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violet, distally over lobes violet. Filaments glabrous, the pos- 

 tero-lateral pair shorter, its anthers more than twice larger than 

 those of the antero-lateral pair. Style glabrous, with two plate-like 

 stigmas. Capsule 2 mm. long, oblongpyriform, rounded and retuse 

 at apex, glabrous, dehiscing loculicidally. Placentae thin, linear, 

 flattened against the persistent septum. Seeds about .2 mm. long, 

 oval, slightly crescentic, yellowish-brown, obscurely ridged to some- 

 what reticulate at maturity. 



Type, shallow pool in llano, east of Villavicencio, Meta, altitude 

 about 450 meters, collected in flower and fruit September 2, 1917, 

 F. W. Pennell 1623 in herbarium New York Botanical Garden. 



Nearest to Herpestis reptans Benth. of Brazil, which is described 

 as having leaves .2-3 cm. wide, linear-lanceolate, prominently 

 nerved beneath, all sepals obtuse and seeds yellow. 



Shallow pools in llano, at an altitude of 450 meters, Tropical 

 zone in Meta. 



3. Caconapea axillaris (Benth.) Pennell, comb, now 



Herpestis axillaris Benth. in DC. Prod. 10: 396. 1846. "Ad aquas stag- 

 nates in campis Deluvia Sanctae Marthae (Purdie!) ... (v. in 

 herb. Hook.)." 



Monniera axillaris (Benth.) Kuntze, Rev. Gen. 463. 1891. 



Tropical zone, in Magdalena. No specimens seen. 



4. Caconapea appressa Pennell, sp. nov. 



Stem .7-1.5 dm. tall, obscurely four-angled, below glabrous, above 

 pubescent with reflexed white hairs. Leaves 1-2 cm. long, .3-4 

 cm. wide, lanceolate-linear, entire, tapering from the rounded- 

 clasping base, glabrous, glandular-dotted. Pedicels 1-5 in an axil, 

 1-2 mm. long, pubescent with reflexed hairs. Bractlets filiform- 

 subulate, less than 1 mm. long. Sepals glabrous, densely glandular- 

 punctate: outermost 3 mm. long, ovate; the next nearly as wide, the 

 median one-sided, narrower, these three obtuse, somewhat reticulate, 

 glabrous; the two innermost narrowly lanceolate, attenuate, costate, 

 with the margins hyaline and ciliolate. Corolla 2-2.5 mm. long; 

 posterior lobes united nearly to apex; glabrous throughout; white 

 throughout. Filaments glabrous, the postero-lateral pair slightly 

 shorter and its anthers slightly smaller. Style glabrous, bearing two 

 approximate stigmas. Capsule 2 mm. long, narrowly cylindric 

 oblong, glabrous, dehiscing septicidally and loculicidally, none of the 

 septum adhering to the capsule wall. Placentae narrow, thin, a little 

 raised line median to the persistent broad septum. Seeds .5 mm. 

 long, cylindric, tapering to each end, brown, with longitudinal ridges 

 and fine cross lines. 



