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Cordia umbrosa Spruce MS. sp. nov. 



. Branches, peduncles and lower portions of the midribs under- 

 neath very sparsely hispid with long, mostly reflexcd hairs : peti- 

 oles (only the uppermost seen) less than i cm. long, blackish- 

 brown, stout: blades about 3 dm. long, 12-15 cm. broad, oval, 

 the base blunt, the apex very short-acuminate and acute, glabrous 

 except as stated, membranous but rigid, dark-green, the venation 

 slender but very prominent underneath, inconspicuous above,, 

 coarsely reticulate, the secondaries 10 or 12 on each side, mostly 

 alternating, the base abruptly deficxed, then gradually merging 

 into the midrib : peduncle (but one seen) terminal, 4 cm. long, the 

 panicle cymose, loose, 2-5 cm. broad : pedicels short but dis- 

 tinct, stout, articulate : flowering calyx membranous, 3 mm. long, 

 somewhat broader, opcn-campanulate, the lobes short, broad and 

 obtuse : corolla-tube 4-5 mm. long and broad, campanulate with 

 the mouth shghtly contracted, a dark line descending from each 

 sinus, the lobes about 3 mm. long, broad and rounded, abruptly 

 spreading : stamens equaling the corolla, inclusive of its lobes : 

 the anthers 2.5 mm. long, the .spreading bases as long as the 

 united portion of the thccae, yellow : styles apparently about 

 equalling the stamens, filiform : stigmas capitate, conspicuous. 



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Madre de Dios, Aug., 1896 (no. 



2608). The same as Spruce's no. 328 i, and collected by Pearce at 

 Montcrico, 3000-4000 ft. 



Cordia Caracasana velutina Britton var. nov. 



Softly ferruglnous-tomcntosc throughout, the branches, peti- 

 oles and peduncles stout, the spikes 2-4 cm. long, 1-2 cm. broad, 

 the leaves finely reticulate, the veins impressed above, finely serrate. 



Reis, 



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1886 (no. 2041) and Guanai, 2000 ft 



May 



Saccellium Oliverii Britton sp. nov. 



Branches slender, somewhat flexuous, sparsely hispid-hairy, 

 like the petioles and midrib : petioles 5 mm. long, stout and broad, 

 blackish: blades 5-15 cm. long, 2-6 cm. broad, ovate, the base 

 rounded, the apex short-acuminate and acute, membranous, ob- 

 scurely strigose on both sides, the secondaries 9-12 on each side, 

 the venation slender, reticulate, prominent on both sides, especially 

 underneath : panicle small, terminal, short -pcdunclcd : flowers not 

 seen : fruit-pedicels scarcely any : fruiting calyx elliptical, about 

 3.5 cm. long, 2 cm. wide, tipped with a blackish induration : fruit 



