rather remotely flowered inflorescence exhibit further dif- 
ferences, and the fruits of the two species are entirely 
distinct, those of Roupala saxicola being fully rounded, 
apically obtuse, and glabrous, while those of R. colom- 
biana are complanate, apically acute, and tomentulose. 
Cotomp1a: Departamento Norte de Santander (Eastern Cordillera) 
between Mutiscua and Pamplona; alt. 2700 m. ““Tree 15-25 ft., 
sepals cream white. Edge of woods.’’ February 23, 1927, EF. P. Killip 
§: Albert C. Smith 19762 (Type in Herb. Gray).—Same locality and 
date. E. P. Killip & Albert C. Smith 19737.—Departamento Norte de 
Santander, Cordillera oriental, vertiente oriental, Pamplona, Quebrada 
de Cariongo, matorrales, 2500 m. alt., 26 julio 1940, J. Cuatrecasas 
§ H. Garcia-Barriga 10242. 
Roupala saxicola PR. H. Schultes sp. nov. 
Frutex usque ad duodecim vel quindecim pedes altus, 
ramosus. Rami teretes, nigro-cinereo cum cortice; ram- 
uli densissime et molliter rufo-tomentosi. Folia pinnati- 
partita, 25-28 cm. longa, oppositi- vel suboppositi-foliola, 
cum 6-10 foliolis, petiolulata (petioli usque ad 5 mm. 
longi) ; foliola elliptico-oblonga, apice rotundata, basi cu- 
neata, marginata, integerrima, coriacea, maturitate 7.5— 
11 cm. longa, 4.5—5.5 em. lata, supra viridia, minute re- 
ticulata, minute tomentella nervorum centralium nervos 
secundarios versus dense rufo-tomentosa, venis vix eleva- 
tis, infra omnino densissime et molliter rufo-tomentosa, 
venis valde elevatis. Racemi densiflori, axillares, quam 
folia breviores, rigidissimi, usque ad 14 cm. longi, cum 
rhachide floribusque dense rufo-tomentosis. Bracteae mi- 
nutissimae, caducae. Calycis lobi valde clavati, cucullati, 
8-8.5 mm. longi, valde contorti et patentes. Stylus robus- 
tus, 9-10 mm. longus, paulo arcuatus; stigma capitato- 
clavatum. Ovarium sessile, grosse rufo-villosum, elongato- 
ovoideum. Folliculus (Schultes 5457) ovali-oblongus 
(noncompressus), glaber, rufo-aureus vel aureus, apice 
rotundatus, pedicello brevissimo, 8.2-3.5 2.22 em. 
Roupala saxicola differs from other species which have 
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