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are confined to the region between Central America and southern. 

 Brazil. 



Occurrence. — Palniarejo, District of Mara; La Victoria-Catanaja 

 Road about 214 kilometers north of La Victoria, District of Miranda, 

 State of Zulia; El Mene, District of Acosta, State of Falcon (doubt- 

 ful material) ; Betijoque, near La Salvadora, District of Betijoque, 

 State of Trujillo. U.S.N.M. nos. 39301, 39302. 



Order Sapindales 



Family ANACARDIACEAE 



Genus TAPIRIRA Aublet 



TAPIRIRA LANCEOLATA Engelhardt 



Figure SO, e, f 



Tapirira lanccolata Engeilhabdt, Abh. Senck. Natiirf. Ges., vdl. 19. p. 15. pi. 9. 

 fig. 4, 1895.— Beeky, Prcc. U. S. Nat. Mu.s., vd. 55, p. 291, pi. 15, fi;^:. 1. 1910. 



The specimens from Palmarejo are .slightly smaller and more 

 acuminate than the type, but it is legitimate to expect such slight 

 variations in size and form in the leaflets of pinnate leave.s. The 

 general form and venation are identical. 



The species was described by Engelhardt from the inter-Andean 

 basin of Loja in Ecuador and recorded by me from the Zorritos 

 formation (lower Miocene) of the north Peruvian oilfield. It is 

 also represented in collections from the De Mares Concession in 

 Colombia. 



Occurrence. — Palmarejo, District of Mara; Zapayari-El Plan 

 Road 11/4 kilometers south of Rio Grande, District of Bolivar, State 

 of Zulia; El Mene, District of Aco.sta, State of Falcon. U.S.N.M. 

 no. 39303. 



TAPIRIRA TRINITIANA Berry 



Figure 30, (/ 



Tapirira trinitiana Berry, .ToIhls Hopkins UiUv. Studios in Genl., no. G. p. 103, 

 pi. 14, fig. 4. 1925. 



This species was described from the Forest sand of Trinidad,. 

 British AVe.st Indies. The genus is shrubby or arborescent, with not 

 more than six or eiglit existing species confined to tropical South 

 America. Miocene or Pliocene species have been recorded from. 

 Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. 



Occurrence. — La Victoria-Catanaja Road, about 214 kilometers 

 north of La Victoria, District of Miranda, State of Zulia. U.S.N.M. 

 no. 39304. 



