vieja, near Santa Marta, Colombia, altitude 245 meters, 
February 3, 1898-99, by Herbert H. Smith (no. 1756). Duplicates in the Gray 
Herbarium and the herbarium of the New York Botanical Garden, 
ADDITIONAL SPECIMENS EXAMINED! 
CotomBia: Local in damp forest near Masinga, vicinity of Santa Marta, 
altitude 150 to 760 meters, Herbert H. Smith 900 (G, N, Y). 
VENEZUELA: El Valle, Margarita Island, 1901, Miller € Johnston 225 (G). 
San Juan Mountain, Margarita Island, altitude 300 meters, 1903, 
Johnston 120 (G, N). 
A species well characterized by its usually lance-elliptic, strongly coriaceous 
and reticulate, rather sharply serrulate leaves, usually gradually acuminate at 
both ends. Specimens in herbaria have been distributed as Alsodeia guianensis 
and Rinorea marginata. 
EXPLANATION OF PLATE 35.—-Rinorea melanodonta, from the type specimen. Natural 
s1Zze. 
26. Rinorea falcata (Mart.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42. 1891. 
Alsodeia falcata Mart.; Eichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras, 13°: 386. 1871. 
Branchlets puberulous, quickly glabrate; leaves opposite; petioles 4 to 6 mm. 
long; blades elliptic to oblong-oval, 9.5 to 13 cm. hong, 3 to 5 cm. wide, faleate- 
