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dages of the calyx. It may be the type of a distinct genus, as suggested by 
Hooker, but in general appearance it is very similar to the other species with 
pinnatifid leaves. 
8 Watsonamra pittieri Standley, sp. nov. 
Stems stout and succulent, obtusely quadrangular, glabrate; stipules 55 mm. 
long, narrowly oblong, rather abruptly attenuate, finely pubescent outside with 
minute appressed hairs, glabrous within: petioles 14 to 17 em. long, stout, 
smooth, minutely puberulent with appressed hairs, auriculate at the base, the 
purplish red auricles rounded, crispate, about 8 cm. long, undulate-margined, 
finely nnd sparsely strigose-puberulent, especially on the lower surface; leaf 
blades 68 cm. long or less (in the specimens), up to 58 em. wide, truncate or. 
obtuse at the base, pinnatifid about two-thirds the distance to the midrib, the 
lobes 4 or 5 on each side, ascending or subdivergent, narrowly oblong, acute or 
abruptly acute, the terminal lobe broader than the others, the blade glabrous 
throughout or minutely strigose-puberulent on the veins beneath; cymes few- 
flowered, on stout peduncles 25 mm. long or less; bracts oblong or narrowly 
oblong, 10 to 20 mm. long, acute, persistent, striate, finely appressed-pubescent 
outside, glabrous within, ciliate; flowers subsessile; calyx tubular, 20 mm, long, 
silky-strigose outside, glabrous and naked within, the lobes one-third as long 
as the tube or shorter, oblong-ovate, obtuse or acutish, ciliate; corolla tube 
much exserted (a perfect corolla not seen), sparingly puberulent; fruit sub- 
spherical, about 2 cm. in diameter, striate vertically, not tuberculate, strigose- 
puberulent. 
Type in the U. S. National Herbarium, no. 679414, collected in forests around 
Puerto Obaldia, San Blas Coast, Panama, at an altitude of 50 meters or less, 
August, 1911, by H. Pittier (no. 4298). Additional material is mounted on 
sheet 679415. 
The leaves of this species agree very well with those figured and described 
for Watsonamra pinnatifida. The form of the calyx, however, is very different 
in the two. Only a single mutilated corolla of W. pittieri has been seen, but 
this is sufficient to show that it is very unlike that of W. pinnatijfida. 
9, Watsonamra brachyotis Standley, sp. nov. 
A small tree 3.5 meters high, the trunk 2.5 cm. in diameter; wood yellowish 
white; bark on the older stems grayish, slightly furrowed; young branches 
succulent, glabrous or nearly so; stipules not seen; petioles 8 to 10 cm. long, 
slender, strigose-puberulent, each bearing at the base 2 rounded reddish auricles 
2.5 cm. long or less, these crispate, undulate-margined, strigose-puberulent ; 
leaf blades (in the specimens examined) rhombic in outline, 33 to 37 cm. long, 
42, to 46 cm. broad, obtuse at the base, glabrous on the upper surface, glabrous 
beneath except for the strigillose veins, pinnatifid nearly to the midvein, the 
lobes 3 on each side, narrowly oblong, 4 to 6 cm. wide, acuminate, the tips 
obtuse, the terminal lobe broader, oval-oblong or ovate; cymes closely few- 
flowered, very shortly pedunculate; bracts persistent, broadly ovate, 5 to 10 mm. 
long, acute or acutish, striate, brown, sparingly silky-strigose, ciliate; calyx 
eylindric-campanulate, 15 mm. long or less, sparingly silky-strigillose, the lobes 
half as long as the tube or more, ovate or oval, rounded at the apex, ciliolate; 
corolla tube slender, 30 mm. long, nearly glabrous outside, but with a few ap- 
pressed hairs, glabrous within except at the insertion of the anthers, there 
pilose; corolla lobes spreading, 3 to 4 mm. long, ovate, acute or acutish; stamens 
inserted 8 mm. above the base of the tube, the filaments slender, pilose at the 
base, 10 mm. long or less; style 15 to 20 mm, long; fruit not seen. 
