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if at all branched, so that the inflorescence simulates a stalked four- 

 flowered umbel. Peduncle and pedicels somewhat glutinous and 

 pubescent with brown hairs. Calyx 4-6 mm. long, the lobes tri- 

 angular-ovate, obtusish to acute, entire, puberulent, glutinous. 

 Corolla: posterior lip 6-7 mm. long, 7-9 mm. wide, with broad 

 rounded orifice; anterior lip 12-13 mm. long, 8-10 mm. wide, with 

 rounded orifice opening into two-thirds or more of its length; sac 

 pressed against hood so that corolla appears broader than long; 

 externally finely puberulent, within glandular-pubescent proximally, 

 especially about bases of filaments. Filaments stout, less than 1 

 mm. long. Anther 2.5 mm. long, brown, the walls thin, the sacs 

 contiguous, opening throughout and eventually through the thin 

 connective. Style 3 mm. long. Capsule 5 mm. long, broadly ovate, 

 acute, puberulent. Seeds .4-.5 mm, long, oblong, obtuse, ridged, 

 red brown. 



Thickets, along streams and at edge of forest, also in thicket- 

 islands in Paramo, at altitudes of 2800 to 3300 meters; Temperate 

 zone of western slope of Cordillera Oriental, from Santander to 

 Cundinamarca. 



Cundinamarca. Rio Frio, west of Zipaquira (along stream- 

 banks), Pennell 2570, 2605; Mt. Chuscal, west of Zipaquira (thicket- 

 island in paramo), Pennell 2584; Sibate (bushy hillsides southwest 

 of), Pennell 2389. 



2. Fagelia fruticosa Pennell, sp. nov. 



Stem 1-2 meters tall, much branched, woody, with grayish bark, 

 the twigs reddish and glutinous-puberulent or slightly pubescent. 

 Leaves 5-6 cm. long, the blades lanceolate, acuminate, slightly 

 serrulate to entire, at times slightly revolute, 12-13 mm. wide; 

 each narrowed to a petiole 4-7 mm. long; blades above dark-green 

 and puberulent, beneath paler and reticulate, on both surfaces 

 strongly glutinous. Corymb bractless, the secondary branches soon 

 branching so as to simulate an umbel. Peduncle and pedicels 

 glutinous and somewhat pubescent with brown hairs. Calyx 2-3 

 mm. long, the lobes broadly ovate, acute, entire, puberulent, glutin- 

 ous. Corolla: posterior lip 6-7 mm. long, 7-8 mm. wide, with broad 

 rounded orifice; the anterior lip 12-13 mm. long, 8-9 mm. wide, 

 with rounded orifice opening into two- thirds or more of its length; 

 sac pressed against hood so that corolla appears broader than long; 

 externally finely puberulent, within pubescent proximally, especially 

 near the filaments. Filaments stout, less than 1 mm. long. An- 



