papillosis, inter nervos glaberrima sed propter marginem 
crassam dense muricato-papillosa; ligulae lineares, 19 
mm. longae, parte inferiore 2 mm. latae, basi valde et 
abrupte contractae, in alabastro spiraliter intortae sed in 
anthesi erectae, ochrorubrae, minute granulosae. Tubus 
stamineus quinque-divisus, staminibus invicem duo- et 
quattuor-antheriferis, filamentis valde complanatis, brev- 
ibus liberisque, antheris bilocularibus, loculis 1.5 mm. 
longis, 0.6 mm. latis, flavis. Staminodia crassa, conspicue 
petaloidea, sublutea, valde deflexa, petala antherasque 
celantia, oblanceolato-elliptica, integra, apice subacuta, 
20 mm. longa, 10 mm. lata, utrinque dense papilloso- 
granulosa. Ovarium sessile, elongato-ovoideum, distincte 
decemcostatum atque quinqueloculare, rufo-aureum, 
densissime stellato-pilosum, 3 mm. in diametro. Stylus 
crasso-teres, simplex, flavus, in stigmata apice conspicue 
quinquedivisus, 1 mm. longus. 
The stipules of Herrania umbratica have not been 
known, for the type collection was devoid of these struc- 
tures. The collector, however, made an annotation of 
their size. In the original description, I wrote: ‘‘Stipu- 
lae non visae, sed (ex collectore) membranaceae, 3-6 cm. 
longae describuntur.’’ A study of the stipules on the 
plants growing at Palmira indicates that these structures 
are indeed enormous. We might describe them as follows: 
Stipulae chartaceae, fuscae, densissime tomentellae, lin- 
eares, 30-60 (plerumque 55-60) mm. longae, 2.5-4 mm. 
latae. 
In February 19538, whilst on a visit to the Imperial 
College of Tropical Agriculture in Trinidad, I found one 
tree referable to Herrania umbratica in cultivation in the 
experimental gardens. There is apparently no record of 
the place of origin of this tree. It was identified as Her- 
rania umbratica through several very young capsules 
which, despite their immaturity, showed all the charac- 
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